Dec 17 2018 What to Expect in Grocery Technology in 2019 By Progressive Grocer
Grocers have long been the laggards in the retail technology game. That’s understandable, given the channel’s longtime traditional nature, narrow margins and reluctance to make huge investments in risky areas.
CASHIERLESS, SCAN-FREE SHOPPING
Amazon debuted the Amazon Go format to the public in Seattle and has since expanded it to several stores in such cities as Chicago […]
Dec 10 2018 Cage-Free Eggs Are Out, Pastured Ones In As Tastes Change, Again Lydia Mulvany & Deena Shanker, Bloomberg Dairy
The bar is rising for what’s considered a happy chicken, sparking the hottest trend in the market: the pasture-raised egg. Pastured eggs come from hens that spend most of their time outdoors, dining on bugs and taking dust baths while also indulging in their favorite activities, like scratching and perching. That’s a step up from […]
Dec 03 2018 Grocery Store Digital Communications Trends: The Rise Of Email & The Fall Of Snapchat by Kelli Windsor, Food Marketing Institute
As a digital communications professional I like to take a step back from my day-to-day job of actually doing digital communications and look at FMI’s Food Retailing Industry Speaks with a practitioner’s eye. I like to look at the tactics my fellow communications professionals are pursing in their B2C efforts and examine what is working […]
Nov 26 2018 GreenWise Market To Open In Fort Lauderdale by Publix Super Markets
LAKELAND, Fla.– Fort Lauderdale will be home to the sixth announced location for Publix’s new-format GreenWise Market. This is the second site in South Florida. The store will be located on the southwest corner of Southeast Third Avenue and Southeast Second Street. The opening date has not been determined.
“South Florida is such a large, diverse […]
Nov 19 2018 What’s In Store 2019: Transparency by International Dairy Deli Bakery Association
Consumers increasingly seek personal, self-betterment while also looking for public, civic or global improvement. They want both self-satisfaction and selflessness. The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) has found these interests are carried through all aspects of life, including grocery shopping. This customer is searching for:
Upcycled products
Consumer “self-care” through companies touting positive messaging/practices
Environmentally conscious practices
Sustainability […]
Nov 12 2018 Grocers, Get Ready For Artificial Intelligence-Based Transformation by Doug Baker, FMI
Among the six digital imperatives for a successful omnichannel strategy established by FMI and Nielsen is one that involves completeness and consistency across in-store and digital shelves, cutting costs and creating a clear assortment inventory that keeps shoppers coming back. This is particularly relevant, given that grocery retail spending on technology could vastly increase shoppers’ […]
Nov 05 2018 Structural Shifts In The Dairy Industry Lead To A New Era Of Price Cycles by CoBank
Dairy farms with more than 1,000 cows now comprise nearly 50 percent of the dairy industry, up from only 29 percent the decade prior, showing consolidation of dairy operations has increased significantly. These larger dairy operations have taken advantage of economies of scale to survive the price cycles the dairy industry has come to know. […]
Oct 29 2018 American Cheese Falling Victim To Millennial Tastes by Lydia Mulvany and Leslie Patton, Bloomberg
American cheese will never die. It has too many preservatives.
But it’s melting away. One by one, America’s food outlets are abandoning the century-old American staple, with many replacing it with fancier cheeses. Wendy’s is offering asiago. A&W’s Canada locations switched to real cheddar. McDonald’s is selling the Big Mac’s soft, orange square of American cheese […]
Oct 22 2018 Supervalu Inc. Stockholders Approve Merger With United Natural Foods, Inc. by SUPERVALU
MINNEAPOLIS –SUPERVALU INC. announced that at a special meeting of stockholders held today, stockholders of SUPERVALU approved the proposed acquisition of SUPERVALU by United Natural Foods, Inc. At the special meeting, approximately 80.82% of the shares of SUPERVALU common stock outstanding and entitled to vote adopted the previously announced merger agreement among SUPERVALU, UNFI, SUPERVALU […]