How viable is it to sell premium specialty food, a process that requires a high level of knowledge and expertise, in the mass market? That conundrum was recently tackled by a small group of grocers from the northeastern U.S. and suppliers and officials representing the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, an area known for prosciutto, Parmigiano
Online grocery shoppers may not be exactly who we think they are, a new study suggests. Although they do tend to have higher salaries than their brick-and-mortar shopping counterparts, for example, it turns out that U.S. online grocery shoppers are not just members of a leisure class who shop from home because it’s easier and
#supplychain … No surprise this topic is trending in a big way. Or that it’s time to rethink how retailers and manufacturers bring their products to market. When I picture every “strategy on a page” I’ve seen over the years, supply chain has always been the foundation — and almost always taken for granted. It’s
Food safety has long been one of the issues that keeps retail CEOs awake at night. It’s not only the recalls that worry them, but also the potential for supply chain and in-store mishaps by personnel, routine sanitation, product shelf life and more. While federal, state and local governments have instituted wide-ranging regulations on the