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  1. Channel: Grocery

Your Views:  Chickening Out

Responding to yesterday’s piece about how Dorothy Lane Market is being specific in informing customers are why its chickens are superior – and therefore a greater value – MNB reader Jeff Gartner wrote: Dorothy Lane’s chicken is indeed the best, not only because it’s water-chilled but they also come from local Ohio farms. They’re just […]
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Amazon News:  Tariff-Related Price Hikes, New Big Box Store, & More

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… Amazon news, on a number of fronts… •  CNBC reports that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, in an interview with the network, said that “President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are starting to be reflected in the price of some items, as sellers weigh how to absorb the shock […]
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Amazon Tests 30-Minute Deliveries in Direct Challenge to DoorDash and its Ilk

Amazon is testing ultra-fast delivery in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia capable of bringing thousands of household essentials and groceries to customers’ doorsteps in 30 minutes or less. Called Amazon Now, the offering is a direct challenge to delivery apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub, whose core proposition is local food and essentials delivered […]
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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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  1. Shopper & Customer

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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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

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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  1. Channel: MealKit

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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  1. Department & Category

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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  1. Media & Marketing

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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  1. Trends & External Forces

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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  1. Media & Marketing

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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  1. Data & Insights

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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  1. Trends & External Forces

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. Department & Category

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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  1. Department & Category

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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  1. Shopper & Customer

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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Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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BREAKING NEWS:  Amazon Bails Out Of Physical Stores Business, Closing Go And Fresh Stores

Amazon announced today that it is closing its 57 Amazon Fresh Stores and 15 Amazon Go stores.  With the exception of Whole Foods, which it acquired for $13.7 billion in 2017, it will now be out of the bricks-and-mortar business for the time being. The company’s food retail focus now will be on expanding its […]
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December E-Grocery Sales Hit $12.7 Billion, Up 32% YOY

The latest Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey is out, reporting that “monthly U.S. online grocery sales accelerated dramatically in December, with total sales surging 32% year-over-year (YOY) to finish the month with a record high $12.7 billion … This robust performance reflects higher order frequency, spending rates, and a larger user base than December […]
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NRF 2026 review: AI grabs the spotlight as retail technology steps into its next chapter

By James Pepper, Vista Technology Support A Brief Introduction to NRF and How the Show Is Structured Every January, the National Retail Federation’s ‘Retail’s Big Show’ transforms New York’s Javits Centre into one of the most influential gatherings in the global retail calendar. Tens of thousands of professionals arrive to explore new technologies, exchange ideas, […]
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