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The article offers suggestions for food-organizing tools from Trion, including WonderBar Trays to stock and display of products, Dual Lane Trays, and the Pouch Hook that allows easy restocking.

The article discusses that Psychology tells us temporary goals can be triggered by the environment (e.g., the smell of freshly baked bread activates the goal to eat) or by a deficiency. It mentions that the beverage industry is positioned to remain strong throughout the coming years with bottled water outperforming carbonated beverages.

The article offers information on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the grocery in the U.S. It mentions about the advantages of economic recessions, retail consolidation and a new fondness among consumers for frugality. It discusses that pandemic has turbo-charged growth at many food retailers.

The article discusses how grocery store operators can improve dairy sales with the help of some creative ideas. According to industry experts, thoughtful merchandising and promotion can improve sales and take the category to maximize performance. Eric Richard, education coordinator at the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA), observes that flavored, whole, lactose-free, single-serve and organic milk is experiencing growth and demand.

Byline: Barbara Sax Value-oriented promos, on-trend offerings and smart merchandising can lift the VMS category. Promotions dominate the vitamin/mineral/supplement (VMS) category, and if retailers aren't careful, the practice can erode [...]

The article focuses on customer loyalty and sales boosted by cross-merchandising refrigerated/ frozen foods across the store. Creative programs of suppliers which target similar customer bases and offering easily repurposed coolers is mentioned. The need for retailers to surmount logistical and operational barriers to become more consumer-centric in their merchandising and measurement procedures is cited.

The article offers suggestions on ways to increase beer sales at liquor stores. Topics of discussion include the liquor store shopper's behavior and improving merchandising to attract the beer shopper, including women beer drinkers. The importance of offering a balanced craft assortment is also addressed.

The article offers several suggestions aimed at making fall produce more appealing to grocery shoppers and increase sales. Suggestions mentioned include posting recipes near vegetable displays, offering pre-cut vegetables, creating market displays, and giving customers the option to taste produce samples.

The article offers marketing and merchandising solutions for fall and winter offerings, with particular focus given to products for tailgate and holiday parties. Topics of discussion include product displays, cross-merchandising, retailers' promoting new products in-store by way of a Holiday Show, and the new Ear Beer experience promoted by the beer brand Dos Equis.

The article focuses on the need for grocers to use shopper insights to improve in organizing their stores, displays, assortments and more. Correlating different types of behavior and data indicating product or store performance which can result to learnings on such issues as simplifying store layout is mentioned.

The article focuses on the continued effort of grocers to cross-merchnadise the deli to promote sales througout their stores. The creativity of retailers on how they engage their shoppers is mentioned. A chart depicting Deli Department Sales Performance is presented. Factors that have been most influential in securing strong everyday deli sales is cited.

The article focuses on grocers who have decided to expand snack offering through out their store due to increasing demands of snacks by consumers and mentions cross-merchandising of snack offering across the stores. Topics discussed include millennials generation who are likely to snack several times, increasing trends of potato chips and salty snacks in the market and trends of probiotic-enhanced salty snacks.

The article reports that research from Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) “Power of Produce” shows that 58 percent of impulse produce purchases are the result of eye-catching displays. About, 83 percent of shoppers would welcome advice about unfamiliar items or preparation techniques. The numbers indicate promotions such as cross-merchandising may drive new dollars in produce.

The article presents views of Ron Hughes, senior manager of shopper strategy and innovation at the beverage firm Coca-Cola Co., on how center store has important role to play in large stores and how grocery bottom-line profit is contributed by center store. Topics include how the center of the store continues to provide consumers with essential products to fulfill their everyday needs, approaches to merchandising by retail stores and embracing technology and social media.

Byline: Bob Ingram Mobile merchandisers are key to holiday displays. Most food retailers have already planned their displays for the approaching holidays, and mobile merchandisers are playing a large role. [...]

Byline: Randy Hofbauer Smart merchandising can use the perimeter to boost center store. It's no secret that in the grocery channel, growth among perimeter departments is outpacing that of center [...]

The article reports on the promotion of fresh and frozen foods in the grocery industry. Topics mentioned include the merchandising of fresh product in the frozen section, the insights of Terry Roberts, president of interior design and planning services firm Merchandising by Design Inc., on the fresh food management, and the guidelines to improve sales in the fresh and frozen foods section.

The article provides information on merchandising of holiday candies and snacks involving 5P's namely punctuality, placement, presentation, pricing, and product. Topics discussed include views of Larry Pierce, elected vice president of merchandising and marketing at Grand Rapids on the same; market stocks for seasonal foods; and excitement among consumers.

The article discusses the use of displays and strategic merchandising in grocery retail industry. Topics discussed include the role of signage on the promotions of produced at supermarket chain Harps Foods, the importance of locally grown produce to the Sigona's Farmers Market, and the launched of the "The Blueberry Life" summer campaign of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC).

The article discusses the findings of the Progressive Grocer Market Research 2019 survey, which is carried out by the journal. When asked about the department that was the most influential in driving their overall brand/image/point of differentiation, 33 percent of respondents said it was meat. Most successful department at driving traffic was found to be the meat department at supermarkets. Prepared foods topped the list of important strategies in merchandising and brand enhancement.

Byline: Jim Dudlicek Cross-merchandising the frozen aisle with other departments can help deliver better shopper solutions. With the range of flavors and mealtime options available in the frozen aisle, countless [...]

Byline: Lynn Petrak Breakfast offers foodservice opportunities for grocers. Waking up is hard enough to do on some days, so finding time for and choosing a good breakfast aren't always [...]

Byline: Jennifer Strailey Flavor-packed varieties, strategically merchandised, are key to this category's success. Supermarkets across the country are teeming with untapped melon customers. Some are former cantaloupe thumpers and honeydew [...]

Byline: Bob Ingram Display units are key to maintaining the critical in-store integrity of seafood. A single outbreak of foodborne illness can seriously damage a retail brand, and the seafood [...]

Byline: Bob Ingram Retail foodservice equipment suppliers are working with grocers to meet consumer demands. Foodservice continues to be one of the most popular and in-demand categories of the supermarket, [...]

Byline: Bob Ingram Mobile merchandisers put the right products in the best traffic patterns for increased sales. The movie 'Field of Dreams' coined the phrase 'Build it, and they will [...]

The article presents the results of the 2016 Retail Produce and Floral Review survey of 100 grocers in the entire U.S. conducted by Progressive Grocer. It mentions the potential and the challenges facing the industry. According to the grocers surveyed, topping the list of challenges was profits. Other significant challenges include quality of product, price perception of fresh produce, how to increase consumption and labor/recruitment costs.

The article discusses the merchandising of candy and snacks during the 2016 U.S. holidays. Topics mentioned include the growth in grocery spending, the industry's impact on improving economic conditions and falling gas prices, and the plans of shoppers to prepare a new recipe during the holiday season. Noted are some retailers that have dedicated holiday content, including Giant Eagle Inc., Hy-Vee Inc., and Marsh Supermarkets Inc.

The article discusses new product development by frozed food manufacturers to deliver on convenience and taste along with efforts of grocers to reinvigorate the mature frozen food aisle. Topics discussed include merchandising to meal solutions, comments from Dimitrios Smyrnios of the Schwan Food Co., regarding nutrients retained in freezing food and outlook for frozen foods projected by market research firm Packaged Facts.

The article discusses the future of supermarket front end. Topics discussed include view of Michael Taylor of retail branding service provider Daymon Worldwide, regarding importance of front end for retailers and shoppers, opportunities for retailers to create new experiences for shoppers through merchandising and suggestion of Bethany Bauer of food firm Hershey Co., to consider flexible racking solutions.

Byline: Joan Driggs Cross-merchandising creates shopper solutions, and hopefully stronger store loyalty. Back in the day, CPG manufacturers were the kings of the grocery retail hill. They created programs that [...]

The article reports that several supermarket operators want to differentiate from their rivals in geographical area and mentions that several influential department in driving their stores' overall brand. Topics discussed include increase in the sales of seafood driven by consumer's willingness to purchase and prepare fresh items, lack of importance of merchandising/brand enhancement services and emerging trends of prepared foods.

EVE GIGIS Category Manager, Acme Markets * * A member of the Acme merchandising and marketing team since 1978, Gigis currently manages the procurement, pricing, placement and promotional activities for [...]

Byline: Jim Dudlicek Retailers, CPG companies rethink how best to turn up the spigot on their liquid assets. The beverage aisle is undergoing a radical transformation in regard to what [...]

The article discusses the importance of taking advantage of consumers' sensory experience with foods at a grocerant environment by improving grocerant displays and merchandising efforts to remain competitive. It presents the views of Lewis Shaye, founder of the Grocerant Design Group on the importance of display in promoting customer involvement, Kevin Garvin of Neiman Marcus on merchandising and visual appeal, and Dan McMurray of Southern CaseArts on the influence of heating on quality.

The article discusses how grocery retailers will need to constantly look for new ways to keep their fresh areas distinctive, and mentions how grocers can keep the fresh perimeter fresh in the coming year. Topics include creating solution destinations offering value-added products cross-merchandised with complementary products, in-store messaging, advertising and social media that position the store as the best option and transparency for consumers.

The article focuses comparison of average American household spending per trip on various general merchandise this year versus last year showing an increase in 3.5% in all general merchandise; while an increase of 8.9% in Battery and 3.14% increase in cellular phone accessories.

The article discusses market promotion, consumption, and sale of onions in the U.S. Topics explored include the versatility of onions acknowledged by Kim Reddin of the National Onion Association, the continuous growth of sweet onion sales according to Shuman Produce president John Shuman, and merchandising strategies for the effective promotion of onions at grocery stores.

Byline: Bob Ingram Display equipment can make the season's sales merry and bright. 'Put your best foot forward' is an adage that takes on even more supermarket significance during the [...]

Byline: Bridget Goldschmidt Some things just make sense, like merchandising complementary items across the center store, refrigerated and frozen departments. What's more, the greater convenience that such a retail strategy [...]

Byline: Bridget Goldschmidt At the Sweets & Snacks Expo last May, Mars Chocolate North America presented merchandising strategies that take into account the exploding use of self-checkouts by customers. 'Since [...]

Byline: Bridget Goldschmidt Manufacturers and retailers ready their seasonal product and merchandising strategies. In summer, the thoughts of suppliers and purveyors of beverage alcohol turn to capitalizing on the season's [...]

Byline: Bob Ingram Green technology is among manufacturers' primary considerations in displaying the ocean's bounty. It's axiomatic that seafood is healthy food, and today's seafood cases are increasingly healthy for [...]

Byline: Christina Veiders E-cigarettes remain in the hinterlands of smoking and smokeless products at many retailers. A recent trip to Duane Reade's New York flagship store at 40 Wall St. [...]

Byline: Christina Veiders Expect harsh winter winds to churn up more sales for lip care products. Retailers can expect to enjoy a fourth-quarter sales spike in the mature and well-developed [...]

The article focuses on the merchandising strategies of food retailers which include the use of Mobile merchandising to provide new experiences to the shoppers. Topics discussed include increasing demand of meal kits purchasing through home delivery subscription and presents views of Harry Newton director of sales at Structural Plastics Corp. on the same.

The article focuses on the seasonal marketing and merchandising for the Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) brand in retail trade in the U.S. Topics discussed include an overview of the CAB brand, its emphasis on technological programs, the significance of employees in supermarkets, and the key to the brand's seasonality.

GROCERY Foods and Beverages Category Captain Alcoholic Beverages - Beer Anheuser-Busch Faced with an overall beer category gone flat, Anheuser-Busch commissioned a study of 128 retailers to explore the effectiveness [...]

Byline: Rebecca MacKay Research shows meal solution merchandising is key to the retailer-shopper relationship. It's never been more important for grocery retailers to build strong relationships with shoppers. Consumer needs, [...]