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Mars Wrigley unveils Skittles Giants Gooey

Mars Wrigley has launched Skittles Giants Gooey, the confectioner’s most ambitious new product development to date. Skittles Giants Gooey fill soft, fruity-flavoured giant candy with a gooey citrus core, “delivering a tangy hit of zestiness”. Alice Maramotti, Skittles senior brand manager, comments: “We have a track record… This story continues at Mars Wrigley unveils Skittles Giants Gooey […]
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Walmart+ Members will Get First Dibs on New Products During 24-Hour Event

From 12 noon ET on Monday, April 29 through noon on April 30, the Walmart+ Early Access online sales event will offer program members a curated assortment of products new to Walmart — including Dolly Parton’s Rockin’ New Baking Collection, Doritos Flamin’ Hot Mystery Flavor, Pampers diapers and men’s and women’s shoes from Reebok. “Walmart+ […]
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Are LLMs About To Hit A Wall?

Each new generation of large language model consumes a staggering amount of resources.  Meta, for instance, trained its new Llama 3 models with about 10 times more data and 100 times more compute than Llama 2. Amid a chip shortage, it used two 24,000 GPU clusters, with each chip running around the price of a […]
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Grocerant Guru’s Full-Flavored Forecast: 2024’s Flavorful Trends

  Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a peek at what’s hot in the culinary world! Once again Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® and his team,  are seeing some new signals of our ever-evolving consumer focused adoption of fresh food with functionality; including botanical infusions, and even a […]
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How Bark is Creating Products and Experiences that Pups (and Pup Parents) Love

Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 billion in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Half of these pet-owning households are run by millennials and Gen Zers, who don’t just look at their pets as “furry friends” but as their children. Bark is one company that is laser-focused […]
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Country Choice appoints allergen awareness ambassador

Country Choice, the provider of in-store bakery solutions for the convenience retail sector, has appointed its technical manager, Kerry Primarolo, as an ambassador for allergen awareness. Primarolo will be providing training to colleagues so that they can help customers to identify best practice in allergen… This story continues at Country Choice appoints allergen awareness ambassador […]
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Nurturing future leaders: Celebrating the graduates of Nielsen’s Diverse Leadership Network program

Nielsen’s 2024 Diverse Leadership Network graduates strike the #inspireinclusion pose for International Women’s Day Nielsen is focused on creating a better media future for all people, and that starts inside our own company, with our people. One of our leadership development programs is the Diverse Leadership Network (DLN). Through the DLN, we are investing in […]
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Albertsons awards Innovation Launchpad winners at Natural Products Expo West

 ​​[[“value”:” WunderEggs, a plant-based hardboiled egg formulated from almonds, cashews, coconut milk, turmeric extract and black salt, bested 60 participants and won first place. “]] 
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Red Bull Pink Edition Sugarfree hits shelves

Red Bull is launching a new permanent Sugarfree Edition this summer. Red Bull Pink Edition Sugarfree combines  raspberry and forest fruits with herbal notes of verbena. It is the second new variant introduced by the brand this year and the first fully sugarfree flavour in… This story continues at Red Bull Pink Edition Sugarfree hits […]
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Biona launches two new organic mustards

Biona, the organic food supplier to UK retailers, is pleased to introduce two new French mustards, a traditional wholegrain variant and a hotter French Dijon. The French Dijon mustard comes in a 200g jar with an RRP of £3.29 and the French Wholegrain mustard also… This story continues at Biona launches two new organic mustards […]
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Cantaloupe report: cashless, touchless payments surging

MALVERN, Pa. – Cantaloupe Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions for self-service commerce, has released its highly anticipated Cantaloupe 2024 Micropayment Trends Report. The report analyzes payment transaction data from a sample of more than 600,000 (out of 1.2 million) Cantaloupe card readers on food & beverage vending and amusement/gaming machines, as well as […]
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The Grocerant Guru: Why Foxtrot and Dom’s Couldn’t Outfox the Market

  Urban darlings Foxtrot and Dom’s, known for their unique grocery-restaurant hybrid concept, recently shuttered their doors. This surprise move comes just months after their merger into Outfox Hospitality. As the Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® let’s dissect six reasons why this innovative concept may not have survived the test of time. […]
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AI’s Impact On The Pursuit Of Brand Difference

The biggest challenge brands face is standing out from the crowd. Kantar’s BrandZ tracking of brands across all categories worldwide finds that year-in and year-out roughly eight-in-ten brands fall short on consumer perceptions of difference. Even more brands fall short on difference that is meaningful and relevant. Difference is rare because difference is hard. The […]
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Planning For Brand Expansion

The growth of any brand will plateau if it is successful with its initial product range in its region of origin. Further growth must come from expanding the product range, extending geographically, or both. Before scaling your brand, the business fundamentals need to be in place. Investors seem keen to fund technology-based brands even if […]
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Instacart Business: Delivering an Elevated Office Experience with Hines

Hines, a global real estate investment, development and management firm, is no stranger to providing innovative and elevated services to tenants of all sizes. Hines is dedicated to finding new ways to elevate tenants’ experiences by creating a more service-oriented, hospitality-like experience at the office. And at Instacart Business, we’re big fans of enhancing the […]
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Crunch, Crackle, Chomp: Why CPG Brands Are Turning Their Sound On With Sonic Branding

In a world with endless snack options, many CPG brands are looking to stand out in the supermarket aisle by taking a sound-on approach to marketing and investing in a sonic identity. Consumer packaged goods have long used sonic cues in advertising to give their products personality, such as those with familiar brand mascots like […]
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Vitalite announces retailer support for allergy awareness

Saputo Dairy’s dairy-free brand Vitalite UK, has partnered with training provider The Allergy Badge to campaign for better industry awareness of food allergies as it unveils a package of free support for retailers. The dairy-free spread has undertaken new research to shine a light on… This story continues at Vitalite announces retailer support for allergy […]
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Amazon Rolls Out Grocery Delivery Subscription Nationwide

Following a pilot in three U.S. cities, Amazon is making its grocery delivery subscription available to all Prime members in the U.S. For $9.99 a month, Prime members will now have access to unlimited grocery delivery on orders over $35 from Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market and a variety of local grocery and specialty retailers, […]
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Amazon adds low-cost grocery delivery subscription option

SEATTLE—In a bid to bring greater convenience to budget-minded food shoppers, Amazon has unveiled a new grocery delivery subscription option to Prime members and customers using EBT in over 3,500 cities and towns across the United States. Priced at $9.99 per month for Prime members, this subscription service offers unlimited grocery delivery on orders exceeding […]
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RangeMe Review: How Due Diligence & Custom Offerings Land 2×4 Nutrition onto Retail Shelves

Nothing irks a buyer more than a brand that goes into a meeting unprepared. In fact, the most common advice I hear from buyers with regards to supplier meeting prep is, “Do your homework.” You should have an idea about the buyer’s organization, the markets it serves, and – whenever possible – actual boots-on-the-ground experience […]
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Tropicana launches second campaign

Tropicana has launched its second campaign under the ‘It’s That Juice’ platform, which highlights the concept that ‘the things that make you shine brighter is what’s on the inside’. The £3.5m ‘Not all oranges are the same’ campaign continues to ground itself in the brand’s philosophy… This story continues at Tropicana launches second campaign Or just […]
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Chupa Chups launches new Flavour Playlist XXL

Perfetti Van Melle has unveiled Chupa Chups Flavour Playlist XXL – a fusion of five flavours in one lollipop. Available in all channels from May, for RRP 50p, Flavour Playlist XXL offers a medley of Cola, Cherry, Lemon, Lime, with Strawberry bubble-gum at its core.… This story continues at Chupa Chups launches new Flavour Playlist […]
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CDR, MMR partner with ECRM for special event

TUCSON — Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers have partnered with ECRM for Founders’ Innovation Day, an exclusive event designed for D2C and emerging brands to make the most of their potential at food, drug and mass retailers, and from e-commerce. The “day of insight, connection and growth” is being held on June 3 […]
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Why California Restaurants Can Rest Easy: The Enduring Appeal of Dining Out

  The restaurant industry has been obsessing with the rise of the minimum wage in California.  Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® continues to insist that there are many more reasons the long-term outlook for the California restaurant sector is bright. So, here we go.   In California, approximately 49.3% of households consist […]
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DoorDash Available at Wakefern Food Corp. Banners

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH), the local commerce platform, is excited to announce service with Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative. The cooperative members own and operate 365 supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Fairway Market, Gourmet Garage, and Dearborn Market banners. Customers can now order groceries and […]
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Target’s April 2024 Circle Sale was its largest by sales lift

Track General Merchandise spending free Access chart in Dash. Target’s April Circle Sale generated 7% more sales than the weekly average in the previous 4 weeks according to Earnest credit card data. This represents a 2 point acceleration in the Circle Sale’s contribution to Target’s topline compared to Target’s October sale. Target Circle is a […]
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TikTok Shop customers spend more at lower ticket apparel retailers

Download full TikTok Shop report Access TikTok and Panel data in Dash. TikTok Shop customers spent 26% of their apparel wallet on Off-Price Department Stores and 11% on Fast Fashion in the 12-months ended February 2024, compared to 24% and 7% for the average shopper. Conversely, TikTok Shop users spent less than their peers at […]
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