Tag: year ahead
The Year Ahead: Touting value and convenience
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Convenience is always an enticement for consumers, and for those who are not particularly adept at cooking, value-added dishes and meal kits are a boon.
The Year Ahead: Teaching consumers the basics
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Consumers may know fruits and vegetables are healthy, but many don’t know what to do with them.
The Year Ahead: Strengthening storytime
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Growers and marketers have embraced the art of storytelling to get their messages out, but much more can be done on this front.
The Year Ahead: Driving consumption
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Getting consumers to eat more fruits and vegetables is always a focus for the industry. The food-as-medicine movement, increased storytelling, and product innovation are all working toward this goal.
The Year Ahead: Shrinkflation and skimpflation
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Consumers are not happy with high food prices, and many believe they are artificially high.
The Year Ahead: Pricing impacts strategy
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A frequent topic throughout 2023 was rising costs throughout the supply chain.
The Year Ahead: The packaging quest
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Related to the environment and being better stewards of the planet is packaging.
The Year Ahead: Weather and the changing climate
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While it’s true weather has always been unpredictable, the last few years have proven this is now a vast understatement—with devastating weather events seeming to be the new normal.
The Year Ahead: Technology and labor
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“Labor issues are starting to stabilize, but they remain a real concern for most retailers and suppliers I speak with,” says Kevin Brooks, of Procurant
The Year Ahead: AI in the retail realm
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“Retailers are gaining experience with AI, but they still don’t have a good handle on it,” says Phil Lempert, the Los Angeles, CA-based Supermarket Guru.