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Europe’s Food Safety Revolution: What It Means for U.S. Retailers

🇪🇺 EU’s Bold Moves to Protect Consumers In 2025, the European Union launched a sweeping update to its food safety regulations under Regulation (EU) 2025/351, marking a new era of consumer protection. These changes are not minor bureaucratic tweaks—they represent a full modernization of how food materials, especially plastics and packaging, are produced, tested, and […]
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Digital Grocery: A Marketing Gold Mine for Non-Food Brands

Food and beverage brands already know the value of reaching grocery shoppers digitally. Grocery ecommerce isn’t just growing — it’s transforming the entire shopper journey. In fact, Emarketer projects that digital grocery sales will account for 19% of all U.S. ecommerce sales in 2026, surpassing apparel and accessories as the largest ecommerce category! Grocery consumers […]
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How Household Essentials are Helping Amazon (Finally) win Grocery

This is the first story in a two-part series. The second installment will publish tomorrow, Aug. 13. Amazon made its name as “The Everything Store,” and that has never been more true. But while Walmart is busy touting the unexpected variety on its marketplace, Amazon has already proven its point on that front and moved […]
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Blue Apron Rebrands with Expanded Menu, à la Carte Ordering Options

Blue Apron, one of the pioneers in the prepared meal kit category, has rebranded with new, more convenient non-subscription offerings and more than doubled its offerings to 100 different meal options per week — with 75% of the menu featuring opportunities for customization. Customers of Blue Apron, a subsidiary of Marc Lore’s Wonder — the […]
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The Silent Collapse: How SNAP Cuts Could Spell Doom for Legacy Grocers — and Spark a Food Crisis in America’s Shadows

  A look at how one federal policy change may unravel the traditional food ecosystem, fueling black-market bodegas and overwhelming food banks across the country from the minds-eye of Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. The U.S. food industry is no stranger to disruption — from automation and delivery apps to […]
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Beyond the Registry: Rethinking the Path to Purchase for Modern Parents

The baby registry used to be the cornerstone of preparing for parenthood. Expecting parents would walk into a store, scan a list of items, and then wait for friends and family to fulfill their needs at the baby shower. That model is fading fast. Today’s parents aren’t just checking boxes on a registry, they’re curating […]
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Health experts call for action as public backs ban on high sugar baby food

Health experts are urging the government to take urgent action to protect babies and young children from unhealthy food, following research from Leeds University which was featured in the BBC Panorama investigation ‘The Truth About Baby Food Pouches’. Forty leading health and child organisations are urging the… This story continues at Health experts call for action as […]
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Sansolo Speaks:  Some Problems Cannot Be Diapered Over

By Michael Sansolo Mel Brooks put it this way: “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” In other words, things only really matter when they impact me. On Monday, KC posted a piece about problems with Kirkland diapers and resulting complaints from some parents.  […]
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Dentists call for action over ‘grotesque levels of sugar’ in baby food

The British Dental Association has urged government to step up and confront the baby food industry, after wide-ranging analysis of the UK baby food pouch market has found no improvement in the sugar content. The professional body has noted that market leader Ella’s Kitchen, Piccolo and Aldi appear to have… This story continues at Dentists call for action over ‘grotesque […]
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Navigating media’s complexity with audience planning

Today’s media landscape is complex. Americans continue to spend a significant amount of time with media, devoting 70 hours a week (or 10 hours a day) across all devices in the first quarter of 2024. But with audiences spreading their time across linear TV, CTV, radio, smartphones, tablets and computers, how can advertisers and media […]
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Retail vs wholesale medical supplies: understanding market demand dynamics

The medical supplies industry is critical to the healthcare system, ensuring that essential tools and products reach both healthcare providers and patients. Retail and wholesale medical supplies are two distinct sectors within this industry, each with unique demand dynamics. Understanding these differences can help stakeholders, including manufacturers, distributors, and buyers, make informed decisions and optimise […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

What does it take for a TV advertising campaign to be on target today?

The evolution of television over the past few years has been exhilarating for viewers who now have infinite content at their fingertips and the freedom to watch it all on their own schedule. But it’s also made it incredibly difficult for advertisers to keep track of all the moving pieces and keep their TV advertising […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

#RICE24: On the Ground with In-Store Tech at Sephora, Reformation and Walgreens

There is no better way to find out what’s going on at retail than to actually visit stores, which is exactly what Retail TouchPoints had the chance to do while in Chicago this week for the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo (RICE). RTP’s editors joined the #RICE24 store tours hosted by intrepid travelers and retail […]
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Target Cuts Prices of 5,000 Items; Biden Calls on Other Companies to Follow Suit

Target will lower the everyday prices of approximately 5,000 frequently shopped items. Reduced prices already are in effect for about 1,500 items, and additional cuts will be instituted over the summer. Consumers will see lower prices on products including milk, meat, bread, soda, fresh fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, coffee and diapers. In a post […]
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Food-delivery startup Wonder Group gets $100 million investment from Nestle

​ ​ In this article NES.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Wonder Group has bought rights to make dishes from popular restaurants and celebrity chefs, such as Bobby Flay and José Andrés. It’s also developed high-tech kitchen equipment to speed up and simplify cooking. Wonder Group Food-delivery company Wonder Group has gotten a cash infusion […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Inflation is cooling, but prices on many items are going to stay high for months

Inflation may be cooling. But, for most Americans, the price of a cup of coffee or a bag of groceries hasn’t budged. In the months ahead, the big question is whether consumers will start to feel relief, too. Over the past few months, many of the key factors that fueled a four-decade high in inflation […]
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Baby Food Maker Market size to grow by USD 403.25 Mn; Market research insights highlight technological innovations and portfolio extensions as a key driver

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — According to the research report “Baby Food Maker Market by Application and Distribution Channel – Forecast and Analysis – 2022-2026”, the market will witness a YOY growth of 7.29% in 2022 at a CAGR of 8.29% during the forecast period. The report…
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We’re Bringing the Convenience of Drone Delivery to 4 Million U.S. Households in Partnership with DroneUp

We continue to expand our delivery operations to help customers get the items they need when they need them, and it’s been an exciting journey. From Express delivery, where customers can have items delivered to their doorsteps in as little as two hours, to InHome, where they can get those orders placed right into their […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Launch National E-commerce Experience Expanding Kroger’s Home and Baby Offering

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY), a leading omnichannel retailer for home, baby, and wellness products, today announced the launch of the companies' e-commerce experience.
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QuickWit Weekly 4.19 – Last Week’s Top Stories in Retail

Here are last week’s top stories in Retail: Kroger opens the first Customer Fulfillment center – Kroger & Ocado Group are out of pilot mode and the CFC is officially online to the public. They have been piloting with Kroger employees for the past couple months. This is definitely a game changer. Hopefully the next […]
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Walmart adding RFID tech to fresh categories

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‘A cultural shift’: Dollar Tree’s CEO on tech, AI adoption

At Dollar Tree’s investor day this month, the discount retailer gave a peek into how it’s catching up with the times — and AI is playing a key role. If one thing is certain, CEO Mike Creedon told investors, it’s that Dollar Tree must evolve. “And we are, from a single price point model to […]
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New Amazon smart delivery glasses help drivers navigate routes and complete deliveries

Amazon has unveiled new smart glasses designed to assist drivers in navigating their routes and completing deliveries. The AI powered technology provides hands free navigation, package scanning, and hazard detection directly in drivers’ field of view, eliminating the need to look down at their smartphones while making deliveries. The glasses feature computer vision technology that […]
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