It’s hard to get better sales numbers than what supermarkets are seeing in health and wellness. SN’s Whole Health industry survey back in March produced eye-popping results. Some 80% of industry respondents said thes...
You don’t have to be in the food retail industry to know many supermarkets don’t consider nonfoods a core segment.
The lack of strategy is often apparent on the shelves in areas ranging from general merchandise to...
The story line about Millennials is different now.
Until recently food retailers were a bit tentative about Generation Y, focused more on questions such as, “When will they get married, have families, and start sp...
It’s only 2015 but we can already see 10 years out. That’s the conclusion of Technomic in a new and convincing report on where things are headed. Here’s a sampling of findings in the report, called “Food Industry Tra...
SN just released the findings of its perishables state-of-the-industry survey, and the data will open some eyes.
The fresh food segment is on a growth curve, but respondents told us not all categories are sharing ...
The evidence continues to build that supermarkets need health and wellness strategies as much as their shoppers do. Natural, organic and better-for-you products have become proven winners, so the big question now is...
Fear.
That’s an emotion that fills the room when retailers — especially smaller ones — discuss online shopping.
You can feel it in their questions: Should we enter the online space? Can we get up to speed and m...
There’s an old phrase coined by the British comedy group Monty Python that happens to perfectly describe what the best independent retailers are all about:
“And now for something completely different.”
Differen...
We’ve all had 15 years to get used to the 21st century, but I’m not sure that’s happened yet. The pace of change has quickened each year, impacting everything from consumer behavior to company strategies and making b...
We all have ideas on what’s most important to participants in the food retail industry. That said, the Internet era allows us to learn more precisely what people are interested in. At SN, for instance, we know how mu...