There is a lot we can learn from the Italians.
How to dress. The civility and common courtesies extended to others. And of course ... how to eat.
I spent the last week of July through the first week of Aug...
The challenge of health and wellness is in the communication with our shoppers.
At the end of May, FMI held its “Health and Wellness @ Retail” conference bringing together retail dietitians, CPG brands, pharma...
Often we talk about the power of the bagger. That this person is typically the last touch point for a shopper, and how a smile, thank you or offer to help you to your car can reinforce the relationship to the stor...
Well it is official. The White House and Congress just don’t play together very well — and as a result, this fiscal year’s budget cuts of $85 billion (and $1.2 trillion over the next decade) became official.
T...
Just about a month ago we were witness to newspaper headlines and television news reports warning that without a “fiscal cliff” deal in place, shoppers would be faced with $8 per gallon milk in the dairy case. The...
Last year we predicted how weather conditions around the globe would affect crop yields and impact food production and prices; little did we know just how big that impact would be. 2012 brought us the worst drough...
In 1993, TVFN (Television Food Network) was born out of a discussion between a couple of senior executives at The Providence Journal newspaper and Johnson & Wales University, also based in Providence, R.I. Next ye...
Millennials have a hard time finding a silver lining in this economy, with so many of them highly educated, carrying high debt for their degrees, and unemployed or underemployed. Boomers have delayed their retirem...
There’s an app for that! How many times have you seen or heard that phrase? And how often are you bombarded by words (including mine) urging you and your stores to embrace and understand the new mobile technologie...
The Wall Street Journal reported on July 12 that “supermarkets’ share of U.S. grocery sales fell to 51% in 2011, down from 66% in 2000, according to UBS.”
The story — entitled “What’s Wrong with America’s Supe...