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Halloween is coming soon and some are spooked by the increased focus on #GroceryTech. In this latest #RetailontheStreet, we talk about Walmart, Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Gopuff, DoorDash and Instacart. #ROTS #grocery #ShopTalkFall Shoptalk

This piece echoes many of the conversations we had with retailers in our booth about digitizing the physical store! As noted in the article - 75% of purchasing decisions are still made in the aisle. And the ability to share relevant product information, promotions/sale prices and more with your customers on your shelf edge are critical. If you weren't able to join GroceryShop, check out this quick recap.

Just before the pandemic, one of the VPs at 7-11 asked me if I had ever heard of Foxtrot. I told him no, and he encouraged me to visit one. Since there was one in D.C. I stopped in. It was everything a white collar customer could want. It was clean, the employees were friendly, and most importantly there was a high range of premium and specialty items. Most things were better for you, organic or carried some type of labeling that let you know it was better quality than your typical c-store item. Despite their desire to disrupt the c-store industry by going premium, they closed up yesterday. The pandemic likely had something to do with it. Many of their locations are in urban areas which still have not completely bounced back. As someone who feels they understand the c-store industry at a high level, this business model was strong, it just launched at the wrong time. I hope someone else has the courage to refine the product assortment of convenience stores. While it is great to get a Slim Jim and a Coke, sometimes consumers want to have more choices for healthly , better for the environment, and better for you options. #retail #smallbusiness #timing Brett Dworski

Big Lots 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘆 — Shoppers may finally have their reason to head to Big Lots — with consumers across every generation getting fed up with inflationary price hikes. Between the retailer's unique: 1. Speed of disposition and liquidation 2. Product philosophy 3. Deal-making strategy ... See how Big Lots is reinventing grocery to attract and retain loyal customers. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gafVHVUH #Grocery #RetailInsight #RetailNews Phil Lempert

Today, we’re very excited to announce our newest product launch: Flashfood for Independents, a B2B platform designed specifically for independently owned grocery stores. Check it out here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eeQCyfgU One of the strengths of independent grocers is that they are nimble and can make decisions quickly. We wanted a platform that could match that speed and make an impact quickly. Independent grocers play a very important role in their communities, and often serve as the only grocery store in hyper-urban or rural areas. In a challenging retail climate, we want to do our part to support independent grocers by providing an easy way to increase profits and bring in more shoppers. If you’re an independent grocer, or if you shop at an independent grocery and would like to see Flashfood in-store, reach out now ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eeQCyfgU #independentgrocers #smallbusiness #smallbusinesstools

This is, in the truest sense, a brilliant example of #opportunityselling or you may say #quickcommerce ! What's your view? #consumerbehaviour #pointofsales #b2csales #foodindustry #burgers #quickcommerce

💥FOMO = OUT OF STOCK💥 When Asda dropped that 2-for-£5 Celebration Tub offer, I made sure the whole family signed up — and guess what? Ended up with 12 Celebration Tubs! 🍫🤯 Lesson learned: FOMO is REAL, and it works every time. Brands, take note — create urgency, set a deadline, and watch your products fly off the shelves! 🚀 If it’s loved, it’ll be gone before you know it. ⏳ Have you ever fallen for a FOMO deal like this? Drop your story below! ⬇️ #FOMO #MarketingStrategy #OfferAlert #LimitedTimeOffer #UKDeals #DealHunters #AsdaFinds #MarketingTips #OutOfStockSoon #SalesStrategy #ChocolateLovers #RetailTherapy #SocialMediaMarketing #BrandStrategy #ImpulseBuy #FearOfMissingOut

Since my initial review of Kroger Boost, I’ve relied on it exclusively for grocery deliveries over the past seven months. Paul Chambers was the one who got me to try Boost, and it's been quite a journey. Here are some key takeaways: 🔹 30 deliveries, 29 from Kroger, 1 from Instacart 🔹 Only one minor delivery hiccup 🔹 Reliable handling of out-of-stock items 🔹 Valuable perks like double fuel points 🔹 Kroger Boost continues to impress, but there's more to the story. Full article in the comments. #CustomerExperience #GroceryDelivery #KrogerBoost #Ecommerce

Foxtrot is out, but small format “Click-and-Mortar” is white hot. The Foxtrot / Dom’s closures hit all of us hard. But is it a sign of a doomed Economy? Not necessarily. People are still buying. Small / express formats are still growing. The ones that are, are just competing differently. Here are some major players racing for small and express grocery in 2024: GROCERS. -Whole Foods Daily Market, starting at 7,000 sqft. -Big Y building out Big Y Express Fresh Markets. -Trader Joe’s launches Pronto at just 2,800 sqft. C-STORES. -Sheetz: Resourcing delivery, digital, and BFY foods. -7-11: Teching up delivery to target the ‘small cart’. -Circle K: Expanding grocery to lure food shoppers. -CVS inked a deal with KeHE to expand BFY. Now are these the same as Foxtrot? Absolutely not. Not by a long shot. But they’re all building. Here’s WHY theyre able to grow in this Economy: -All of them are focusing hard on digital customers. -All of them are using tech to streamline checkout. -All are competing for a fast evolving consumer. -All of them are competing hard in fast delivery. So Foxtrot is not the end of the World as we know it. It’s the beginning for businesses that position for the digital customer. ——— 🔹Driving shelf turn in Kroger, Whole Foods, Albertsons, Costco, Walmart, Sprouts, and More 🔹DM me or book an appointment for help. #ecommerce #retailmedia #retailgrowth #retailvelocity #cpg #cpgbrands #instacart #foxtrot #cstore #smallformat

Kathryn Mazza sharing some critical learnings in scaling RMNs at Dicks & Hy-Vee, some takeaways: ◼ The Challenge ◼ "How do you build a full service media agency in[side] a major retailer?" - from scratch! ◼ Cross-Functional ◼ To succeed, you need to nail: - change management - relationships with merchant team - relationships with marketing team - relationships with operations team ◼ Infrastructure ◼ Hy-Vee have over 10,000 premium screens in store, they have in-store audio, and premium graphics. Across ~285 stores this is no easy feat! ◼ Differentiation ◼ Data for custom audiences - what is a retailers unique edge? ◼ What's Next? ◼ "Full funnel offerings for brands.. brands are gonna want to tell very rich stories both offsite and onsite" RMNs that will rise to the top are those with: 1. "the best performance" - are you still using or at risk of using a rules based keyword targeting solution OR are you leveraging the latest in machine learning based search and recommendation personalization? 2. "most diverse data sets" - are you inferring audiences from implicit data signals, training predictive AI models, and real-time customer context? 3. "best white glove service" - RMNs are a massive operation with a lot of moving parts, that complexity needs to be stripped away for brands to allocate more spend to retail media from legacy traditional media channels