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...
Before We Declare the Promotional Display Dead…
Promotional displays need to be the focus of an industry-wide conversation sooner…
The CPG “Hero Ingredient” Is Losing Its Superpowers
The CPG "hero ingredient" approach to product development is running into some…
Data: Groceries Are Now the Epicenter of Budget Flexibility
Budget flexibility is the goal, and the grocery basket is the means...
The E-Shaped Economy: Why Grocery Retailers Are Serving Three Different Consumers
Grocery retailers are juggling very different consumers...
Cyclospora Outbreak: What to Do When the Facts Keep Changing
The Cyclospora outbreak calls for clear communications...
Cyclospora Outbreak: What to Tell Shoppers When There’s No Recall
The Cyclospora outbreak presents a corporate communications problem, too...