The National Grocers Association has announced that blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer will be the keynote speaker for the 2023 NGA Show to be held Feb. 26-28 at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas. The opening session is sponsored by The Kraft Heinz Company, a supporter of NGA and the independent supermarket industry. Weihenmayer […]
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IRI, NPD Names Vangala As Chief Strategy Officer
IRI and The NPD Group have announced that Malli Vangala has joined the company as chief strategy officer. Vangala joins the company from Microsoft, where he led initiatives for the Microsoft 365 business, and succeeds Wei Lin Wong, who transitions to focus on his role as the president of retail. “We are very pleased to welcome […]
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Instacart Launches ‘Connected Stores’ Platform
Instacart has unveiled Connected Stores, a bundle of six new technologies that layer on top of current offerings, helping grocers bring together online ordering and in-store shopping for consumers. Connected Stores creates a unified, personalized experience for customers by enabling them to move between a retailer’s app or website and its in-store experience. Together, Instacart […]
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St Pierre Expands Distribution With Bake-At-Home Products
St Pierre Bakery is set to expand its footprint in the U.S. bakery sector with a range of bake-at-home products, launching in 2023. The brand, which continues its growth of more than 30 percent, will add its first non-brioche baguettes and rolls to its product selection. The range will feature a twin-packed French baguette, a […]
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FMI Welcomes Agreement To Keep U.S. Rail Networks Open
FMI – The Food Industry Association and Leslie G. Sarasin, its president and CEO, issued the following statement on the negotiations between freight rail networks and rail worker unions to ensure U.S. railroads remain operational and able to deliver critical products. “FMI applauds the agreement reached early this morning between freight rail networks and their employees […]
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Independent Grocers Urge Congress To Back Credit Card Reform
About 1,000 independent grocers joined in a letter urging Congress to support the Credit Card Reform Act of 2022, legislation that would inject much-needed competition into the market for credit card routing. The legislation is sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall and allows merchants to choose between two unaffiliated networks to process credit […]
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IRI: Volume Pressure Sharpens As Produce Inflation Climbs
Amid continued disruption, IRI, 210 Analytics and IFPA are bringing the industry the latest trends and analysis in fresh produce. “Inflation has been accelerating since early fall 2021, drought conditions are severe, consumer confidence is low and grocery patterns are switching very rapidly,” said Joe Watson, VP, Retail, Foodservice & Wholesale for IFPA. The four […]
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FMI Releases Power Of Health, Well-Being In Food Industry Report
FMI – The Food Industry Association has released the “2022 Power of Health and Well-Being in the Food Industry” report, which offers consumer perspectives on health and well-being in the grocery store and an update on industry progress in those areas. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted Americans’ eating habits, with 50 percent of consumers reporting that […]