Health & Wellness

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  1. Media & Marketing

Hub Transitions Need Proven Plans, Smart Scale-Up

Today’s guest post comes from Josh Marsh, Vice President and General Manager at Cardinal Health Sonexus™ Access and Patient Support. Josh examines the risks manufacturers take when transitioning a patient services hub from one vendor to another. He argues that scaling with a proven, flexible blueprint can help hubs with speed, patient continuity, and confident […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue growing after that, according to a memo released Thursday (Aug. 13). In the memo about the National Fraud Enforcement Division’s enforcement priorities, Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald said that […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Burger King’s Comeback: 7 Food Marketing Lessons Restaurants Can Learn in 2026

  BURGER KING IS EATING ITS COMPETITORS’ LUNCH, The Whopper, Better Operations, Smarter Marketing and a Return to Consistency Are Turning Burger King Into One of Fast Food’s Most Important Comeback Stories according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Burger King didn’t win the second quarter of 2026 by inventing […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

The New Revenue Playbook: What Hilton’s ResortPass Strategy Teaches Every Hotel, Restaurant, and Food Retailer About Growth

  Business leaders often search for the next disruptive innovation, but sometimes the most profitable opportunity is hiding in plain sight according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Hilton’s partnership with ResortPass isn’t simply about giving local consumers access to hotel pools and resort amenities. It represents a fundamental shift […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Amazon Has Finally Cracked the Food Retail Code—Fresh Food, Fast Service, Price Value, and Personalized Convenience

  For more than two decades, the Grocerant Guru® has maintained that the retailers who would ultimately dominate food retail would not necessarily have the most stores—they would have the most relevant customer experience. That winning formula has always been remarkably simple: Price + Quality + Service + Convenience + Portability = Customer Value. Today, […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Plant power | In focus: Speciality diets

Speciality diets have moved firmly into the retail mainstream in the UK, with convenience retailers expanding ranges to meet growing consumer demand for products that align with health, lifestyle and ethical preferences. What was once a niche segment focused primarily on gluten-free products has evolved… This story continues at Plant power | In focus: Speciality […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Whole Foods Fights “Whole Paycheck” Moniker With Private Label

Bloomberg writes that “in a commercial test kitchen in downtown Austin, Whole Foods Market is waging a war against “Whole Paycheck,” a moniker the grocery chain has been trying to shake since the 1990s when it first gained a reputation as a pricey emporium for foodies … Rachel Bukowski, director of research and development for […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Festive flavours from Fairfields Farm

Fairfields Farm is bringing back its limited edition Honey Roasted Chestnut & Sage flavour crisps in time for this year’s festive season. First introduced in 2025, the Honey Roasted Chestnut & Sage variant is vegan and gluten-free. It will be available again from next month… This story continues at Festive flavours from Fairfields Farm Or […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The $104.7 Billion Clinical Nutrition Market

When 80% of oncology patients face nutrition-related health risks, you’d expect clinical nutrition to be front-page news. Instead, this massive healthcare segment quietly powers recovery in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and homes worldwide while most people focus on flashier medical technologies.
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Who Will Pay for Prescription Drugs in 2034? Medicare’s Surprising Rise in the Latest Government Forecasts

By Adam J. Fein, Ph.D. and Greis Kapexhiu In late June, the boffins at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest projections for U.S. spending on healthcare. (See links below.) These data provide the latest official, nonpartisan look at the future of U.S. healthcare spending. Notably, overall U.S. spending on drugs […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Paymentus Revenue Surges as Businesses Seek to Deliver Smooth Billing Experiences

Bill payment solution provider Paymentus posted record revenue in the second quarter as service providers sought to secure customer loyalty by providing a satisfying billing experience, Paymentus Founder and CEO Dushyant Sharma said during a Monday (Aug. 3) earnings call. Citing findings from an upcoming PYMNTS Intelligence report, Sharma said customers’ billing and payment experiences […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Healthcare Fraud Just Cost the Industry $308 Billion

Healthcare fraud is bleeding the industry dry. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that fraudulent billing, phantom procedures, and identity theft cost the U.S. healthcare system alone over $308 billion annually. That’s roughly 10% of all healthcare spending disappearing into criminal schemes.
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Your Views:  “Love You Brother, But Sometimes You Piss Me Off”

Normally I reserve “Your Views” for Thursdays;  it seems like a nice way to wrap up the week. Making an exception today, though, because I thought this conversation was valuable and worth spotlighting. The subject is one that has generated a lot of email here on MNB –  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Index Ventures Makes $3.5 Billion Bet on AI Boom

Venture capital group Index Ventures has raised $2 billion, giving it $3.5 billion in total capital. Index said the new funding, announced last week, will let it back founders at a range of growth stages, highlighting opportunities in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. “AI is putting the power to build into more hands than ever […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £12,500 seized from stores in Grimsby crackdown

This week, a raid on shops in Freeman Street and Hainton Avenue, Grimsby, saw more than 40,000 illegal cigarettes and around 10kg of illicit hand-rolling tobacco seized. Public health experts say some of these items would almost certainly have been smoked by young people in… This story continues at Illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £12,500 […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Value retailer B&M wraps Point of Sale roll-out across 790+ UK stores in partnership with PMC

Value retailer, B&M, has partnered with PMC to deploy a Point of Sale (PoS) solution spanning across its entire estate. Operating one of the UK’s largest value retail estates, it has replaced its legacy PoS solution with new hardware and updated software. It also wanted to enhance in-store experiences as part of the refresh, adding new capabilities […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Northern Ireland launches consultation on restricting HFSS product promotion

The DoH and FSA have launched a consultation on restricting the promotion and placement of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges facing Northern Ireland, with 65% of adults living with obesity or… This story continues at Northern Ireland launches consultation on restricting […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

When & How to Find the Perfect Contract Manufacturer for Scaling Your Brand

Many of the brands I’ve interviewed over the years have followed a similar journey. They started making their products at home, typically in their kitchen or basement (as Nat’s Nuts did), then eventually moved up to a commercial kitchen space (or using a local church kitchen as in the cases of Molly Bz Cookies and […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Microsoft Extends Data Center Lifespans to Soften AI Buildout Costs

Microsoft reported strong growth in its cloud and artificial intelligence businesses while also working to moderate the impact of capital expenditures. The company said in a Wednesday (July 29) earnings release that during the quarter ended June 30, its Intelligent Cloud revenue increased 32% year over year to $39.3 billion, its Productivity and Business Processes […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Tuesday Eye-Openers

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  Cracker Barrel Changes CEOs One Year After Rebranding Fiasco From the New York Times: “Cracker Barrel named a new chief executive on Monday, nearly a year after the company’s rebranding effort caused an online backlash. “Julie Masino will step down as the top executive next month, […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Tassat CEO Says Regional Banks Are Focused on the Wrong Stablecoin Problem

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Tassat’s Glen Sussman Conversations about stablecoins have a way of turning into conversations about technology. Which chain, which standard, whose rail. When PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster sat down with Tassat CEO Glen Sussman for the “Monday Conversation” series, she put a plainer question on the table. “How many rails do […]
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  1. Data & Insights

“Perfection is a disease”

Ann Mukherjee is a seasoned C-Suite executive specializing in transforming global companies by leveraging demand driven growth to drive competitive advantage. Most recently, Ann served as Chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA, the second largest spirits company in the world. Prior to Pernod Ricard, Ann was Global Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer of the largest […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Very Group reshapes pricing with agentic AI: last week’s most read RTIH retail technology articles

Check out our most clicked articles from last week, including UiPath, Vivobarefoot, Ocado Group, Tesco, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Gap Inc., Microsoft, Waitrose, SOLUM, Savvy, Sephora, CeX, Auror, Wickes, and La-Z-Boy. The Very Group teams with UiPath to deliver AI powered agentic pricing solution across retail brands UiPath has announced a three-year partnership with The Very Group to revamp […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Fraser Group’s Sports Direct and Everlast Gyms+ launch 85,000 sq ft flagship store in Dublin, Ireland

Sportswear chain Sports Direct and Everlast Gyms+ have today opened a flagship store on Dublin’s Henry Street on the site of a former Debenhams location. Both brands – owned by Frasers Group – are operating across four floors in the 85,000 sq ft building. “Some moments don’t just mark progress – they redefine what’s possible. […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Half of Asthma Patients Skip Their Meds — Smart Inhalers Are Fighting Back

Here’s a sobering reality: medication adherence rates for asthma and COPD patients frequently fall below 50%. For the 25 million Americans on long-term inhaled therapies, this isn’t just a compliance issue — it’s driving emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and a staggering $60 billion annual healthcare burden from COPD alone.
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  1. Channel: Grocery
  2. Channel: Grocery

Kroger acquiring Giant Eagle in $1.65B deal

Kroger Co. is acquiring Giant Eagle, a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer, for a purchase price of $1.65 billion. Giant Eagle has approximately $9 billion in annual sales and 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, according to a press release. The purchase is comprised of […]
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  2. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
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  10. Shopper & Customer
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  13. Retail Operations

Omni CEO Christine Gambino – Omnichannel, Real ID & the Full-Funnel Future

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Christine Gambino, CEO of Omni, Omnicom’s next-generation marketing and sales intelligence platform. It connects strategy, creativity, media, CRM, commerce, data, and AI to help brands grow with greater clarity, speed, and measurable business impact. Follow Christine on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-gambino-59683ab8 Follow Omni online at: https://www.omc.com/omni/ Christine […]
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  2. Channel: Convenience
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  4. Channel: Restaurants
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  6. Department: Food
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  16. Stores & Formats

C-Stores Grow, In Both Size And Ambition

CNBC has a story about how, while “gas stations have been reinventing themselves for the past decade with food offerings that rival many established grub-only chains,” now they are “doing something else: growing in physical size and attracting legions of fans along the way.”  Buc-ee’s is described as the poster child for this transformation: “On […]
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