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The New Grocery Shelf May Not Be a Shelf at All
The grocery shelf is headed for big changes from here...
Grocery Has a Worker Safety Problem. Here’s What Could Help…
Worker safety is a complicated problem, but there may be a novel…
The New Reality of Grocery Today: Fewer Bad Stores, Tougher Decisions
Grocery today involves fewer underperforming stores and more tough decisions...
Basket Building: The $13.99 Steak That Created a $66 Grocery Trip
How a one-day flash sale turned an email into a lunch-hour store…
Paper or Plastic: What Credit Card Usage Tells Us About Grocery Affordability
Grocery affordability is a cash-flow problem now; shoppers increasingly use credit cards,…
Expensive Groceries: The $366 Grocery Basket… And the Tough Shopper It Created
Expensive groceries have given rise to a savvy, tough breed of consumer...
How To Handle The Collapse Of Institutional Knowledge
Institutional knowledge is powerful stuff... and it's disappearing rapidly.
Specialty Food Outlook 2026: Seeking Value, Transparency, and Functionality
The specialty food outlook in 2026 is bright...
The CPI Says Inflation Is Cooling; Your Customer’s Shopping Cart Says Otherwise
Inflation impacts your groceries in insidious ways...
Following In The Editorial Footsteps Of Jeff Metzger’s Remarkable Legacy: Taking Stock
Taking Stock gets a worthy successor...
Before We Declare the Promotional Display Dead…
Promotional displays need to be the focus of an industry-wide conversation sooner…