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Technology

Online Shopping: Tipping Point or Temporary Trialing?

How forgiving will shoppers be to a retailer that has failed to deliver on expectations during these challenging times?

CPG

Consumers Adapting to a 'New Normal,' Studies Show

A month into the concerns over coronavirus, consumers' “new normal” includes online ordering and pantry stocking.

Retailers

A Price and Promotion Pandemic

By Jon Springer on Mar. 27, 2020

COVID-19 has delivered a big but delicate sales boom that has highlighted emotions—and will pressure retailers to adjust when the crisis subsides.

Fresh Food

Fresh Produce Sales Up 33.9% Amid Growing Number of COVID-19 Cases

By Anne-Marie Roerink on Mar. 25, 2020

Vegetables were up nearly 41%, while fruits increased 27% for the week ending March 15, 2020.

Fresh Food

Meat Sales Continue to Skyrocket Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Anne-Marie Roerink on Mar. 24, 2020

It’s “slim pickings” as sales surge across all proteins and offerings; department sales were up a whopping 76.9% for the week ending March 15, 2020.

Fresh Food

Depleted Meat Cases Underscore Coronavirus Retail Surge

By Anne-Marie Roerink on Mar. 20, 2020

The latest category data and store visits affirm that shoppers are returning to the familiar and are putting meat back on the center of plate.

Wellness

Baltimore’s Food Deserts Get a New Tool

By Phil Lempert on Mar. 19, 2020

The Lempert Report: Lack of access to healthy food is a factor in obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, and those who live in and around food deserts suffer the most, but Baltimore is making strides.

CPG

How Is COVID-19 Affecting Shopping Behaviors?

By WGB Staff on Mar. 19, 2020

New research from Acosta tracks how consumers’ buying behaviors are changing amid the coronavirus crisis.

Retailers

A Pandemic View From Across the Pond

By Steve Dresser on Mar. 16, 2020

In the U.K., discounters are losing to big boxes for the first time in a decade as stock-ups devastate availability and grocers face much uncertainty ahead, the author says.

Retailers

What Men Really Need in the Grocery Store

By Phil Lempert on Mar. 10, 2020

The Lempert Report: Men are more likely to shop in-store and buy plant-based meat alternatives. Tracking and responding to men's preferences can equal healthy returns for food retailers.

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