As we’re nearing the one-year mark of the pandemic, we can see how its effects have significantly changed consumer shopping and cooking behaviors. It’s possible that when the pandemic subsides, many of these new behaviors may become the norm. It’s important for manufacturers to be aware of these fast-moving trends and adapt quickly to take […]
Inventory Management
Designing Your Package for the Future
In the past five months, the landscape of retail grocery packaging has totally changed. Previously, a good package design only needed to be attractive enough to the consumer walking the grocery aisles. Its goal was to identify the brand and the product, plus quickly catch the consumer’s eye among the thousands of other products in-store. […]
Pandemic Pivot: Looking Ahead for Grocery Shopping and Selling
Consumers and supermarkets are settling into new shopping experiences now that we are three months into the coronavirus pandemic. Most importantly, both groups are putting an emphasis on consumer and food safety. In addition, there are new procedures that will carry over to the post COVID-19 world that will affect product presentation, product offerings and […]
Grocery Industry COVID-19 Update
I hope that all is well with you, your families and your co-workers. The coronavirus has upended the way business is being done across the world. The grocery industry has found itself as one of the key retail businesses which is still functional across the country and pivotal to life today. This edition of The […]
Understanding Dating on Food Products
One of the key reasons grocery items become overstocks or problem products is a result of date coding issues. Dating on food products is an indication of product quality. It provides information on when the quality of the product may start deteriorating in quality, flavor or color. The Federal Government, the US Department of Agriculture […]
Finding Answers for Excess Packaging
One problem which occurs for manufacturers is having excess packaging for a product that has been discontinued, undergone aesthetic changes or has ingredient changes. The manufacturer often is left with excess packaging materials sitting in their warehouse that is now being replaced by a new iteration to be sold to regular customers. The best and […]