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Shelf Talk: 7.5 months to go in 2020
In the last issue of Shelf Talk, I summarized food/CPG/grocery industry news from 50+ articles I inhaled over since the pandemic set in. This summary…
Shelf Talk: Hindsight is 2019
This is the first issue of Shelf Talk in 2020. Both my home and work lives have been busy this year, so I paused this newsletter. Then Covid hit, and…
Shelf Talk: Changes in milk, meat, water, and alcohol
The past month(s?) of holiday-focused shopping places such an emphasis on retailers, so this digest focuses instead on products, namely beverages and…
Shelf Talk: 3000 Amazon supermarkets, Wegmans in Brooklyn, Walmart grocery delivery, and He-Man's tiger
Amazon and Grocery Retail When Amazon bought Whole Foods two years ago, it seemed to most that Whole Foods' 500 stores would be Amazon's path into brick…
Shelf Talk: Food and tariffs, changing Chinese tastes, industry stats, and more
Food & International Trade "A 15-year fight over airplane subsidies is going to raise the cost of Parmesan cheese, French wine and Scotch whisky." The…
Shelf Talk: Bonsai brands, Freakonomics on supermarkets, hacking Amazon rankings with cash, and more
Brands (and symbiosis with retailers) Small brands are steadily chipping away at share from large brands. (That is, until they get acquired by the big…
Shelf Talk: Future of grocery retail, Costco in China, private label growth, and bear taste testing
Grocery Retail Saving your grocery store: A long article on challenges in grocery retail -- and some ideas for solutions. And a long-ish summary…
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