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  1. Corporate Finance

When Financial Engineering Meets Restaurant Reality: Why Private Equity Isn’t Always the Cure for Legacy Brand Decline

  The Core Tension: Cash Flow vs. Customer Flow Private equity (PE) has become a dominant force in the restaurant industry—often stepping in when legacy brands lose momentum, margins tighten, or balance sheets weaken. The playbook is familiar: acquire undervalued assets, optimize operations, improve EBITDA, and exit at a higher multiple. But restaurants don’t behave […]
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  1. CPG & FMCG

Magnum launches Volcanix

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has launched a new single serve ice cream stick called Volcanix. The lolly lands exclusively in the convenience and impulse channel and combines a crunchy chocolatey biscuit coating, vanilla and chocolate ice cream and a core of rich caramel sauce,… This story continues at Magnum launches Volcanix Or just read […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Your Views:  A Surge In Dynamic Opinions

Got a lot of responses to our coverage of the national backlash against electronic shelf labels, and concerns about dynamic/surge pricing. MNB reader Rudy Dory wrote: We have had ESLs for over twenty years. We have never had a complaint about surge pricing. Wanting to ban ESLs in smaller units like ours would penalize people […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Hampshire shoplifter handed 44 weeks in jail

A man has been jailed for almost a year for shoplifting and breaching a criminal behaviour order (CBO) in Aldershot. Pet food, ice cream, chocolate, butter and washing products worth £287 were stolen Co-op on Lower Farnham Road between 17 and 22 March. Police made… This story continues at Hampshire shoplifter handed 44 weeks in […]
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  1. CPG & FMCG

Magnum unveils Twister Frrreeze

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has announced the launch of Twister Frrreeze – a blend of peach, icy raspberry-apple and orange flavours. With 66 calories per lolly, Twister Frrreeze combines new fruity cooling flavours with the iconic Twister shape to resonate with a new generation… This story continues at Magnum unveils Twister Frrreeze Or just […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

White Castle Is Flying High

  White Castle has never been just another fast‑food chain. It’s an American original — the nation’s first fast‑food hamburger restaurant, the pioneer of the Slider, and the rare legacy brand that continues to reinvent itself without losing the charm that made it iconic. Today, with more than 340 restaurants across 14 states, a booming […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Why 4×4 Capital Buying Bob Evans Restaurants Makes Strategic Sense—A Grocerant Guru® Perspective

  By any historical measure, Bob Evans is not just a restaurant brand—it is a food system brand. Founded in 1948 in Ohio, Bob Evans was born at the intersection of foodservice and food manufacturing, with a sausage business literally fueling the original restaurant. That DNA matters. It is precisely why 4×4 Capital’s acquisition of […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Stew Leonard’s Snow Job

Millions of people in 17 states spent the weekend dealing with a massive snowstorm and dangerously cold temperatures, a confluence of events that was good for supermarket sales even as it created some operational and logistical challenges. MNB often has focused on the superior communications skills at Stew Leonard’s, and the weekend was no exception.  […]
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  1. Department: Food

Langtins expands confectionary portfolio with Coneys

Langtins has launched mini-coned shaped Coneys, inspired by one of ice cream’s chocolate-filled cone at the end. Designed to translate the appeal of ice cream beyond peak summer months, Coneys delivers “the familiar combination of crisp wafer and smooth chocolate in a freezer-free format, allowing… This story continues at Langtins expands confectionary portfolio with Coneys […]
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  1. Department: Food

Galaxy Ice Cream Bar in multi-pack format hits shelves

Mars Drinks & Treats is further expanding its range of Mars branded ice creams, with the launch of Galaxy Ice Cream bar in a multipack format. Galaxy is the latest Mars brand to be developed into an ice cream bar multipack format, following on from… This story continues at Galaxy Ice Cream Bar in multi-pack […]
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  1. Department: Food

Ben & Jerry’s new Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich

Ben & Jerry’s has ventured into more formats with its new Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich which sandwiches vanilla cookie dough ice cream between two soft vanilla-and-cocoa cookies. The launch will be available in single and four-pack SKUs and made with Fairtrade Certified sugar, vanilla,… This story continues at Ben & Jerry’s new Cookie Dough […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Malls’ New Success Strategy: Attracting Gen Zers Hungry for Social Contact

Malls are coming off the holiday season on a high — despite years of stories about the demise of the shopping center, consumers ventured to the mall in droves to cross items off their shopping lists and enjoy the spirit of the season. For example, visits to indoor malls on Super Saturday (the last Saturday […]
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  1. Department: Food

Christmas Eve Without the Stress: Four Meal Paths, One Happy Table

  Christmas Eve has quietly become one of the most flexible—and forgiving—food holidays of the year according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  Consumers want tradition, but they also want ease. They want something special, but not a sink full of dishes or a three-hour clean-up window. The result is […]
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  1. Department: Food

The Great Stay-at-Home Shift: How the New HDTV Lifestyle Is Reshaping Retail Foodservice

  Retail foodservice continues to be transformed by a powerful force I first identified more than a decade ago, by Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru®, at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, Tacoma, WA.  Back in 2012, I called it “The 65-Inch HDTV Syndrome.” Today, with the average U.S. household TV now measuring 72 inches and home […]
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  1. Department: Food

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Ice Cream, Butter, Salt

Apparently the latest TikTok gastronomic trend is to dip vanilla ice cream into melted butter, and then sprinkle it with kosher salt.  Never one to miss an opportunity to tap into a social media sensation, Stew Leonard’s gave it a try. Because I love adventure, so did I. Note:  Due to persistent technical issues, FaceTime […]
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  1. Department & Category

Whole Foods Expands Surplus Food ‘Surprise Bag’ Categories

Whole Foods Market has added seven new categories to its “Surprise Bag” offerings of surplus food in the Too Good To Go app, selling at approximately one-third the retail price. They’re available at more than 530 Whole Foods Market stores across the country to the app’s 17 million+ users, who can now choose Surprise Bags […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Freezer food sheds old image as shoppers seek value and convenience

New supermarket data has revealed that the freezer aisle is having a renaissance as shoppers add more frozen products to their baskets. Consumers are said to be increasingly drawn to the growing quality, variety, and value frozen foods offer, relying on them for everything from… This story continues at Freezer food sheds old image as […]
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  1. Department & Category

Cold front | In focus: Frozen food and ice-cream

People are increasingly choosing to stay in and entertain at home rather than go out. Convenience plays a significant part in this social shift, as consumers are looking for easy-to-prepare products that can be served quickly – and frozen food fits the bill perfectly. About… This story continues at Cold front | In focus: Frozen […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Conversational BI platform ShopAi announces £750,000 raise with Haatch as lead investor

ShopAi, a startup founded by former Jisp Managing Director, Ilann Hepworth, has bagged £750,000 in funding with Haatch as the lead investor. “Haatch understand what we’re building which is a world’s first conversational business intelligence platform. Microsoft charges per person, we charge per platform. While competitors add Ai features to existing dashboards we removed dashboards […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe preview – Jack Stratten flags four key in-store innovation trends

Physical retail is a hotbed of innovation – not just in terms of the tech used or the products on offer, but in the actual role that the store is playing in a retailer’s strategy. Across the world, these are the key innovation trends shaping the future of the physical store, which I’ll be exploring […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Plots Major Expansion Of Fresh Food Same-Day Delivery

Amazon yesterday announced that “customers in more than 1,000 cities and towns can now order fresh groceries with their Same-Day Delivery orders, with plans to expand to over 2,300 across the U.S. by year-end.: Amazon said that the expansion “marks one of the most significant grocery expansions for Amazon as the company introduces thousands of […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Expands Same-Day Perishables Delivery Nationwide

After trialing the service in several markets, Amazon has expanded same-day delivery of perishable grocery items to more than 1,000 U.S. towns and plans to further expand the offering to more than 2,300 cities by the end of the year. Designed to complement Amazon’s existing grocery delivery offerings — including from Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market and […]
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Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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