Time for supermarkets to take action

February 20, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, Jeffrey Woldt, Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of the Food Marketing Institute, traditional supermarkets 2017, Issue 02-20-2017, Issues

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — If the operators of traditional supermarkets intend to command as prominent a position on the retailing scene of the future as they do today, they must act audaciously to fend off competition from a growing range of sources, in particular e-commerce, and stay in sync with the changing expectations of consumers. Driven