Owned Brands (Private Label) Private Label brand managers need to come out swinging vs. lame slotting fees. Diminished is the role of the legacy national brand manager in a world where private label is branded. When national brand manufactures continue paying slotting fee’s to grocery stores and supermarkets as the easiest way to reach the consumer. The slotting fee’s continue to go for space on the shelf but the key location […] Grocerant Guru December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 2 min read Owned Brands (Private Label)Data & InsightsDept. GroceryConsumersWegmansRegional GroceryShoppersAmazonBrick and MortarEconomyMarketing: Loyalty & SubscriptionStore LocationDept. FreshTrends: RetailWalmartPredictions and ForecastsMerchandising 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Delivery Instacart and Wegmans to bring alcohol delivery to New Jersey, US Instacart unlocks alcohol delivery in partnership with Wegmans. Credit: Instacart/PRNewswire. Grocery technology company Instacart has launched an alcohol delivery service for the first time in New Jersey, US. The service was launched in partnership with Wegmans Food Markets and all independently owned Wegmans wine, liquor and beer locations. Customers above the age of 21 can […] Retail Insights Network December 1, 2023December 4, 2023 2 min read InstacartDeliveryWegmansDept. Adult BevRegional GroceryData & InsightsPartnershipsDept. BeverageInternational - UKShoppersAldiFood DeliveryDoorDashBOPISDept. GroceryDept. FreshHoliday & EventsDept. NonfoodTechnology & InnovationTrends: MarketingPredictions and Forecasts 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Department & Category Your Views: As Time Goes By Got the following email responding to my piece last week about the Amazon One biometric payment system now being used at Whole Foods: Thank you for endorsing the palm scan method of payment. I wondered what those gizmos were for! You’re right, there doesn’t seem to be any marketing even at store level to support […] MorningNewsBeat November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 2 min read Dept. GroceryWhole FoodsShoppersHoliday & EventsWegmansInternational - North AmericaTechnology & InnovationRegional GroceryAssociatesAmazon 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Study: Retail Personalization Winners (& Why) dunnhumby has released a special edition of the dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), this one “designed to determine which retailers in the $1 trillion U.S. grocery market personalize the shopping experience best for their customers.” The winner is: Amazon. H-E-B and Kroger came in second and third. According to the report, “These three retailers are […] MorningNewsBeat November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 3 min read ShoppersRegional GroceryMarketing: Direct & PersonalizationAmazonTargetKrogerHEBData & InsightsMerchandisingdunnhumbyInsight ProvidersMarketing: Retail MediaBig DataMarketing: Loyalty & SubscriptionGiant EagleWegmansWalgreensLidlAldiMeijerSoutheastern GrocersWakefernDept. GroceryMarketing: In StoreGrocery OutletBrick and MortarCostcoCVSDeliveryAhold Delhaize 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Mass Your Views: Recipes For Success Got the following note from MNB reader Terry Marshall about my commentary and follow-up emails about Target’s store issues: Just wanted to say that with all the comments on Target in the “Your Views” section, I hope someone in senior Target leadership reads it. Reading is one thing. (I’m think that is likely.). But paying […] MorningNewsBeat November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 3 min read TargetDept. DairyAlbertsons / SafewayWalmartMarketing: Social MediaStore LocationDept. BakeryMondelezWegmansCompetitionRegional GroceryTwitterStrategyPredictions and ForecastsDept. GroceryAldiDept. Toys & GamesDept. NonfoodDept. FrozenBrick and MortarAmazonESG and CSR 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Media & Marketing Tuesday Eye-Opener: Something Fishy by Kevin Coupe TikTok has more than 100 million daily users in the United States, which means that the potential audience was considerable for a recent Wegmans video focusing on the amazing seafood department in its new Astor Place store in Manhattan. Don’t know about you, but it makes me want to go there on […] MorningNewsBeat November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 < 1 min read Marketing: Social MediaWegmansTikTokRegional GroceryDept. Fresh 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Technology & Innovation Worth Reading: “Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment” The Atlantic has a piece suggesting that “all is not rosy in the world of self-checkout, and some companies seem to realize it. Walmart has removed the kiosks entirely from a handful of stores, and is redesigning others to involve more employee help. Costco is stationing more staffers in its self-checkout areas. ShopRite is adding […] MorningNewsBeat October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 2 min read Tech: CashierlessBrick and MortarTechnology & InnovationAssociatesShoppersLegal & CriminalRegional GroceryWegmansWakefernMarketing: In StoreWalmartCostco 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Wegmans opens its first supermarket in Manhattan NEW YORK — Wegmans Food Markets Inc., the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocer that operates 109 stores on the East Coast, opened its first supermarket in Manhattan on Wednesday. The 87,500 square-foot occupies two floors of the historic Wannamaker building at 770 Broadway, which was built in 1907 as an annex to the original Wannamakers department store […] MMR October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansRegional GroceryDept. GroceryDept. FreshDept. Fresh PreparedRestaurantsPricing & PromotionsPredictions and ForecastsBrick and MortarAssociates 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery How Hy-Vee is Changing the Game with Digitized In-Store Experiences Alex Lindstrom Hy-Vee, a prominent supermarket chain with a peak revenue of $12B in 2022, has seen continual success in its innovation strategy by implementing new digital technologies and taking chances to find out what works best for its customers and stores. As a chain with a history of diverse and continually expanding services–including food […] Rethink Retail October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 3 min read Technology & InnovationHy-VeeAIRegional GroceryMarketing: In StoreShoppersAssociatesConsumersBrick and MortarTech: CashierlessData & InsightsMerchandisingInternationalReturnsOperations & Supply ChainDept. PerimeterConsultingDept. BakeryDept. FreshThick DataStrategyWegmansBig DataDept. GroceryExecutivesMarketing: Direct & Personalization 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trends & External Forces Your Views: Filling A Void On the subject of how Starbucks and its former CEO, Howard Schultz, handled unionization movements within the company, MNB reader Rich Heiland wrote: Back when I was in my first general manager’s job at a newspaper in 1978 I went to a day-long seminar on how to keep unions out of your business. That may […] MorningNewsBeat October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 5 min read GovernmentAmazonWhole FoodsAssociatesWegmansDept. GroceryRegional GroceryConsumersEconomyLegal & CriminalTechnology & InnovationKrogerAlbertsons / SafewayCompetitionDept. ApparelMergersMerchandisingWalmartBrick and MortarCostcoDept. FuelExecutivesPredictions and ForecastsOwned Brands (Private Label)Operations & Supply ChainRestaurants 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Wegmans To Take Manhattan Next Week The New York Times has a piece advancing Wegmans’ first store opening in Manhattan, on Astor Place in Greenwich Village, an 87,500 square foot, two-level unit in a space formerly occupied by a Kmart and, before that, a John Wanamaker department store. The opening is scheduled for October 18, and company chairman Danny Wegman tells […] MorningNewsBeat October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansRegional GroceryShoppersExecutivesDept. Apparel 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Owned Brands (Private Label) How Retailers Can Bring Creativity and Originality Back to Private Label Products Twenty years ago, retailers aiming to launch new store brands to fend off the negative associations created by the “generics era” would say to their design agencies, “Get this as close to the national brand target as you possibly can.” Call it the copycat phase of private label development. Mimicking Green Giant or Coca-Cola was […] Retail TouchPoints October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 4 min read Owned Brands (Private Label)ConsumersTrader JoesShoppersTargetWegmansStrategyWhole FoodsRegional GroceryDept. NonfoodMarketing: Social MediaDept. PetHealth & WellnessPartnershipsSustainabilityOperations & Supply ChainBrick and MortarMarketing: Loyalty & SubscriptionMarketing: BrandCOVID19EconomyWalmartDept. Natural / OrganicDept. Consumer ElectronicsDept. BeverageCostcoCoca ColaPublixAgencies 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Department & Category Yes, Chain Restaurants Continue to Stumble over Change Once again, Foodservice Solutions®, Grocerant Guru® Steven Johnson stated “The restaurant industry is not an industry known for trying to be first as in fastest to market with an ideation, food or technology advance. In the United States the larger the chain in almost all cases the more slowly they are to adopt something […] Grocerant Guru September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 3 min read Dept. GroceryConsumersRestaurantsData & InsightsDept. FreshBrick and MortarWegmansPackagingWalgreensDept. Fresh PreparedRegional GroceryDept. PerimeterTechnology & InnovationEconomyMarketing: Social MediaWhole FoodsOperations & Supply ChainTrader JoesUnileverStart UpsDept. BeverageESG and CSRMeta (Facebook)DeliveryAlbertsons / Safeway 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Department: Food Coming Attraction: Georgia Grocer Hopes To Hit One Long & Straight MNB often focuses on stores that differentiate themselves through unique products and services, offering a value proposition that seems different from those offered by the competition. That seems to be the pitch for FreshTake, a new grocer scheduled to open next summer in Augusta, Georgia, in a former Whole Foods location, which has been getting […] MorningNewsBeat September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 2 min read Dept. FreshDept. BeverageDept. GroceryDept. Adult BevMarketing: In StoreShoppersDept. Fresh PreparedStore LocationCompetitionWhole FoodsDept. PerimeterWegmansRegional GroceryUnileverDept. BakeryPricing & PromotionsInternationalExecutivesBrick and Mortar 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Worth Reading: Publix’s Uncomplicated Approach To A Complicated World Vox has a really interesting story about Publix Super Markets, a company that has dominated the Florida landscape for decades, and how it tries to being an uncomplicated ethos to an often complicated reality. There are, the story says, “the complications of real life — brushes with politics, labor-related controversies, a small-c conservative approach to […] MorningNewsBeat September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 2 min read Regional GroceryPublixBrick and MortarWegmansGovernmentDeliveryInstacartDept. GroceryDept. Natural / OrganicHealth & WellnessKrogerOperations & Supply ChainPredictions and ForecastsUnileverAssociates 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Wegmans tops Fortune’s best retail places to work list [[“value”:” Wegmans, the 107-year-old grocery chain based in Rochester, N.Y., has topped Fortune’s Best Companies list every year since the list was launched in 1998, and this year it has managed a repeat performance. Fortune reports that Wegmans has been recognized for so long because, for starters, it has over 53,000 workers and […] Supermarket News September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansRegional GroceryAssociatesOwned Brands (Private Label)Dept. BeverageDept. GrocerySoutheastern GrocersPublixRestaurantsTargetAldi 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Your Views: Multiplier Effects On the subject of treating employees in a way that keeps them engaged, one MNB reader wrote: I have a nephew with limited cognitive skills but is a loyal bagger at a Michigan Kroger. On his fifth year of service he received a package containing Thank You cards from store management and fellow workers as […] MorningNewsBeat September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 9 min read Regional GroceryAldiKrogerAssociatesAcquisitionShoppersDept. Fresh PreparedDept. DeliConsumersWalmartBrick and MortarDept. GroceryDeliveryDept. NonfoodCOVID19PublixHEBMarketing: In StoreDollar GeneralGovernmentExecutivesKellogg'sLidlPackagingWegmansHealth & WellnessDept. Adult BevOwned Brands (Private Label)Dept. BeveragePiggly WigglyMeijerLegal & CriminalMarketing: BrandMarketing: PrintMerchandisingOperations & Supply ChainPepsiCoAlbertsons / SafewaySoutheastern GrocersSustainabilityTechnology & InnovationData & InsightsDept. FreshInclusivityDept. Natural / Organic 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Some Wegmans shoppers double-charged for orders [[“value”:”Incident happened in-store and online, and grocer is working to get the issue resolved”]] Supermarket News August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansShoppersRegional GroceryMarketing: In Store 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Your Views: History Matters Got the following email responding to my FaceTime video about the importance of understanding and communicating history from MNB reader Gary Harris: My, my, how very timely. I just turned 70 at the end of June, and that meant, for me at least, it was time to retire after 44 years with Wegmans. Interestingly enough, […] MorningNewsBeat August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 3 min read Brick and MortarWegmansRegional GroceryWalmartWeatherWalgreensLegal & CriminalTechnology & InnovationTargetDept. Adult BevMarketing: BroadcastESG and CSRDept. BeverageStreaming 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Department & Category Food Retailers Embracing the Grocerant Niche What is for dinner? Today cooking a meal for dinner from scratch has become an anomaly. Consumers do not want to invest the time to cook from scratch day after day. They do want to assemble a customized dinner for the family but they want ready-2-eat and heat-N-eat meal components that can be mixed […] Grocerant Guru August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 3 min read Dept. GroceryConsumersData & InsightsBrick and MortarDept. Fresh PreparedDept. FreshDept. PerimeterDept. DeliCOVID19RestaurantsCostcoCompetitionWegmansWhole FoodsDeliveryDept. BeverageKrogerOperations & Supply ChainPredictions and ForecastsRegional GroceryStore LocationTechnology & InnovationTrends: Retail 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trends & External Forces Your Views: Pride & Excellence Got several emails about yesterday’s FaceTime video with Terrence Boyd, the kind of Instacart shopper who would make any employer proud. MNB reader Karen Labenz wrote: Terrence from Instacart made me smile! Pride in your work and delivering excellence every day never goes out of style. Well done! MNB reader Thomas Parkinson wrote: Your video […] MorningNewsBeat August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 6 min read EconomyDeliveryRestaurantsShoppersDept. DairyInstacartDept. FreshAssociatesDept. PerimeterDept. NonfoodTechnology & InnovationUnileverWegmansCustomer ExperienceDept. BeverageCOVID19Predictions and ForecastsDept. Adult BevConsumersChatGPTBrick and MortarDept. FrozenDept. HBCMarketing: BrandRegional GroceryDept. Fresh PreparedAI 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Wegmans Sets Opening Date For First Manhattan Store Wegmans yesterday announced that its first Manhattan store, located on Astor Place in the East Village, is scheduled to open on Wednesday, October 18. The store is going in at 770 Broadway, in an old Kmart location. Wegmans has one other store in New York City, across the East River in Brooklyn, and currently has […] MorningNewsBeat July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 2 min read WegmansRegional GroceryStore LocationDept. GroceryDept. BeverageDept. Adult BevBrick and MortarStrategyPredictions and ForecastsDept. Fresh PreparedDept. DairyAssociates 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Department: Food Your Views: Paper Tigers and “Electronic Squirrel Removers” Yesterday, we pointed to a Bloomberg report that Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), following up on the Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action in college admissions – or at least mandated that race could not be used by colleges as a factor in determining who to admit – “urged Target Corp. to end its efforts […] MorningNewsBeat July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 6 min read Dept. FrozenTargetDept. GroceryDept. FreshInclusivityPackagingDept. DairyConsumersGovernmentShoppersDept. RefrigeratedLegal & CriminalWalmartAmazonDept. BeverageOperations & Supply ChainAssociatesWegmansEconomyAlbertsons / SafewayPredictions and ForecastsDept. Adult BevKrogerHoliday & EventsBrick and MortarDept. FuelStore Location 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Shopper & Customer Study eyes grocers’ long-term future CHICAGO — Amazon, Aldi, Costco Wholesale Corp. and Walmart are among the U.S. food retailers best positioned for success in 2053, according to a report from dunnhumby. “Grocery 2053: A Data-Driven Gaze into the Future” is the data science firm’s examination of trends that will have the biggest potential impact on grocery retailers over the […] MMR July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 2 min read ConsumersHealth & WellnessPredictions and ForecastsBig DataMarketing: Retail MediaData & InsightsInsight ProvidersdunnhumbyKrogerAmazonShoppersEconomyDept. GroceryCostcoWalgreensAldiHEBWegmansLidlWalmartWakefernThick DataCOVID19CVSTechnology & InnovationSustainabilityRite AidPublixMeijer 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trends & External Forces Your Views: Business. Not Personal. Yesterday we took note of a Boston Globe story about how youth organizers with the Hyde Square Task Force in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, did significant market research and figured out that a grocery cart of items at their local Stop & Shop cost $34 more than the same products at the chain’s store in suburban […] MorningNewsBeat June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 12 min read EconomyAhold DelhaizeDept. FuelBrick and MortarWegmansShoppersAmazonStore LocationThick DataDollar GeneralDept. GroceryLegal & CriminalDept. BeverageTechnology & InnovationConsumersSustainabilityCOVID19Customer ExperienceAssociatesCompetitionWalmartHoliday & EventsMarketing: UGCDept. FreshMarketing: VoiceOwned Brands (Private Label)Albertsons / SafewayPredictions and ForecastsRestaurantsStrategyCPG: Adult BeverageDept. Adult BevOperations & Supply Chain 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Go big or go small: Grocers see early success with new store formats Wegmans and Meijer recently opened scaled-down stores while H-E-B and Hy-Vee have debuted new supercenter formats. All four are driving traffic and reaching new shoppers, data from Placer.ai shows. Grocery Dive June 6, 2023July 11, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansHy-VeeTechnology & InnovationStore LocationShoppersMeijerHEBData & InsightsBrick and MortarAI 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stores & Formats Wegmans to close mall-based location near Boston The East Coast grocery chain said it will shutter the 134,000-square-foot store in Natick, Massachusetts, this summer after determining the location is not financially viable. Grocery Dive June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 < 1 min read WegmansStore LocationBrick and Mortar 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Wegmans To Close Natick, Massachusetts, Store Wegmans said yesterday that it will close one of its six Massachusetts stores, located in the Natick Mall, about 20 miles west of Boston. The company said that “the Natick store opened in 2018 and was Wegmans’ first multi-level store within a major mall. At 134,000 square feet, it is one of the company’s largest […] MorningNewsBeat June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 4 min read WegmansBrick and MortarStore LocationMarketing: Social MediaPredictions and ForecastsDept. FreshRestaurantsWhole FoodsConsumersDept. Adult BevTrader JoesPricing & PromotionsCOVID19SustainabilityDept. BeverageDeliveryBOPIS 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Grocery chains lose luster in reputation rankings as Costco surges Trader Joe’s gave up the top spot in the 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100, which ranks the nation’s most visible brands based on consumer opinions, while Wegmans, Publix and H-E-B all dropped off the list this year. Dive Brief: The supermarket industry declined in prominence in the latest Axios Harris Poll 100 corporate reputation rankings, released Tuesday, as […] Grocery Dive May 25, 2023May 30, 2023 < 1 min read CostcoWegmansTrader JoesPublixHEBConsumers 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Grocery Your Views: Voices of Service I did a FaceTime video yesterday about a bartender who explained his priorities when making recommendations this way: “You pay my wages, not the guys in the back.” I thought that was a pretty good way to think about customer service. One MNB reader wrote: I think your commentary on “The Wages of Service” has […] MorningNewsBeat May 4, 2023July 11, 2023 5 min read AITechnology & InnovationShoppersGovernmentBrick and MortarDept. GroceryAssociatesWalmartRestaurantsOperations & Supply ChainMeijerMerchandisingWegmansResults & InvestmentDept. BakeryDept. DairyDept. FreshDept. RefrigeratedVendorsSustainabilityHEBKrogerMarketing: In StoreMarketing: TradeSpartanNashAlbertsons / Safeway 0 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trends & External Forces Channel: Mass Department: Consumer Durables Department: Nonfood Corporate Strategy Corporate Finance Partnerships & Alt Profit Media & Marketing Agencies & Vendors Data & Insights Technology & Innovation Trends & External Forces Stores & Formats NRF Retracts Claim that Organized Retail Crime Accounted for ‘Nearly Half’ of Retail Shrink The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center. The NRF report was […] Written by Retail TouchPoints December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Data & Insights Corporate Strategy Data & Insights Technology & Innovation Associates & Employees Stores & Formats Walmart’s hiring and wage pressures have eased, CEO says Walmart CEO Doug McMillon also said artificial intelligence is changing employees’ roles across stores and in warehouses. Written by CNBC December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Technology & Innovation Media & Marketing Shopper & Customer Technology & Innovation Regional grocers’ e-commerce sales slip in Q3, research finds The drop is due to a higher rate of lapsed shoppers who have either gone back to in-store buying or switched to a competitor’s online services, a new Brick Meets Click and Mercatus report found. Written by Grocery Dive December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Shopper & Customer Corporate Strategy Shopper & Customer Trends & External Forces Walmart CEO says consumers may not be as resilient next year, even as deflation starts to show In a CNBC interview, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said the discounter is gearing up for a year when it faces tougher comparisons because of falling prices. Written by CNBC December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Channel: Delivery Channel: Ecommerce & Digital Trends & External Forces DoorDash named one of Fortune’s Future 50 Companies The delivery company made the list out of 1,000 publicly traded companies that were considered Written by Supermarket News December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked