Dept. Dairy

  1. Department: HBC

Your Views:  We All Deserve A Break Today

Lots or response to yesterday’s FaceTime, in which I went to McDonald’s to road test the supposedly new-and-improved burgers that have been seven years in the making. MNB reader Barbara Watters wrote: Love the morning FaceTimes.  Your McDonald’s segment had me remembering my recent Big Mac a few weeks ago.  Blah and bleg.  The flavor […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

The 8 biggest party trends for 2024

Picture this: You’re invited to an event hosted by your male friends in their late twenties. It’s not a birthday party or engagement, or even New Years’. No – it’s a glitter-filled Eurovision party. Passing revelers dressed as ABBA and Conchita Wurst, you sip on non-alcoholic beer and cheers to good times. The winner’s announced, […]
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  1. CPG: Food

Growth Makes Happy Joe’s Happy

  Customer frequency matters. When you are a restaurant, looking at your concept, trying to drive top-line sales and bottom-line profits, start with the menu. That according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. That said, leveraging the menu to increase customer frequency without operational disruption is an art and Happy […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Seven Year Switch

So while Michael’s column today is about how a community rose up to defend its right to have a local McDonald’s, I have another take on the fast feeder. The other day there was a story about how, after an exhaustive seven-year development process, McDonald’s has improved its burgers and buns.  That’s quite a claim […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

’Tis the season for shopping and romcoms: RTIH runs back the week’s coolest retail technology plays

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including Amazon, Pinterest, Aldi, Walmart, HMV, New Look, TrusTrace, One Water, Polytag, BERSHKA, and 3DLOOK. Amazon Amazon has opened a Second Chance Store in London, giving festive shoppers the chance to buy quality returned products in-person, […]
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  1. CPG: Food

McDonald’s Decides To Focus On – Wait For It! – Burger Quality

The Wall Street Journal has a story this morning about how fast feeder McDonald’s has “decided it’s had enough with dry patties and squishy buns. For the past seven years, the chain that made its name on burgers has been on a quest to improve its signature offering. “The changes are now rolling out in […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Whole Foods Expands Culinary Apprenticeship Programs

Axios reports this morning that “Whole Foods Market is reviving the flagging art of culinary apprenticeships,” in the belief that “in an era of labor shortages, apprenticeships are a proven workforce training model that inspires employee loyalty and drives customer satisfaction.” The story says that “Whole Foods aims to add at least two new apprenticeships […]
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  1. Department: Food

Can Restaurants Gain Ground as Grocery Prices Hit Three Month Highs

  Restaurants have been stubbing their toes as they raise prices to the point that consumers stopped buying the items they liked and started exploring new points of fresh food distribution according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Did you know that grocery store prices were up slightly in the […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Shopper Decision Trees and Shelf Layout – Not as simple as you think!

I recently conducted a poll on LinkedIn asking how best to organize products on a shelf. The results were interesting, with the vast majority of respondents suggesting that the merchandising layout should follow the shopper decision tree. And at one level, that makes sense. But there are some significant issues with this approach. Shopper Decision […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Arby’s Partnership with Paramount+ Adds New Electricity

How are you going to garner new customers while edifying the old and most loyal customers?  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® a customer focused partnership just might be the answer to drive incremental brand relevance. Have you heard that Arby’s is partnering with Paramount+ to celebrate the release […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Gen Z Try this White Castle Stuffing Recipe

  It’s that time of year where Holiday meals are simply family fun time according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  Here is the classic White Castle Stuffing Recipe that the team to Foodservice Solutions® knows you will enjoy. It’s WCS season! That’s “White Castle Stuffing” season for those not […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

White Castle Selling Relevance

  If you were ever wondering what brand relevance looked like after over a hundred Yes, (102) years of messaging looked like just keep reading.  White Castle after over 102 years has brand electricity once again this year.  How can that be?  Simple branded gift giving!  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Walmart’s Q3 Numbers Show Continued Strength in Multiple Segments

Walmart yesterday released its Q3 numbers, saying that it had total revenue of $160.8 billion, up 5.2% from the same period a year ago, on US same store sales that were up 4.9 percent and digital sales that were up 24 percent. The company said that Sam’s Club same-store sales were up 3.8 percent, with […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Your Views:   Recipes For Success

Got the following note from MNB reader Terry Marshall about my commentary and follow-up emails about Target’s store issues: Just wanted to say that with all the comments on Target in the “Your Views” section,  I hope someone in senior Target leadership reads it. Reading is one thing.  (I’m think that is likely.). But paying […]
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  1. CPG: Food

Chuck E. Cheese Fires Its Animatronic Bands

USA Today reports that that Chuck E. Cheese locations around the country are getting rid of the animatronic bands that have been core to the brand:  “The company has been busy renovating fun centers nationwide, providing a delightful experience for fans of all ages. Additionally, new trampoline zones have been introduced in select fun centers […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Fresh Thanksgiving for 5 for $50 Delivered Fast Ask Alexa “Thanksgiving Meal Deals”

  When it comes to fresh food fast Amazon understands both delivery and freshness according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Johnson stated “Fresh food quality combined with freshly prepared full-flavored food from Amazon is something everyone just might want to consider this Thanksgiving.” So, Amazon is gearing up for […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Marketing Strategies that Will Make Your Products Fly Off the Shelves

Welcome back to the enthralling world of CPG Marketing Magic! In the first three columns, we delved into the captivating realms of CPG branding and packaging. In this month’s column, we’re ready to equip you with strategies that will not only catch the eye of retail buyers but also powerfully propel your inventory off the shelves. […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Restaurants Take Notice Side Orders Outscore the Turkey on Thanksgiving

  When you don’t know how to use left over turkey you turn to the side dishes.  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® ‘side dishes are consumed as snacks or mini-meals, simple, quick, and delicious. The fact is Millennials and Gen Z simply don’t have the skill-set to prepared […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Target Thanksgiving Dinner for 4 less than $25

  Cash strapped, time starved, and college loans are just some of the problems driving Gen Z and Millennial consumers to the dinner table at home this year.  However, if you are not going out for Thanksgiving to a restaurant or relatives Target has a deal for you. According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at […]
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  1. Department: Food

Amazon Fresh offers Thanksgiving deals, 5 for $50

    [[“value”:” Holiday Deals and Offerings at Amazon Fresh:  Amazon Fresh can help feed a family of five for under $50 with low prices on select staples, including: 8-10 pound Butterball whole turkey, turkey gravy, fresh brand russet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, cornbread stuffing, sweet rolls, pie (various flavors available), and ice cream (various flavors available) […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Gen Z and Millennials Head to Aldi for the Holiday Meal

  Time starved and penny wise this year Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® believes that Gen Z and Millennials will continue to seek food discovery while saving money to pay back student loans and will be shopping at Aldi for the Holidays. One of the low cost food leaders, ALDI touts affordable fixings […]
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  1. Department: Food

There’s still growth in the freezer section

    [[“value”:” Consumers flocked to the frozen-food aisles during the peak of the pandemic, and some of that heightened demand appears to have staying power. Dollar sales of many frozen items have continued to show growth over the last three years, including frozen meals, desserts, and frozen fruits and vegetables. Although price inflation is […]
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  1. Department: Food

Take a look inside: Gelson’s 1st store in West Los Angeles

    [[“value”:” The new store has a wine and sushi/tapas bar, as well as an outdoor patio Southern California-based Gelson’s has opened its 28th full-service store in West Los Angeles. The store serves as the anchor of West Edge, a mixed-use residential/office/retail development currently under construction. Designed by the award-winning firm Shook Kelley, […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Popeyes Grocerant Niche Cajun-Style Turkey is Back

  Having company over the holidays, family, fun, free-time on your mind?  Well once again this year you and order a Cajun-Style Turkey online from Popeyes and have the free time for golf, bowling, board games simply by ordering your next family meal with family and friends from Popeyes.  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Dessert Industry Trends in the US

Amid an unsteady economy, there have been concerns that consumers will reduce their spending on indulgences, yet the dessert industry remains stable in growth. Nevertheless, Americans are changing their dessert consumption behaviors. In this article, we’ll explore how consumers are contending with healthy versus indulgent dessert perceptions, the influence of plant-based innovation in sweet treats, […]
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NRF Retracts Claim that Organized Retail Crime Accounted for ‘Nearly Half’ of Retail Shrink

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center. The NRF report was […]
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