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  1. Owned Brands (Private Label)

Albertsons, Rite Aid hone store brands

NEW YORK — Albertsons Cos. and Rite Aid Corp. are among mass retailers enhancing their store brand offerings as growth of the brands continues to outpace gains by national brands. The Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) reported store brand sales increased 11.3% last year as national brand sales increased 6.1%. In volume terms, store brand […]
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  1. Department: Food

Food Retailers with YoY Customer Counts Down, Sales Slipping, and Rent Sky Rocketing Need to Evolve

  Here is some of what the team at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® has heard from clients, at the National Restaurant Show, or read printed in other recent articles. The simple fact is that rent for food retailers including restaurants, C-Stores, Deli’s etc. are continuing to increase.  In many spots around the country, they […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Stop & Shop Accused Of “Ripping Off” Low Income Neighborhoods

The Boston Globe this morning reports that “the teenage sleuths of Hyde Square are at it again. “Six years after prompting TD Garden to donate $1.65 million for a skating rink after discovering the complex failed to hold fund-raisers for local recreation programs as required by state law, they have another behemoth in their sights: […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Q&A with Top Event Producer: Lessons from the Buzziest Media Activations

Crystal Anderson got her start in events during her time at Tough Mudder and went on to help produce some of the most frequently cited experiential activations in the retail industry: The Museum of Ice Cream and 29Rooms. These “selfie factories” were consumers’ “first foray into people stepping out from behind their phones and being […]
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  1. Department: Food

Restaurants, C-Stores, Deli’s It’s Not too late to start with Online Ordering

  When you think about selling a meal or meal component, have you continued to say no way, not at all, or I tried it and it did not work for me? Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® wants you to rethink your position. Ask yourself why us and why now? […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

How A Very Good Job is Creating Immersive Brand Moments

A very good job has worked closely with some of the world’s top shows, such as “And Just Like That” and “Yellowjackets” on curating activations and experiential moments. During #RICE23, the company’s Co-founder and Head of Creative, shares her journey from Tough Mudder to The Museum of Ice Cream, and the lessons she’s learned building […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

How A Very Good Job is Creating Immersive Brand Moments

A very good job has worked closely with some of the world’s top shows, such as “And Just Like That” and “Yellowjackets” on curating activations and experiential moments. During #RICE23, the company’s Co-founder and Head of Creative, shares her journey from Tough Mudder to The Museum of Ice Cream, and the lessons she’s learned building […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Chick-fil-A Finding Growth in New Channels of Distribution

  Chick-fil-A is not entering the ‘frozen food court’ but it is entering the grocery aisle, starting this month, and according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® if success does leave clues and it does Chick-fil-A, “will be able to drive top-of-mind brand awareness with this move.” Regular readers of […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Eldorado Trading to Exhibit at the Upcoming STIMULATE Sexual Wellness Trade Show

Nashville, TN – May 5, 2023 – STIMULATE: A B2B Sexual Wellness Trade Show will debut in Nashville, TN on July 24 + 25, 2023, and is proud to announce Eldorado Trading as a featured distributor of adult pleasure products, party supplies and lingerie at their upcoming show. Eldorado, a Colorado based company, is an award-winning distributor […]
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  1. CPG: Food

Sponsored video feature Making more of your store with General Mills

Last October we gave one lucky reader of Independent Retail News the chance to win a revamp of some key categories – ice cream, snacking and world food – courtesy of General Mills. The prize included more than £200 worth of stock from Old El Paso, Häagen Dazs, Nature Valley and Fibre One to make […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Meijer LPGA Classic focuses on family fun

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament for Simply Give raises money to fight hunger throughout the Midwest, but it was also always meant to be an affordable event for families to enjoy, the company says. With that in mind, this year’s tournament will deliver more family fun by bringing back such […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Birds Eye frozen competition for retailers

Birds Eye has partnered with Shopt to give 10 independent stores the chance to win a variety of prizes that will help them maximise their frozen food offering and contribute towards rising energy bills. The first-prize winner is set to receive £3,000, including tailored category advice and a variety of Birds Eye, Aunt Bessies and […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Ice Cream, Research, & The Negative Power of Epistemic Closure

The Atlantic has a fascinating story about a piece of nutrition research that challenged conventional wisdom to the degree that it has been difficult to get anyone to take it seriously. An excerpt: “Back in 2018, a Harvard doctoral student named Andres Ardisson Korat was presenting his research on the relationship between dairy foods and […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Ben & Jerry’s workers to vote on union

Workers at Ben & Jerry’s flagship store in Burlington, VT, will vote on whether to join a union. Some see the vote as putting the ice cream brand’s values to the test. Workers, according to organizers, decided to pursue union representation when management took away a tip jar on the company’s annual Free Cone Day […]
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  1. Department: Food

Albertsons Cos. unveils new look for O Organics

BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. has updated the packaging of its O Organics brand, and is celebrating the private label line’s new look with a campaign designating April as Organic Breakfast Month and encouraging customers to share their favorite breakfast routine on social media using #WakeUpOrganic. Albertsons aims to position O Organics as the go-to […]
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  1. Department & Category

Frozen food industry boosted by shoppers amid rising food inflation

The British Frozen Food Federation has responded to data from Kantar indicating that UK shoppers are purchasing more frozen food as food inflation soars. The trend is also backed up by research commissioned the Zipzero app which revealed that one-in-four Brits had turned to frozen. Rupert Ashby, chief executive of the British Frozen Food Federation […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Optimizing Assortment with Product Intelligence

Key Takeaways for Category Managers Product Intelligence helps Category Managers:  Understand existing assortment and category gaps to identify new opportunities  Optimize category assortment to target values-oriented shoppers   Streamline product acquisition and onboarding timelines  Plenty of category and merchandise managers go with their gut when making decisions. They’ve spent so much time in their category that […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Ben & Jerry’s Faces Retail Unionization Drive

The Washington Post reports that “Ben & Jerry’s workers at the company’s flagship ice cream shop in Burlington, Vt., are filing for a union election on Monday, adding momentum to a string of service-industry campaigns at high-profile companies such as Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and Apple. “If the workers vote to unionize, they will be the […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Vegan Bandwagon Has Arrived Time to Get Onboard

  Do you know what your customers are ordering from the restaurant next door?  Well according to DataEssential four times as many operators are planning to add plant-based meat to the menu in 2023 than did so last year. Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, stated, “consumers have spoken they like […]
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  1. Merchandising

Retail Assortment Strategies: What Are They & How Do They Work?

As a retailer, getting shoppers into your store is the first big hurdle, but then comes an even more complex beast—getting them to make a purchase. One essential component of this is using the best retail assortment strategy for your store. For some retailers, simply offering a wide variety of items is the key, even […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

White Castle is Focusing on Brand Customer Adoption and Migration

  The Frozen Food Court continues to prove to be a successful way to reach both your current customers and new customers while building top-line sales and bottom-line profits according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Expanding your brands into a new avenue of distribution when done right will elevate […]
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  1. Department: Food

Albertsons unveils new look for O Organics Brand

BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. has updated the packaging of its O Organics brand, and is celebrating the private label line’s new look with a campaign designating April as Organic Breakfast Month and encouraging customers to share their favorite breakfast routine on social media using #WakeUpOrganic. Albertsons aims to position O Organics as the go-to […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Meals Matter a Grocerant Niche Interview You Do Not Want to Miss

  Today’s consumers are as time starved as ever and when you couple that with a growing lack of cooking from scratch skill-set grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh food continues to garner customers attention and drive food channel migration according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  Consumers continue seeking […]
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  1. Department & Category

Frost Report In Focus: Frozen

Sales of frozen food are enjoying a renaissance as shoppers hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis turn to the category in order to save money and reduce waste. Recent figures from market analyst NielsenIQ show that in January 2023, frozen sales across all UK grocery sectors were up by almost 9% year on year. Meanwhile, […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

How Private Label Brands Create Affordable Joy

Recently, Procter & Gamble indicated that it would continue to raise prices even though lack of consumer demand – due to increased prices – was responsible for half of its sales decreases. P&G’s CFO indicated that the packaged goods behemoth’s focus on continuing price hikes would be acceptable to consumers because, after all, people still […]
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  1. Department: Food

Chicken and waffles ice cream is a thing at Baskin-Robbins

Baskin-Robbins is selling chicken and waffles ice cream made with buttermilk waffle-flavored ice cream and bits that mimic the taste of chicken and waffles. It doesn’t actually contain chicken. “We pride ourselves on bringing innovative flavors to market, which is why when we saw the growing popularity of chicken & waffles on menus, we knew […]
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