ORLANDO, Fla. — St Pierre brought a new kind of heat to the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association show here, sampling its limited-edition Spicy Brioche Burger Buns, the brand’s first-ever limited-edition product, from its familiar “corner of Paris” stand at booth #4600. But the brand arrived with a sharper strategic focus, too: using data to […]
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NFRA Names Winners Of 2026 Penguin Pitch Contest For Emerging Brands
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) has announced the winners of the third-annual Penguin Pitch: Emerging Brand Contest, a program designed to spotlight up-and-coming brands reshaping the frozen and refrigerated aisles through innovation, flavor and purpose. Category Winners Following a competitive review process, three brands earned top honors in the following categories: • […]
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Kroger Helps Customers Save On Their Next Fill-Up This Summer
The Kroger Co. has announced a summer-long series of 4X Fuel Points events to help customers stretch their budgets and save more on everyday purchases. Using Fuel Points, customers can save up to $35 on their next fill-up from rewards earned on the items they need. Whether customers are shopping for everyday essentials, stocking up […]
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Alton Brown At IDDBA 2026: Four Forces Reshaped Food
Alton Brown told an IDDBA 2026 audience that four cultural forces reshaped food and that grocery’s fresh departments can rebuild the human connection shoppers crave.
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Leadership: Great Execution Starts With Simple Teaching
Leadership is often described in big words such as vision, strategy, culture, influence, transformation. While those words matter, the best leaders have a way of bringing leadership back down to earth. They make it plain, practical and repeatable. That is why the story of a lunch conversation I had with Peyton Manning is so powerful. […]
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NGAF Program Strengthens, Empowers Independent Leaders
The NGA Foundation leadership program focuses on developing skills for emerging and established leaders in the grocery industry.
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Numerator Index Shows Highest Inflation In More Than 2 Years
Prices for everyday household purchases are now up 2.9 percent versus a year ago – the largest year‑over‑year increase in more than two years, according to the Numerator Consumer Goods Price Index.
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Purdue Study: USMCA Helps Keep Food Prices Lower For American Families
A new Purdue University study finds that North American trade has helped lower U.S. food prices and could play a key role in keeping grocery affordability in check ahead of the upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.