Dept. Grocery

  1. Department & Category

Golden Wonder new Chilli and Lime Transform-A-Snack

Golden Wonder has added a new addition to its £1 PMP range with Chilli and Lime Transform-A-Snack A spokesperson for the company said: “For generations, Golden Wonder Transform-a-Snack has been the tasty snacks that allow you to build your own out-of-this-world car before experiencing a cosmic flavour journey and… This story continues at Golden Wonder new Chilli and Lime Transform-A-Snack […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Foxtrot & Dom’s Market Sudden Closure: The Broader Impact

On April 23, 2024, Chicago-based premium convenience stores Foxtrot Market and Dom’s Kitchen & Market permanently and abruptly closed all 35 locations with news of a Chapter 7 filing for bankruptcy. The news sent shockwaves through Chicago and other major cities. In recent years, Foxtrot expanded to new markets in Washington, D.C., Dallas and Austin […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Are LLMs About To Hit A Wall?

Each new generation of large language model consumes a staggering amount of resources.  Meta, for instance, trained its new Llama 3 models with about 10 times more data and 100 times more compute than Llama 2. Amid a chip shortage, it used two 24,000 GPU clusters, with each chip running around the price of a […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Grocerant Guru’s Full-Flavored Forecast: 2024’s Flavorful Trends

  Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a peek at what’s hot in the culinary world! Once again Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® and his team,  are seeing some new signals of our ever-evolving consumer focused adoption of fresh food with functionality; including botanical infusions, and even a […]
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  1. Department & Category

Working lunch In focus: Food-to-go

Once again, lifestyles are changing. Workers are going back to the office, if not full-time then at least two or three days a week, which means popping out to the shops for a grab-and-go al fresco or ‘al desko’ lunch is back on the agenda.… This story continues at Working lunch In focus: Food-to-go Or […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

How Bark is Creating Products and Experiences that Pups (and Pup Parents) Love

Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 billion in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Half of these pet-owning households are run by millennials and Gen Zers, who don’t just look at their pets as “furry friends” but as their children. Bark is one company that is laser-focused […]
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FMI taps Julie Savoie to lead workforce initiatives

ARLINGTON, VA – FMI – The Food Industry Association, has tapped Julie Savoie to lead the association’s strategic direction for, and implementation of, member workplace and workforce initiatives. She will also help oversee the FMI sustainability agenda. Julie Savoie “Workforce capabilities are one of FMI’s Imperative Issues and have become particularly urgent in recent years,” […]
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Handheld Happiness: The Battle for the Burger Bite

  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, handheld food for immediate consumption is driving consumer migration when eating out.   Foodservice Solutions® recently conducted grocerant scorecards reveled that 81.6 percent of consumers prefer entrees that can be consumed by hand when not eating at home.  That said it is a […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

What’s Behind the Growth of the Cleanroom Market?

What is a cleanroom? A cleanroom is a room or area which has a controlled environment that prevents contamination from pollutants like dust, microbes, aerosol particles, chemical vapor, and water vapor. Such rooms use technology that regulate environmental parameters such as temperature, pressure and humidity to ensure high quality production. This is why cleanrooms are […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Nisa retailers celebrate Stop Food Waste Day with Too Good To Go milestone

Nisa’s independent retailers are marking Stop Food Waste Day by celebrating a Surprise Bag milestone with 175,000 meals now saved since the relationship with the world’s largest surplus food app, Too Good To Go began in 2019. With over 300 stores signed up to the… This story continues at Nisa retailers celebrate Stop Food Waste […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Technical glitch disrupts Sainsbury’s morning deliveries

Sainsbury’s faced a delivery setback this morning, as a technical glitch cancelled several customer deliveries.  The supermarket giant confirmed via a post on X (formerly Twitter) that technical difficulties caused the disruptions. @sainsburys I’m assuming my order is cancelled too? No email, no text and finding information out on here, nothing official – not ideal! […]
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PepsiCo: Popping Performance and Refreshing Returns

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is a global powerhouse in the food and beverage industry, a part of the consumer staples sector. PepsiCo’s earnings report for the first quarter of 2024 (Q1FY2024) offered valuable insights into the company’s current performance and future trajectory. Pepsi
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Unclear or incorrect labelling affects over half of those with food allergies

Over half of people with food allergies (56%) have had an allergic reaction from mislabelled or unclear food packaging, with 23% having suffered multiple reactions, according to GS1 UK research. Seven in 10 people with food allergies said they felt nervous whenever they ate food… This story continues at Unclear or incorrect labelling affects over […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Biona launches two new organic mustards

Biona, the organic food supplier to UK retailers, is pleased to introduce two new French mustards, a traditional wholegrain variant and a hotter French Dijon. The French Dijon mustard comes in a 200g jar with an RRP of £3.29 and the French Wholegrain mustard also… This story continues at Biona launches two new organic mustards […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Cantaloupe report: cashless, touchless payments surging

MALVERN, Pa. – Cantaloupe Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions for self-service commerce, has released its highly anticipated Cantaloupe 2024 Micropayment Trends Report. The report analyzes payment transaction data from a sample of more than 600,000 (out of 1.2 million) Cantaloupe card readers on food & beverage vending and amusement/gaming machines, as well as […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash and Walgreens to empower SNAP recipients

SAN FRANCISCO — DoorDash is collaborating with Walgreens to offer SNAP/EBT payment at nearly 7,800 Walgreens stores across the country. DoorDash says it is the first platform to enables SNAP customers to make purchases directly from Walgreens using their SNAP/EBT cards, and is also the first third-party delivery service provider to offer SNAP/EBT as a […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Acosta: Grocery channel can grow with HBC/GM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The opportunities for grocery retailers to grow their health and beauty care and general merchandise sales are exponential, according to a new study by Acosta Group. In advance of this week’s 2024 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting, Acosta Group has shared the results of its recent proprietary Shopper […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Reiser’s Pieces: Rebalancing Brand vs. Performance Marketing to Accelerate Growth

Funny how quickly things change. Remember when a prominent speaker at Cannes this past June declared, “The era of the brand is over!” and escalated the debate about how to invest marketing dollars? Flash-forward to December, though, and over a third of marketers told WARC they planned to significantly increase their brand marketing while lowering […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

The Grocerant Guru: Why Foxtrot and Dom’s Couldn’t Outfox the Market

  Urban darlings Foxtrot and Dom’s, known for their unique grocery-restaurant hybrid concept, recently shuttered their doors. This surprise move comes just months after their merger into Outfox Hospitality. As the Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® let’s dissect six reasons why this innovative concept may not have survived the test of time. […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Instacart Business: Delivering an Elevated Office Experience with Hines

Hines, a global real estate investment, development and management firm, is no stranger to providing innovative and elevated services to tenants of all sizes. Hines is dedicated to finding new ways to elevate tenants’ experiences by creating a more service-oriented, hospitality-like experience at the office. And at Instacart Business, we’re big fans of enhancing the […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Crunch, Crackle, Chomp: Why CPG Brands Are Turning Their Sound On With Sonic Branding

In a world with endless snack options, many CPG brands are looking to stand out in the supermarket aisle by taking a sound-on approach to marketing and investing in a sonic identity. Consumer packaged goods have long used sonic cues in advertising to give their products personality, such as those with familiar brand mascots like […]
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  1. CPG: Food

Vitalite announces retailer support for allergy awareness

Saputo Dairy’s dairy-free brand Vitalite UK, has partnered with training provider The Allergy Badge to campaign for better industry awareness of food allergies as it unveils a package of free support for retailers. The dairy-free spread has undertaken new research to shine a light on… This story continues at Vitalite announces retailer support for allergy […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Rolls Out Grocery Delivery Subscription Nationwide

Following a pilot in three U.S. cities, Amazon is making its grocery delivery subscription available to all Prime members in the U.S. For $9.99 a month, Prime members will now have access to unlimited grocery delivery on orders over $35 from Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market and a variety of local grocery and specialty retailers, […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

CRN names Johnson director, education and events

WASHINGTON—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) said that Sauda Johnson has joined its membership team as director of education and events. Johnson brings a wealth of experience to CRN, the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry. She has successfully coordinated and led numerous special events, meetings, and conferences for prominent […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon adds low-cost grocery delivery subscription option

SEATTLE—In a bid to bring greater convenience to budget-minded food shoppers, Amazon has unveiled a new grocery delivery subscription option to Prime members and customers using EBT in over 3,500 cities and towns across the United States. Priced at $9.99 per month for Prime members, this subscription service offers unlimited grocery delivery on orders exceeding […]
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  1. Department: Beverage

Barbie World In focus: Summer food and drink

As the evenings gradually get lighter, it’s a signal that the barbecue season is almost upon us. Eating and drinking al fresco after the dark months of winter is a real sales stimulator. Added to that, shoppers have cut down on eating out and made… This story continues at Barbie World In focus: Summer food […]
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  1. Partnerships & Alt Profit

CDR, MMR partner with ECRM for special event

TUCSON — Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers have partnered with ECRM for Founders’ Innovation Day, an exclusive event designed for D2C and emerging brands to make the most of their potential at food, drug and mass retailers, and from e-commerce. The “day of insight, connection and growth” is being held on June 3 […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Federal court recognizes CRN’s ‘standing’ to sue

WASHINGTON — The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, announced today that a federal judge in New York State’s age restriction law case ruled that the association has standing to sue on behalf of its members, allowing the case to move forward. A motion for […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Why California Restaurants Can Rest Easy: The Enduring Appeal of Dining Out

  The restaurant industry has been obsessing with the rise of the minimum wage in California.  Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® continues to insist that there are many more reasons the long-term outlook for the California restaurant sector is bright. So, here we go.   In California, approximately 49.3% of households consist […]
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Target’s April 2024 Circle Sale was its largest by sales lift

Track General Merchandise spending free Access chart in Dash. Target’s April Circle Sale generated 7% more sales than the weekly average in the previous 4 weeks according to Earnest credit card data. This represents a 2 point acceleration in the Circle Sale’s contribution to Target’s topline compared to Target’s October sale. Target Circle is a […]
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TikTok Shop customers spend more at lower ticket apparel retailers

Download full TikTok Shop report Access TikTok and Panel data in Dash. TikTok Shop customers spent 26% of their apparel wallet on Off-Price Department Stores and 11% on Fast Fashion in the 12-months ended February 2024, compared to 24% and 7% for the average shopper. Conversely, TikTok Shop users spent less than their peers at […]
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See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Where Does One U.S. Tax Dollar Go? This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on Apple or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Come tax season, a common refrain is: “what do my taxes even […]
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