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At Circle K Cash is King but Bitcoin is Welcome

  Timely, topical, transparent Bitcoin equals customer relevance to a new generation of consumers and Circle K wants to welcome those consumers too Circle K according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Customer relevance edifies your brand with consumers driving new electricity. Recently, Circle K announced an international partnership with Bitcoin […]
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Ranked: The Reputation of 100 Major Brands in the U.S.

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eCommerce Supply Chain – Capability Investments; Grocery Delivery; Fulfillment Evolution

  Only 26% of brands report bringing a “strategic approach” to eCommerce operational investments. When it comes to brands’ eCommerce supply chain, 74% of companies report approaching operational capability investments with a “tactical mindset.” This would require significant business volume to validate investments, addressing issues in a reactionary manner, and focusing on conventional B&M operations. […]
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DPD names Oxford as its first all electric city

Oxford has become delivery firm DPD’s first electric vehicles only city, with nine further UK locations set to be confirmed this year. Vision 25 is DPD’s pledge to deliver ‘green’ to 25 major UK towns and cities, covering 25% of the UK population by 2025, and is backed by a £111 million investment in electric vehicles. We […]
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Robomart On-Demand Foodservice

New avenues of fresh food distribution continue to open up.  Each one seems to have the ability to garner new customers.  Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® asks, where are you customer shopping after they leave your store, and why? Robomart is a Santa Monica, California-based company hails itself as the […]
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Circle K signs exclusive partnership with Bitcoin Depot

Circle K, a convenience store chain that already has more than 700 bitcoin ATMs in 30 states, has signed an exclusive international partnership with Bitcoin Depot, a bitcoin ATM network, according to a press release. Bitcoin Depot ATMs enable users to exchange cash for cryptocurrency, including bitcoin and more than 30 other cryptocurrencies. The bitcoin […]
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Rock Bottom Restaurants Rolling Out the Barrel Just for You

  After mowing your yard in the summer there is nothing in the world better than a cold beer according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  Rock Bottom’s food marketing team must know that as well as they have rolled out a program at some Colorado locations where members of […]
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The Frozen Food Court Continues Courting Restaurant Customers

  At the intersection of branded food sales and consumer demand grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat food continues to resonate with consumers.  While new avenues of distribution continue to open-up driving customer trial, the frozen food court is increasingly playing a larger and larger role for many families according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at […]
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Wendy’s Breakfast More Talk than Chalk

Chalk one up for the home team is an old adage we have all heard.  Touting the success of a new limited time offer or menu item is not the same as touting the success of an entire daypart; according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Marketing messaging, total unit […]
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Uber Delivery Buildup Continues Expansion with Costco and Mercari Partnerships

Uber Technologies is continuing to scale its massive logistics buildup with two new retail partnerships. The ridesharing service will now provide same-day grocery delivery for Costco in Texas, and will help Mercari take its “no-meetup garage sale” marketplace nationwide. The Costco pilot will begin at 25 warehouse stores in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, with seven […]
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Circle K To Offer Bitcoin ATMs

Coin Telegraph reports that Bitcoin Depot announced “that more than 700 of its Bitcoin ATM machines had already been installed at Circle K convenience stores in 30 U.S. states as part of the new partnership. The crypto ATM distributer said the expansion could provide underserved communities with financial access tools and attract more people to […]
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Dollar General Makes Legacy Grocery Stores Look Lame

  Now that Dollar General operates more than 17,408 stores in 46 states you would think they would act like most legacy brand retailers but they don’t. Dollar General since its inception has sought after a product and price point differentiation that consumers have been migrating too according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, […]
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Circle K to Deploy 700+ Bitcoin ATMs at Locations Across the U.S.

Circle K is rolling out a network of bitcoin ATMs at 700 of its locations across the U.S. and Canada in an exclusive partnership with Bitcoin Depot. Bitcoin ATMs have already been installed at Circle K stores in 30 states. Bitcoin Depot ATMs are kiosks that enable users to exchange cash for immediate access to […]
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Costco, Uber To Test New Delivery Scheme

Benzinga reports that Uber and Costco “have entered into a grocery delivery pilot with 25 locations across the state of Texas. This deal marks Uber’s first pilot with a food wholesaler in the U.S. “Costco members could have their groceries delivered within hours with Uber and Uber Eats. In the coming weeks, seven additional Costco […]
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White Castle 100 Years of Customer Relevance

  How long has your company been in business? I bet for most of you it has not been 100 years?  You don’t have to be the largest company in your niche to be successful, but you do have to stay relevant according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions.  Too […]
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Foxtrot To Grow Private Brand and add 50 Stores

Innovative Chicago-based convenience store retailer Foxtrot Market announced this week its plans to grow. The retailer currently has 13 locations in Chicago, Dallas, and Washington D.C, and plan to add 50 locations over the next two years. The stores will be located in New York City, Austin, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, and Houston. Mitch Madoff, […]
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Convenience store sales growth set to slow in 2021 but pick up after that

Booming business for convenience stores during the pandemic is set to slow to modest growth in 2021, according to the latest Lumina Intelligence UK convenience market report. Growth for this year will be 0.3% bringing total sales to £43.2bn, following the 6.3% increase last year. The report says that growth is likely to be highest […]
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Latest CAMP Location Showcases the Art of Child’s Play

In today’s tech-driven world, retail leaders are focused on using online media and marketing to drive customer engagement. To stand out and scale in an increasingly competitive environment, marketing and CX leaders believe that having a comprehensive digital strategy is key. But in the word of CAMP, the primary goal is to have their customers put their devices down and play.   So far, the experiential retailer for families has […]
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Independent C-Stores Struggle to Compete with 7-Eleven

  How can independent C-stores keep up with the grocerant niche fresh food fast undercurrent over flowing from 7-Eleven driven by customer consumption and adoption?  Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® stated, “it’s not easy, however they must first simply follow the trends in foodservice and put their own local spin […]
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Uber goes all in on grocery delivery

Like DoorDash, Uber Technologies is diving headfirst into grocery delivery. The company is buying 100% of the Latin American grocery delivery service Cornershop and is expanding grocery delivery to 400 cities across the country through a partnership with Albertsons. Uber has been transitioning away from being exclusively a ride-sharing service. In 2019, the company purchased […]
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Tuesday Eye-Opener: Three, Two, One…

Amazon founder-chairman Jeffs Bezos finally got into space this morning, as the New Shepard spacecraft designed and built by his Blue Origin company took off and safely landed … on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Joining Bezos are his younger brother, Mark Bezos … Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old student from the […]
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Popeyes Poppable Popular Chicken Nuggets

  Say What?  Poppable chicken nuggets at Popeyes?  That’s right, Popeyes have been about sharing chicken ever since they began in 1972.  According to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® stated “hand held food for immediate consumption that can be shared is the perfect addition to the Popeyes menu to edify […]
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Grocerant Niche Coupons Work, All Foodservice Coupons Work

In the United Sates there are 79.1% of adults have a mobile smart phone.  Smartphone consumer are not early adopters they are the majority of the marketplace. Smartphones have become hand held marketing tools that every food retailer should consider first as they reach into their marketing tool kit according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® […]
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Dunkin’ Team Building Drives Sales

  Driving top line sales and bottom-line profits today requires that you have enough trained employees that show up for work every day according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  The simple fact is that all of complaining about paying foodservice workers $15 an hour has reinforced that thinking in […]
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Pilot Flying J Social Media Sweepstakes

  Social Media is a key tool in every food marketer’s tool kit according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® who stated, “inviting customers into you brand while asking for input is an effective way to drive new electricity into your brand while edifying you customer base”. Pilot Flying J […]
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Walmart is testing a completely self-checkout store

A Walmart Supercenter in Plano, TX, is the site of a pilot program where the retailer is testing the exclusive use of self-checkouts. Store associates are positioned nearby to help customers having any problems checking out. Kroger is also testing a self-checkout concept at one of its stores in Dallas.
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Daily QuickWit (7/22) – Top Retail News of the Day

Here’s what was interesting in Retail today: Coca-Cola spurs 42% revenue growth (now $10.1B) after returning to pre-pandemic marketing spend (which doubled YOY). They invested in innovation, quality, and targeted allocation with their increased spend and beat earnings and revenue expectations in Q2. Target, Bed Bath and Beyond Open Doors To Third-Party Boutiques. The Store-within-a-store […]
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