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AppCard Remains Focused On Personalization, CPG

By Eric Pereira / content creator As a coupon platform with more than five billion transactions under its belt, AppCard’s focus has been on empowering grocers to communicate with shoppers through personalized offers and awards derived from shopper purchase history and future intent, said Yair Goldfinger, co-founder and CEO. New York-based AppCard is a shopper […]

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Alabama Grocers Association Offers Optimistic Economic Outlook In 2022

The overall economic outlook for Alabama in 2022 looks “very promising,” according to Ellie Taylor, president of the Alabama Grocers Association. Data from the past year appears to support Taylor’s optimism. An Economic Outlook Update for the fourth quarter of 2021, published by the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama, estimated the […]

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Greer’s Markets Returns To Hometown Roots With New Concept

Mobile, Alabama-based Greer’s Markets is entering its 106th year of business in 2022. The company has stayed in the Greer family, and four members of the fifth generation recently helped design and build a new concept store in downtown Mobile. Greer’s St. Louis Market is named for its location on St. Louis Street. The new […]

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SMARTS Speakers Encourage Grocery Leaders To Care, Share, Motivate

by Eric Pereira / content creator Harold Llyod Presents held its 21st annual Supermarket SMARTS conference in a virtual format the week of Jan. 10. The SMARTS event combined education and entertainment for grocery managers, assistant managers and management trainees to learn through interactive seminars and assignments. The Supermarket SMARTS event featured various guest speakers including, […]

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Edwards Brothers Supermarkets Reports Supply Chain Concerns

As the freezing temperatures tighten their grip on the small towns of Maine, business is moving along for Edwards Brothers Supermarkets. And throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Jeremy Edwards’ stores posted sales increases.  “People weren’t traveling as far to do their shopping. A lot of the smaller mom-and-pop type shops should have seen a boost […]

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Looking At Inflation And The Past – What Can History Teach Us?

When prices rise slowly, shoppers and the economy can adjust. But when inflation accelerates, as we are seeing in stores across the globe today, what happens then? For many younger store associates, this may be their first time going through a major inflationary period. Certainly, food prices in the U.S. have not seen cost acceleration […]

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Grocers Confident In Future Growth Of Produce Aisle, Despite Inflation

by Greg Ferrara / president and CEO, NGA Consumers were making more healthful food choices in greater numbers before the COVID-19 pandemic, which further boosted interest in better nutrition.  As the nation continues to grapple with new variants in a pandemic that’s lingering longer than most expectations, the idea of eating better to buttress one’s […]