ProducePay and Four Star Fruit have launched the fresh produce industry’s first-of-its-kind direct-to-retail supply chain program. Using the ProducePay platform and Four Star Fruit’s expertise in table grapes, this initiative helps U.S. national retailers meet year-round demand for high quality fresh produce while also keeping prices stable for consumers. ProducePay believes the success of this industry-first […]
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FMI Endorses Senate Legislation Banning SNAP Processing Fees
FMI – The Food Industry Association welcomed the introduction of the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act (S. 2449) by Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Peter Welch (D-VT), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to prevent the levying of processing and other related fees on grocers for purchases made with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) […]
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Mars Wrigley Using Insights, Innovation To Deliver For Consumers
Mars Wrigley is “consumer obsessed,” according to Mike Gilroy, VP of trade development and sponsorship. The company is “all about the consumer and delivering value and quality to the consumer.” Gilroy said if the 100-plus-year-old company is going to continue to be successful, it needs to “continue to listen to what the consumer is telling […]
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NGA Pleased With Proposed Merger Guidelines On Buyer Power
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice has released a much-anticipated proposed update to merger enforcement guidelines that marks a significant shift to incorporate concerns the NGA has raised with federal enforcers. The proposed draft rewrites merger enforcement standards to include new considerations for those that enhance buyer power. Specifically, one of the 13 proposed […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Report: Strategic Fulfillment Can Drive Digital Profitability
Recent research by Incisiv, conducted in collaboration with FMI – The Food Industry Association and in partnership with RELEX, highlights the importance of strategic fulfillment in achieving digital profitability. With 69 percent of grocery sales in 2023 being digitally influenced, the grocery shopping experience has become firmly omnichannel. However, despite this boom, profitability […]
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June Online Grocery Sales Slip From Last Year
The U.S. online grocery market finished June with $7.1 billion in total sales, down 1.2 percent compared to last year’s $7.2 billion, according to the latest monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. Although more households bought groceries online in June than last year, these users completed fewer orders during the month and average order […]
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NGA Encouraged By Bipartisan Focus On Grocery Competition
The National Grocers Association welcomed bipartisan discussion on competition policy and the bottom-line impact on independent grocers during a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing. When Federal Trade Commissioner Chair Lina Khan testified July 13 during an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, key Republicans and Democrats found some common ground in their lines of […]
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C.A. Fortune Boosts West Coast Presence With Navigator Sales & Marketing
C.A. Fortune, a consumer brands agency headquartered in Chicago, has announced the addition of Navigator Sales & Marketing to enhance its West Coast customer connectivity and retail activation capabilities. Founded in 2012, Navigator Sales & Marketing is a regional sales and marketing agency based in Southern California. The transaction closed July 17. Navigator has aimed to […]