Channel: Club

Articles about the club channel. (Sams, BJs & Costco)

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In Retail, The Rich Get Richer

Coresight Research is out with new data indicating that two retailers – Walmart and Amazon – now each have more than a 10 percent market share of US retail sales, the first time there has been such concentration of retailing power. Walmart in 2025 earned 11.08 percent of US retail sales, while Amazon has 10.34 […]
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Your Views:  Su Una Grande Varietà di Argomenti

We had a piece the other day about how Marc Lore-owned Wonder, the ghost kitchen/digital commerce/delivery platform that owns GrubHub and Blue Apron, is lining up hundreds of millions of dollars, at a valuation of $9 billion, in what could be its last round before going public. To seal the deal, founder Marc Lore has […]
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Businesses Expect Persistent Inflation; Grocers Respond With Price Cuts

From the Washington Post: “American businesses are increasingly convinced that higher inflation is here to stay. “Even if Tuesday’s inflation report shows the cooling economists anticipate after a recent easing of gasoline prices, few forecasters or executives expect the relief to last. “Instead of fading, the forces pushing prices higher are multiplying. Tariffs are still […]
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Big Box Retailers See Urban Landscapes As Fertile Ground For Growth

From the New York Times: “With their thirst for cheap, sprawling land, big-box retailers usually operate in the suburbs or on the outskirts of town. But in recent years, some have been ditching the traditional model of massive warehouses and vast parking lots in favor of smaller stores in cities and denser communities. “As the […]
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Kroger + Giant Eagle: Why? If Neither Company Can Win More Customers Organically, What’s the Point?

  When Kroger announced its $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle, the grocery industry immediately began talking about buying power, scale, retail media, private label, and operational synergies. As the Grocerant Guru®, my first question is much simpler: Why? Not why buy Giant Eagle. Why would consumers care? Because consumers—not investors—ultimately determine whether acquisitions succeed. […]
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The Real Value of Costco’s Working Class Millionaires

The Wall Street Journal has a piece that focuses on one of Costco’s differential advantages – longtime in-store employees who are highly paid but more than justify their compensation packages by delivering on the retailer’s value proposition in ways that fuels growth and customer satisfaction. Exhibit one:  Cashier Tony Barzar. An excerpt from the story: […]
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Banning Surveillance Pricing Won’t Save Grocery Stores—Winning Back Consumer Trust and Reinventing Fresh Prepared Foods Will

  By Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® Tacoma, WA-based Foodservice Solutions® For decades, grocery retailers competed primarily on price. Today, they compete on convenience, time savings, meal solutions, personalization, portability, digital engagement, and trust. New Jersey’s decision to become the second state to prohibit surveillance pricing may seem like a setback for retailers seeking new pricing […]
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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Retail Pitch Deck That Wins Deals

Landing your product on the shelves of a major retailer is one of the biggest milestones for any consumer product brand. Not only does retail distribution validate your business, but it also increases brand awareness, drives sales, and opens the door to long-term growth. However, getting in front of a retail buyer is only half […]
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Tractor Supply CMO Kimberley Gardiner on the Power of “Life Out Here.” PLUS The K-shaped Economy and Grocery’s Shaky Middle

Recorded live on the CommerceNext Growth Show main stage in NYC, Steve Dennis sits down with Kimberley “KG” Gardiner, Chief Marketing Officer of Tractor Supply Company, who traces her path from senior marketing roles at Toyota, Lexus, and Volkswagen to leading one of America’s most distinctive lifestyle retailers — 2,400 stores, 50,000-plus team members, and a […]
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Why Are You Not On This List? Amazon, Walmart, Kroger and Starbucks Continue Winning the Loyalty Battle

  The latest loyalty rankings should serve as a wake-up call for every restaurant, grocery retailer, convenience store operator, and foodservice executive in America. The real question is not why Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Costco, CVS, and Starbucks made the list. The question is: Why are you not on it? According to new research from LoyaltyLion, […]
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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Friction Prescription

Costco recently added a pharmacy offering that strikes me as the definition of reducing friction.  Not to mention the kind of approach that many retailers need to adopt in order to compete in today’s marketplace. The post FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Friction Prescription appeared first on MNB.
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ALDI’s Blind Box Promotion Signals the Future of Interactive Food Discovery Marketing

  As retailers continue searching for new ways to engage consumers, build loyalty, and stimulate trial, Aldi’s new “Blind Box” promotion demonstrates that food discovery is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful customer acquisition and retention tools in retail food marketing according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® Beginning […]
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Is My Brand Too Early for Retail? How to Know for Sure

Every product founder dreams of the moment they walk down the aisle of a major retailer, look up, and see their creation sitting on the shelf. It is the ultimate validation — a signal that you have graduated from a niche online player to a household name. But for many growth-stage brands, that dream can […]
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The Analysts Reunited: Strong Sales, Sour Sentiment, and Tough Turnarounds

Episode 304 reunites The Analysts — Remarkable Retail’s celebrated panel of Forrester’s Sucharita Kodali, Guggenheim’s Simeon Siegel, and GlobalData’s Neil Saunders — to take stock of retail coming out of earnings season. Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc open on the paradox of 2026: results are largely strong, sentiment is dismal. Simeon argues the link between […]
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Better-For-You Food Is No Longer a Niche: Who’s Winning and Who’s Losing in 2026

  The food industry’s “better-for-you” revolution is no longer emerging; it is mainstream, measurable, and rapidly reshaping where consumers shop, what they buy, and which companies are winning wallet share. The latest insights presented at the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) annual meeting underscore what many in foodservice have ignored for too long: consumers […]
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The Fuel Powering Costco’s Growth, Department Store Drama, & Off-Price Domination

On Episode 304 of the Remarkable Retail podcast, co-hosts Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc dig into a busy earnings season, the global forces reshaping retail, and the competitive divides separating winners from also-rans. They open with the department store sector, which Steve frames as “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” Macy’s shows incremental progress […]
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C-Stores Are No Longer “Convenient” — They Are America’s New Foodservice Battleground

  For far too long, legacy foodservice analysts framed convenience stores as “gas stations with food.” That narrative may have worked in the 1990s when roller grill hot dogs and stale sandwiches defined the category, but today’s consumer reality looks entirely different. The modern convenience store is increasingly competing not only with quick-service restaurants, but […]
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Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – June 2, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Kroger leadership changes The magnitude of SNAP benefit changes Expansion of <30 minute delivery services Costco selling more gasoline CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ […]
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Trends Reshaping Pet: Fresh Food, Private Label & Wellness</span#x3E;

Join YipitData on June 25 @ 1pm ET for a look at the evolving pet care landscape, with a focus on the trends reshaping pet food. We’ll explore how retailers like Costco and Tractor Supply are driving growth through fresh food innovation and expanding private label offerings, alongside a deep dive into the growing vitamins […]
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Mariano’s Built a Grocerant Before America Was Ready—Now the Market Has Changed Again

  Mariano’s: Half Grocerant, Half Grocery, Half Right For more than 20 years, Mariano’s has stood as one of the most ambitious examples of “channel blurring” in modern food retail. Long before retailers widely embraced food halls, chef-driven prepared foods, fresh meal solutions, and experiential merchandising, Mariano’s attempted to redefine what a supermarket could become. […]
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Ready-2-Eat Is Reshaping America’s Dinner Table

  Why Fresh Prepared Foods Are Winning the Battle for Consumer Time Cooking from scratch increasingly feels like something you read about in history books rather than experience every night at home. According to the Steven Johnson, consumers still crave comfort foods, family meals, and restaurant-quality flavors—but they no longer want the prep work, cleanup, […]
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What Kroger’s Trust Ranking Actually Means for Suppliers

Kroger just landed at No. 27 on the 2026 Axios Harris Poll 100, the annual ranking of America’s most visible and trusted companies. CEO Greg Foran kept it simple: “This recognition belongs to our associates. Every day, more than 400,000 of them help families put fresh, affordable food on the table.” Nice headline. But if […]
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Kroger Is Cutting Prices, Will Vendors Pay the Bill?

The Announcement In his first major media interview since taking over as CEO in February, Greg Foran told Bloomberg that Kroger is preparing to roll out its most aggressive retail price reductions in years. The cuts will span thousands of products, they’ll be tested first and phased in over time, and the goal is straightforward: […]
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Kroger acquiring Giant Eagle in $1.65B deal

Kroger Co. is acquiring Giant Eagle, a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer, for a purchase price of $1.65 billion. Giant Eagle has approximately $9 billion in annual sales and 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, according to a press release. The purchase is comprised of […]
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Omni CEO Christine Gambino – Omnichannel, Real ID & the Full-Funnel Future

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Christine Gambino, CEO of Omni, Omnicom’s next-generation marketing and sales intelligence platform. It connects strategy, creativity, media, CRM, commerce, data, and AI to help brands grow with greater clarity, speed, and measurable business impact. Follow Christine on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-gambino-59683ab8 Follow Omni online at: https://www.omc.com/omni/ Christine […]
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C-Stores Grow, In Both Size And Ambition

CNBC has a story about how, while “gas stations have been reinventing themselves for the past decade with food offerings that rival many established grub-only chains,” now they are “doing something else: growing in physical size and attracting legions of fans along the way.”  Buc-ee’s is described as the poster child for this transformation: “On […]
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