Grocery Shopping
What Inflation? Food Prices Have Been Low Since 1992 Says Food Industry Association
The Food Industry Association’s webinar – “Peering Into Food Inflation’s Black Box” – painted a nuanced picture of rising grocery prices, one that showed nominal increases in the cost of food relative to inflation over the past three decades.
Vericast: Inflation Pushes Brands to Craft Marketing Around Generational Differences
Marketing firm Vericast explained in its “2022 CPG and Grocery TrendWatch” consumer report that brands who offer competitive pricing and promotions while optimizing the convenience of online shopping with the in-store experience are more likely to succeed across age groups during the current high inflationary period.
Flashfood App Aims To Close Food Waste Gap For Retailers, Consumers
The grocery shopping app Flashfood has doubled its business in 2022 and saved 45 million pounds of food waste from landfills by pairing grocery retailers with shoppers looking for a discount.
Get In, Get Out: Grabango Brings Checkout-Free Tech to Large Grocers
New technology is following brick-and-mortar grocery shoppers into the store, offering ways to get them in and out faster. Will Glaser, the former co-founder and CTO at music streaming platform Pandora, started Berkeley-based Grabango in 2016 to eliminate checkout headaches.