Walk into any modern supermarket and you’ll see the opportunism loneliness offers. In-store cafés with community seating. Cooking classes. Wine tastings. Sushi bars. Oyster bars. Even full sit-down restaurants. Wegmans’ Manhattan location dedicates an entire floor to prepared foods and dining.
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Join Shelley and Nick Konat, President and COO of Sprouts, as they reveal why the retailer has a laser focus on the $300 billion health enthusiast segment.
Sprouts: Pioneer in Health and Wellness Read More »
Here’s the uncomfortable truth the food industry doesn’t want to talk about: This lawsuit isn’t a joke. It’s backed by a mountain of research linking these foods to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer.
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Would you pay $19.99 for a can of Pringles and a trinket? Well, meet the Once You Pop Mystery Box—Pringles’ first-ever direct-to-consumer product. Inside each box, you get two cans. One contains a mystery flavor.
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The Innovation Center, branded as the “New for You Destination” in each Sprout’s store started popping up in new stores in 2021 and serves as both discovery zone and product incubator, giving entrepreneurial food companies a platform to introduce unique products. For customers, it creates a reason to return frequently and give them the opportunity to be trendsetters by offering them new and unique offerings.
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Join Shelley and Misty Skolnick, Co-owner of Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels as they discuss how this company in rural Pennsylvania has been producing handmade, 100% natural pretzels as healthy snack options for decades.
How Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels Is a Poster Child for Healthy Snacks Read More »
Hershey raised prices by double digits. A 48-count box of full-size bars that cost $40 last year is now $50. So how is Hershey responding? With a switch pitch to smaller vampire-shaped Kit Kats. Really?
Off the Shelf: A Tricky Halloween Read More »
Think about the possibilities. An Erewhon partnership with Kith Ivy could offer club-exclusive products, limited releases, or members-only wellness events with celebrity nutritionists. This mini Erewhon outlet could have at its core the well-instagrammed celebrity smoothies, including Hailey Bieber’s $20 Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie and Jasmine Tookes’ $22 Golden Hour Glow Smoothie.
Kith Ivy and Erewhon: Membership Match Made in Heaven Read More »
Trust between franchisees and their corporate entities is already at an all-time low. The 2021 National Coalition survey of 7-Eleven franchisees found that more than three-quarters of franchisees said they don’t trust 7-Eleven.
7-Eleven New Standard Stores: DOA Read More »
The death of the traditional end cap isn’t just about technology—it’s about data. These digital displays are collection engines, gathering information on dwell time, interaction rates, and conversion metrics that we could only dream about with cardboard and plastic.
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