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16 market research tools and resources to help you think like your consumers

So you need an online tool or resource to support your market research and help you understand consumer sentiments – but where do you start? How do you assess the different options? And what even counts as a good tool or resource in the first place? If those questions sound familiar then relax, we just […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Amazon Removing ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech From its Fresh Grocery Stores

Amazon.com is removing “Just Walk Out” technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. The company’s well-known technology lets customers pay for items without standing in line and sends them receipts afterwards. Amazon says Just Walk Out will now be replaced by smart carts that allow customers […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Vertical Integration Lessons: The Economics and Strategies of Hospital-Owned Specialty Pharmacies (rerun)

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. For updated data on hospital-owned specialty pharmacies, see Chapter 3 of DCI’s new 2024 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Click here to see the original post from November […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Hard to believe but Restaurant Customers Want to Read the Menu

  Restaurant drive thru, convenience store, or grocery deli when customers are looking for dinner more often than not, they are looking for Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared food according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  In an era of abundant culinary choices, understanding what drives Americans’ dining decisions is […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

Walmart Increasing Return Shipping Rates for Third-Party Sellers

Walmart is raising its return shipping rates for seller-fulfilled orders, citing “changing market conditions,” according to an update posted this month on the Walmart Marketplace website. While the retailer doesn’t make its return shipping rates public, the company told Talk Business it’s the first rate increase in two years. Walmart marketplace allows third-party sellers to […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon’s Just Walk Out has Left the Building

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports. The retailer will instead rely more heavily on its smart Amazon Dash Carts, which have been deployed at Fresh stores […]
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  1. Department & Category

Lookout Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell Here are 10 Reasons Convenience Stores Are Eating Your Lunch

  When consumers ask, What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner for decades, fast food restaurants have been the go-to for busy folks seeking a quick and easy bite. But a new contender is emerging, and it’s lurking around every corner: the convenience store. Grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared food offered at convenience stores […]
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  1. Department & Category

Grocerant Niche Private Label Brand Managers are Needed

  There is no doubt that Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared food aka grocerant niche retail food offerings are driving top line growth in every sector of retail food service today. According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® grocerant niche products are increasing top line revenue, customer continuity, bottom-line profits […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Success Clues from McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme Partnership

  Regular readers of this blog know that success does leave clues. Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® ponders what could be next in this top-of-mind branding breakfast daypart partnership between McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme.  Will it drive new electricity into both brands or just one? 1.       Leveraging Brand Recognition: Both […]
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  1. Department & Category

Grocerants: Winning Big Time, and Here’s How to Capitalize

  They call me the Grocerant Guru®, and for good reason. In 1996, I wasn’t just spotting a trend, I was defining a whole new niche in the food industry: the grocerant. Back then, I saw a unique opportunity – a place where grocery stores and restaurants collided. I coined the term “grocerant” to describe […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Co-op invests in low-carbon tech and claims a convenience retailer first as SBTi validates its net zero targets

Co-op has become the first UK convenience retailer to have its net zero targets validated by the globally recognised Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi – a body that assesses corporate climate targets – has given the thumbs up to its near-term and overall targets to become net zero across its own operations by 2035, […]
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  1. Corporate Purpose

Why An Employee App Is A Total Game-Changer for Your Workforce

You know how it goes – you’ve got these awesome employees that keep your company running smoothly. But are you doing everything you can to make their lives easier and keep them engaged with vivid desktop alerts? Well, let me tell you – an employee app is gonna be a total game-changer for your workplace. […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Decoding the Language of Luxury

For affluent consumers who are ultra-sensitized to luxury brands and their codes of meaning, savoir-faire is the ultimate flex. In some prominent families, purchases and self-presentation trigger complex negotiations between social obligation and self-expression. A perfect example is the age-old tradition of donning your grandmother’s heavy wedding set instead of daring to decline the matriarch’s […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Pacsun Celebrates One-Year on Roblox with New Slick Rick Collab

Pacsun is partnering with hip-hop artist Slick Rick to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Los Angeles Tycoon experience on Roblox. Over the past year the experience has garnered 60,000 monthly active users and 11 million visits overall.   For the collaboration, users can interact with a 3D non-player character (NPC) digital avatar of Slick Rick […]
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  1. Department: Food

New Fruit-tella Berries & Cherry Stick

Perfetti Van Melle, has expanded its range of chews with the brand-new Fruit-tella Berries & Cherry Stick. Made with real fruit juice, all-natural colours and flavours and vegan, the individually wrapped chews promote both hygiene and portion control. Adding to the product’s credentials, Fruit-tella Berries… This story continues at New Fruit-tella Berries & Cherry Stick […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Mini profile: New concept Premier store opens in Brunton Park, Newcastle

A new concept Premier store has opened in the shopping parade at the heart of Newcastle’s Brunton Park district. The new store offers Brunton Park’s shoppers a convenience proposition that includes high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen goods, plus an array of new concepts unique to… This story continues at Mini profile: New concept Premier store […]
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  1. Department: Food

Walmart Accelerates Clean Energy Commitments with Projects Generating Nearly 1 GW

Walmart is moving closer to its pledge of enabling 10 gigawatts (GW) of clean, renewable energy by 2030 — enough electricity to power 2 million households — with new commitments that will generate nearly 1 GW of electricity. These investments will add to Walmart’s existing portfolio, which consists of 600+ onsite and offsite renewable energy […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Marketing Brand Relevance Subway’s Way

Renew, Refresh, and Revive the undercurrent of brand excitement is but one of the goals Subway is undertaken with its partnership with T. Marzetti Co. to sell their popular sauces in grocery stores according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  Here a few potential benefits to Subway: 1.       Increased brand […]
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  1. Department & Category

The Grocerant Guru Takes a Look at Hamburger Helper’s Refresh

  Retailers take notice, it’s the Grocerant Guru® here with some insights on a recent brand refresh that caught my eye. Let’s talk Hamburger Helper! Regular readers of this blog know that consumers are dynamic not static. Now we all know many legacy brands need a little sprucing up. Eagle Foods, based in Cleveland, Ohio, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Target poised for renewed growth

MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. achieved stunning profit growth in fiscal 2023 despite continued soft sales that ameliorated somewhat over the second half. Looking to the future, management expects to reignite growth by reinforcing, refining and enhancing the strengths that have driven top- and bottom-line expansion for the retailer over the past decade. No strategic reset […]
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  1. Department: Food

Co-op launches new-look Chelston, Torquay store

Co-op has re-launched its Chelston store with a fresh new-look following a near six-week programme of works to transform the store. The 2,700 sq ft convenience store, located on Walnut Road, Chelston, opens between 7am-10pm daily, and supports 18 local jobs. Chelston’s Co-op includes an… This story continues at Co-op launches new-look Chelston, Torquay store […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

7 reasons Food Hall concept Wonder May outlast many legacy Restaurant Chains

  Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® believes that the delivery-centric food hall startup Wonder, founded by entrepreneur Marc Lore that has now raised $1.5 billion to date and plans to expand to 90 locations by the end of next year just might outlast many current legacy restaurant chains.  Why, Wonder […]
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