How Do We Know How The Food Retail Industry Is Changing?

April 2, 2018 Food Marketing Institute

The first ever Food Retail Industry Speaks report appeared in 1949. Sixty eight years later, this report continues to provide the industry with important benchmarks, facts and figures that are used in our advocacy work on Capitol Hill, in conversations with the media and by our members desiring to make informed business decisions.

Online Retailers Create Their Own Brands

Online retailers are creating their own brands for the same reason brick-and-mortar stores have long done so: They make a bigger profit, and the items help attract and keep customers. Jet.com launched Uniquely J last fall. Amazon now has Wickedly Prime, AmazonBasics and several other brands. And one new website, Brandless.com, has gone even further. Adamant that it's not a private label, it nonetheless sells only its own goods such as toothpaste, tampons and trail mix.

Industry Mourns A Mover & Shaker, A Titan, Andrew Balducci

Andrew Balducci, owner of the famous Balducci’s food store in Greenwich Village, died on March 22, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, Long Island. He was 92 years old and passed surrounded by his family.

Short Visits Rise At Whole Foods Stores With Amazon Lockers

April 2, 2018 Lisa Baertlein, Reuters

Shoppers are making more quick trips to Whole Foods stores that have installed Amazon.com lockers, giving the natural and organic retailer a new way to boost sales, research from location data advertising firm inMarket showed on Monday.

Affinor Growers Signs Exclusive License Agreement For Caribbean To Manufacture All Patented Growing Equipment

April 2, 2018 Affinor Growers

Affinor Growers Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive manufacturing license with Cobotix Manufacturing Inc. on March 26, 2018. Cobotix plans to incorporate in Aruba to build a state of the art manufacturing plant by the beginning of August 2018 to manufacture the patented stainless-steel towers for the Caribbean for mass production of fruits and vegetables.