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Beverage Brand Asarasi Wins Wakefern 2026 Local Wellness Supplier Summit

Healthy beverage brand Asarasi won Wakefern’s 2026 Local Wellness Supplier Summit, which was held November 3 at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center. Following a day of presentations and product demonstrations by eight innovative local suppliers, Asarasi wowed a panel of Wakefern leaders with its organic Sparkling Tree Water and Nekter Pop Probiotic Soda, […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Target Lowers Prices on 3,000 Essential Products, Boosts Food Bank Contributions

With many SNAP recipients still in limbo, low-income consumers are definitely feeling the squeeze, so Target will cut prices this month on 3,000 food, beverage and essential items, including pantry staples, baby items and household goods. The retailer also is making a $500,000 donation to Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization in the […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

AI cheerleader Amazon has never understood what physical retail stores are about and never will

Bricks and mortar continues to dominate the retail world, but e-commerce will ultimately triumph, and AI will play a key role in its rise to the top, Amazon boss Andy Jassy told analysts on a earnings call last week. “I still think if you look at the worldwide market segment share of retail, still 80% […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Study:  Loyalty Comes From Convenience, Not Emotional Connection

The interactive ad agency Razorfish is out with a new study on the nature of loyalty, making the observation that while marketers tend to believe that loyalty comes from emotional devotion, which they presumably nurture through a variety of means, in fact loyalty is “driven by far more practical factors – convenience, product performance, and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Thanksgiving VALUE Served Hot: How Hy-Vee’s $30 Meal Deal Embodies the Grocerant Advantage

  This Thanksgiving, VALUE is the ultimate side dish consumers crave, and Hy-Vee is serving it up hot according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. As food inflation and time scarcity reshape the American dinner table, Hy-Vee’s $30 Thanksgiving Meal Deal exemplifies how the Grocerant Model — blending restaurant quality […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Instacart Debuts AI Grocery Suite, Powers Customer-Facing Agentic Tech for Kroger

Instacart has introduced a suite of AI solutions specifically designed for the complexities of grocery retailing, featuring a white-label customer-facing agentic AI-powered shopping helper called Cart Assistant. This personalized omnichannel shopping companion supports meal planning and nutrition and is capable of learning from each customer’s preferences and purchase history. In the next few months, Sprouts […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Whole Foods Market concept store features Fulfil powered automated micro-fulfillment centre

Whole Foods Market’s new concept store in Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA combines its natural and organic products with Amazon’s name brand groceries and household essentials, with the aim of allowing customers to complete their entire shopping list in one location. The store features a 10,000-square foot automated micro-fulfillment centre that houses over 12,000 unique items, […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Store-in-a-Store Debuts at Pennsylvania Whole Foods

Want some Coke with your chia seeds? That’s exactly what Amazon is hoping to deliver with its new store-within-a-store concept at the Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., which gives shoppers access to national brands and household essentials alongside Whole Foods’ standard selection of organic and natural goods. To enable this expanded selection, Amazon […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Scaled National Growth with Dollar General Media Network’s GM Austin Leonard

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Austin Leonard, VP/GM of the Dollar General Media network. His background in advertising and audience building is tailor made for the scale of the retailer and the reach it has nationally. Find Austin on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinleonard/Find Dolla General Media Network on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dg-media-network/Find DGMN […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Is Amazon Luring Whole Foods To The Dark Side?

The Wall Street Journal over the weekend had a story entitled “The Amazonification of Whole Foods Is Finally Here – Bring On the Doritos.” Which may be a little bit of an overstatement.  But not much. Here’s an excerpt: “A new feature lurks in the backroom of a Whole Foods Market in suburban Philadelphia: the […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Collective Growth with Albertsons Media Collective’s Brian Monahan

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Brian Monaghan, SVP/Head of Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media division of the Albertsons Companies. Find Brian on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brmonahan/Find AMC on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albertsons-media-collective/Find AMC online at: https://albertsonsmediacollective.com/ Here’s what we asked Brian: What led you to join Albertsons Media Collective, and how do […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Is Walmart’s Pivot Toward Performance-Based Culture Enough?

  Walmart’s new raise system reflects a strategic pivot toward performance-based culture, but without deeper integration of foodservice innovation and historical retail lessons, it risks repeating past missteps. As the Grocerant Guru®, I’ve spent decades tracking the evolution of food retail — from the rise of the deli-prepared meal to the fusion of grocery and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

How Whole Foods Is Caught Betwixt and Between With MAHA Movement

The New York Times has a story about how Amazon-owned Whole Foods, with its well-known focus on health and wellness and so-called “clean” products, is garnering some criticism because of its seeming reluctance to embrace the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement that has been trumpeted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and, more […]
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  1. Department: Food

Your Views:  Hard Choices

MNB reader Theresa M Zaske had some thoughts about the potential end of SNAP benefits because of the federal government shutdown: I have a nephew with severe disabilities who relies on SNAP. He lives two time zones away from me. My sister and I are figuring out how to help him. That means my sister […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Listen Now: Legendary Adman Ellis Verdi on the Art of Retail Advertising

This past summer, American Eagle made headlines around the world with its “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” ad spot. Whether you liked it or not, the campaign sparked discussion and, according to American Eagle, sales, which is after all the ultimate goal. Longtime advertising executive Ellis Verdi said he’s “net positive” on the campaign. “First […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Retailers Donate Funds and Food as SNAP Cutoff Deadline Looms

With more than 40 million Americans facing a Nov. 1 cutoff of food aid delivered via SNAP [the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] due to the ongoing government shutdown, food banks will be stretched even thinner than usual, according to the New York Times. Hunger is a reality in the U.S.: according to Feeding America, 14.3% […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

The Quiet Shift Reshaping the Restaurant Industry

  The dining world is undergoing a silent but powerful transformation. Fresh-prepared, grab-and-go, mix-and-match, and ready-to-heat food from grocery, convenience, and drug-store channels is eroding the once-secure restaurant mealtime monopoly according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA Based Foodservice Solutions®. Welcome to the Grocerant Era, where non-traditional food retailers—from Buc-ee’s to Whole Foods, […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Shutdown Likely To End SNAP Benefits To 42 Million People & The Stores Where They Shop

Axios reports that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is saying that beginning November 1, “about 42 million low-income people won’t get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if Congress doesn’t agree to a deal to fund and reopen government.” Meaning that supermarkets that generate any revenue from people using SNAP benefits – colloquially known […]
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  1. Channel: Marketplace

Legendary Adman Ellis Verdi on the Art of Retail Advertising

This episode is brought to you by Commerce. For four decades, Ellis Verdi, Founder and President of DeVito/Verdi, has helped shape some of the most talked-about — and often controversial — campaigns in retail advertising. From launching Daffy’s with bold, conceptual creative to working with Macy’s, Kohl’s, Men’s Wearhouse and Meijer, Verdi has built a […]
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  1. Merchandising

Morrisons to Deploy ESLs Across Nearly 500 UK Supermarkets

Beginning early next year, Morrisons will roll out 10.8 million smart electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across its 497 stores, eliminating traditional paper labels and automating the repetitive manual tasks of repricing and relabeling products. The technology from VusionGroup will be integrated with Morrisons’ digital shelf-edge cameras to help efficiently guide associates to product gaps, speeding […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Southeastern Grocers Rebrands with Iconic Winn-Dixie Name, Focuses on Florida Stores

Southeastern Grocers, which has been through a series of ownership changes over the past few years, will rebrand in early 2026 with a name that carries a century of retailing history: The Winn-Dixie Company. The rechristened supermarket also will narrow its focus to its home state of Florida — it has reached agreements or is […]
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Walmart adding RFID tech to fresh categories

​Dive Brief The retailer worked with Avery Dennison on developing the solution in an effort to minimize food waste and improve inventory management. Published Oct. 23, 2025 Workers can better track inventory and determine when to rotate or mark down products with RFID technology, according to Walmart. Courtesy of Walmart
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‘A cultural shift’: Dollar Tree’s CEO on tech, AI adoption

At Dollar Tree’s investor day this month, the discount retailer gave a peek into how it’s catching up with the times — and AI is playing a key role. If one thing is certain, CEO Mike Creedon told investors, it’s that Dollar Tree must evolve. “And we are, from a single price point model to […]
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New Amazon smart delivery glasses help drivers navigate routes and complete deliveries

Amazon has unveiled new smart glasses designed to assist drivers in navigating their routes and completing deliveries. The AI powered technology provides hands free navigation, package scanning, and hazard detection directly in drivers’ field of view, eliminating the need to look down at their smartphones while making deliveries. The glasses feature computer vision technology that […]
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