SpartanNash To Commemorate Veterans Day With 11% Discount For Veterans, Servicemembers

November 8, 2017 SpartanNash

SpartanNash will honor current and veteran members of the Armed Forces this Veterans Day by offering an 11 percent discount on all eligible products in its 145 corporate-owned retail stores in nine states.

Houston Grocers Build Up As Land Costs Rise

Grocers are finding it harder to find large tracts of land to build traditional, suburban-style stores closer in town, Jason Gaines, a retail broker with NAI Partners, said in a recent breakfast presentation.

Ralphs Launches Home Delivery Service Powered By Instacart At Select Locations

November 8, 2017 Ralphs Grocery Company

Ralphs today announced that it is offering home delivery at select locations in Southern California through a partnership with Instacart, a nationally-recognized on-demand retail delivery service.

CH Robinson/Robinson Fresh Offers Insights On Consumers & Global Produce Distribution While Providing Amsterdam Produce Show Visitors An Exclusive Insider Tour

Opportunities for learning at global produce events are often serendipitous. Last year at the launch of The Amsterdam Produce Show and Conference, we had the good fortune to offer a tour that included the Robinson Fresh European headquarters in Amsterdam. We are returning this year with some new twists, including Robinson Fresh flying in Gina Garvin, their Director of Consumer Insights, to help elevate the tour further. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to find out what lies ahead for the lucky attendees this year. 10/31/2017

At Upcoming Amsterdam Produce Show, Power Of Produce Researcher Anne-Marie Roerink Shows Ways To 'Get Produce Right' To Win In The New Disruptive Retail Environment

One mega-trend that has transformed produce retailing more than any other is the move to data from intuition and experience. To make that data actionable, we need to transform it into insight, and few have helped in this effort more directly than the US-based Food Marketing Institute, or FMI. We are pleased to help gain international exposure for this important work by giving them a speaking forum in Amsterdam. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to gain more insights by speaking with FMI’s analytics partner in this study.