The era of category management has created many positive changes for the food business, like giving retailers the tools to minimize supply chain risk while consolidating suppliers. But one of the negatives of buying by the numbers is that product assortment on the aisles from retailer to retailer began to look very similar. Groceries becameRead more
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Amid all of the media coverage of Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods and Lidl’s highly-touted entrance into the U.S. market, one thing is abundantly clear: At least initially, grocery retailers are hyper-vigilant and fixated on new competitive threats entering the market. Everyone is carefully monitoring, analyzing and strategizing against newcomers.Read more
Concentric’s Bob Shaw contributed thoughts to Frozen & Refrigerated Buyer’s October 2017 issue, weighing in on the massive challenges ahead for traditional retail grocery.Read more
If you work in or follow the US natural foods sector, or if you have an Internet connection, it is highly likely that you’ve run across the headline touting the downslide of the industry leading retailer, Whole Foods.Read more
Stroll a few aisles of the supermarket and you’ll witness a barrage of new CPG products introduced just in the past year. Walk trade shows like Fancy Foods and The Natural Products Expo and your head is sure to spin with an overwhelming volume of new brands hoping to become the next standout.Read more
There’s a misconception that a digital presence for a CPG grocery product is not as important as one would be for an e-commerce brand or digital brand or service brand. This is simply not true and below I’ll give you four reasons why it’s absolutely necessary.Read more
