Walmart maintained the top position across every major brand-tracking metric this spring, according to new data from the Conjointly Brand Tracker released July 13. The metrics include the brand’s awareness, consideration, purchase and preferred status. Aldi and Kroger, meanwhile, posted the strongest awareness-to-preference conversion rates among mid-size to large chains. The findings came out of […]
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Circana: US Food And Beverage Growth To Settle At 2-3% In 2027
U.S. consumers are no longer just cutting back; they are recalibrating how they buy, according to Circana Compass research released by Circana LLC. The U.S. retail food and beverage industry grew 2.2 percent in the first half of 2026, and Circana projects growth will settle into a 2-3 percent range in 2027 as shoppers optimize […]
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Grocery Loyalty Programs Multiply But Influence Wanes, Upside Finds
Upside, a digital marketplace for brick-and-mortar retail, has released Escaping the Loyalty Plateau, a report on the state of retail loyalty based on survey data from more than 12,000 U.S. consumers and retailers. Consumers are joining programs at record rates, with 82 percent of grocery shoppers belonging to at least one, according to the report. […]
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Back-to-School In Grocery: From School Supplies To Routine Solutions
by Craig Grayson, Vice President Merchandising & Marketing, Imperial Distributors Inc. Back-to-School has evolved well beyond a one-time stock-up trip for notebooks, pencils, and lunch bags. Today, it represents a broader household reset shaped by omnichannel shopping, value-seeking behavior, wellness priorities, and the return to more structured weekday routines. For grocery retailers, that evolution has […]
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The Hidden Margin Leak Hiding in Your Accounts Payable Department
Every independent and regional grocer knows the math. Net margins run between 1% and 3%, which means that on a $10 million store, you’re working with $100,000 to $300,000 of breathing room before you’re underwater. Operators spend enormous energy managing the front end to protect those numbers, tightening promotional spend, auditing shrink, and fine-tuning labor […]
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Sam’s Club, Weight Watchers Team Up On Weight Health Programs
Sam’s Club and WW International Inc., known as Weight Watchers, are collaborating to give club members discounted access to weight health programs, including clinical weight management options for shoppers taking or considering GLP-1 medications. The initiative offers Weight Watchers’ Core, Core+ and Med+ programs alongside Sam’s Club’s pharmacy services, which include prescription value programs, acceptance […]
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Breez AI To Quadruple Store Count As Independent Grocers Sign On
Breez AI, an AI shopping platform built for regional and independent grocers, has announced another wave of retailer adoption as Brothers Market, Balls Food Stores, Price Chopper Enterprises, PFS Brands, operator of Moser’s Foods, Tietgen’s Food Stores and HAC Inc., operating as Homeland, joined its retailer network. Combined with a rollout across 170 Harps Food […]
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FMS Solutions’ 2nd Profit Summit For Independents Coming This Fall
FMS Solutions, a financial management company serving independent grocery operators and restaurants, has announced its second annual FMS Profit Summit, set for Oct. 6-8 at Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort in Boerne, Texas. The two-day event covers financial benchmarking, labor management, shrink reduction and the state of the independent grocery industry. Attendees will have direct […]