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Complexity-Free Food Is Winning: Why Simplicity, Authenticity, and Convenience Are Reshaping Foodservice in 2026

  The definition of “value” in foodservice has fundamentally changed. In 2026, consumers are no longer impressed by menu complexity for the sake of culinary theater. Instead, they are rewarding brands that remove friction from the meal occasion while delivering freshness, transparency, authenticity, portability, and emotional comfort. Across restaurants, convenience stores, grocery service deli departments, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Retail Product Launch Agency

Launching your product into major retail stores is a huge milestone for any emerging brand. Landing shelf space at retailers like Target, Best Buy, or Whole Foods Market can dramatically increase brand awareness, credibility, and sales opportunities. But getting your product into retail is only the beginning. The real challenge is keeping your product on […]
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  1. Department & Category

Food Marketers It’s Time to Step-Up

  Why Branding Food Across Every Channel Is Now the New Battleground for Consumer Migration The battle for foodshare in 2026 is no longer simply about location, price, or convenience. It is about identity, emotion, speed, trust, and relevance. Consumers today move fluidly between restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores, dollar stores, club stores, meal delivery […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Sansolo Speaks:  Force Multipliers

by Michael Sansolo There may be no more annoying modern trend than what’s commonly called “ghosting.” It happens in relationships, with invitations and even with businesses when one side simply stops reacting or responding in any way to someone else. Rotten as it is, I’d argue it’s especially annoying when it involves businesses and how […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Is Cooking at Home Still Relevant? The New Battle Between Grocery Stores, Restaurants, C-Stores and Meal Convenience in 2026

  The American meal landscape is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in modern food retail history. The traditional idea that consumers routinely drive to a grocery store, shop aisle-by-aisle, return home, cook dinner, and wash dishes afterward is no longer the default behavior for millions of consumers. Instead, convenience, immediacy, personalization, and foodservice-driven […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – May 12, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Giant Eagle partners with ibotta General Mills Leadership Kraft Heinz increases marketing $$$ Doordash results CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: The content in […]
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  1. Retailer Media

Retail Media Networks Look To Compete Against Broadcast For Ad Bucks

The Wall Street Journal has a story about how retail media networks are making a play for the big time, attempting to show that that they can compete with legacy television networks in terms of return-on-investment. They will do so by participating in what in the ad biz is called “the upfronts” – a series […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Retailers Invest Billions In Bricks-And-Mortar Even As E-commerce Grows

From the New York Times: “The nation’s biggest retailers are pouring billions of dollars back into their stores, even as more sales move online, in an effort to lure more shoppers and raise employee efficiency at brick-and-mortar locations.” Those retailers range from Walmart to Target and Dollar General to Aldi, as “America’s largest retailers are […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Purpose-Driven Growth with MadTree Brewing’s John FitzGerald

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by John FitzGerald, Sr Director of Growth at Mad Tree Brewing Company. Founded in 2013, MadTree is an award-winning brewery that’s rooted in Cincinnati and planted in purpose. Driven to craft great beer – but more importantly – build a business dedicated to doing good, MadTree protects […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Your Views:  Amok Time

MNB the other day took note of a New York Times report that “Maryland this week became the first state in America to ban grocery stores and third-party delivery services like DoorDash from using customers’ personal data to set higher prices. “The practice — supported by artificial intelligence and known as dynamic pricing or surveillance […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  What Company Is Best Described As The New Walmart?

There has been a lot of hyperbolic coverage of Walmart lately, with a number of stories and commentaries focusing on a decline in grocery market share at Walmart, and another headline breathlessly proclaiming that “Albertsons Is The New Walmart When It Comes To Tech Dominance.”  I’m not sure that this kind of hyperventilation is called […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

US grocery retailer Stater Bros. Markets deploys latest PoS and payments solutions from NCR Voyix

Stater Bros. Markets, a supermarket chain in California, has announced a new agreement that expands its relationship with NCR Voyix and brings the firm’s PoS and payments solutions to Stater Bros. on the Voyix Commerce Platform. The pair expect work to begin in the third quarter of 2026, starting with initial lab efforts, followed by […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Ready-2-Eat vs Heat-N-Eat: Should Prepared Food Come With Calorie Counts?

  The “grocerant” economy—fresh prepared meals sold in grocery, convenience, and hybrid retail formats—is no longer a niche. It’s a primary consumption channel. As consumers increasingly substitute restaurant visits with Ready-2-Eat (RTE) and Heat-N-Eat (HNE) meals, one question keeps surfacing: Should prepared foods come with calorie counts—everywhere, every time? The Big Shift: Prepared Food Is […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Tillster Proves It: Grocerant Guru® Was Right—Foodservice Has Entered the “Anywhere, Anytime Meal” Economy

  If you’re still framing foodservice competition as QSR vs. fast casual, you’re solving the wrong equation. The 2026 Phygital Index from Tillster doesn’t just highlight change—it validates a structural shift the Grocerant Guru® has been documenting for over a decade: The meal is no longer tied to a place—it’s tied to convenience, value, and […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Aldi Price Match launches in Tesco Express stores

Tesco has today announced that it is extending its Aldi Price Match scheme to more than 2,000 Express convenience stores. The investment marks the biggest expansion of Tesco’s Aldi Price Match scheme since its launch in May 2020. Among the everyday essentials that customers will… This story continues at Aldi Price Match launches in Tesco […]
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  1. Department & Category

Grocerant Guru® Insight Report: Follow the Food Dollar—Who’s Spending, How Much, and Where It’s Going Next

The food economy is undergoing a measurable reallocation of spend, not a philosophical shift. According to behavioral modeling and occasion-mapping work from The Culinary Edge, consumers are reallocating dollars dynamically across channels based on time, price, and perceived value. The result: a fluid, multi-channel food ecosystem where occasion—not outlet—dictates spend. The Redistribution of Food Spend […]
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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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