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Nonfood

How Retailers Are Driving Greeting Card Sales Year-Round

Grocers such as Schnucks are maximizing category trends.

CPG

Q&A With a Retail Reporter Turned Natural Food Entrepreneur

Katherine Harvey, who was a retail business reporter earlier in her career, joins WGB's Breakroom to discuss the challenges of building a new brand in the healthy food space.

Retail Foodservice

Brown’s ShopRite Adding 2 More Saladworks Bars

By Amanda Baltazar on Feb. 08, 2019

The pilot program propels the Wakefern member to expand its healthy foodservice cred with "salad-hip" offerings.

Retailers

1-on-1 With Jungle Jim’s Visionary Founder Jim Bonaminio

By Meg Major on Feb. 07, 2019

WGB’s February 2019 Endcap guest reflects on the indispensable ingredient behind his stores’ success, his abiding fearlessness for competing with the “big boys,” his unabashed “craziness” as a businessman who happens to sell groceries, and his enduring belief in fate and persistence.

Technology

Flashfood App Poised to Reduce U.S. Grocers' Waste

By Rebekah Marcarelli on Feb. 05, 2019

The Canadian technology is expanding in the states with pilots in Target and Hy-Vee.

Fresh Food

How Grocers Are Going Green(house)

By Natalie Taylor on Feb. 04, 2019

Touting locality, safety assurance and quality consistency, greenhouse-grown fruits and veggies are exploding in growth, appealing to urban retailers and consumers alike.

Center Store

How Healthy Options Are Heating Up Frozen Aisles

By Kathleen Furore on Jan. 30, 2019

Clean ingredients, plant-based options and convenience are leading the category.

Retail Foodservice

One-on-One With Chef Robert Irvine

By Jon Springer on Jan. 24, 2019

The celebrity chef joins WGB's Break Room to discuss his new cookbook, adventures in CPG, and what good supermarkets can learn from bad restaurants.

Nonfood

How to Win in Health, Beauty and Wellness

By Kathleen Furore on Jan. 22, 2019

The latest GMDC benchmarking study spotlights keys to the categories’ long-term success.

Retailers

A Peek Inside Portland's Basics Market

By Rebekah Marcarelli on Jan. 21, 2019

The wholesome new grocery store, created by Pacific Foods founder Chuck Eggert, focuses on local and seasonal products, cooking classes and reducing waste.