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Winsight Live: Amazon’s SpartanNash Deal, Whole Foods’ Ideal Market and Curbside Pickup Numbers

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert explores what Amazon’s supply agreement with SpartanNash could mean for both retailers; how Whole Foods’ Ideal Market differs from other Amazon and Whole Foods concepts; what restaurants are doing for the upcoming election, including offering “smash cakes” and time off to vote; what recent curbside and delivery numbers mean for retail; and more.

Retailers

Winsight Live: Popshelf, Dispensed Beverages and Forecasting Trends

Winsight’s latest live news roundtable, Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, explores Dollar General’s new value-focused, non-consumable concept, Popshelf; insights from CSP’s Dispensed Beverage Forum, including an innovative idea to recoup business from the altered category due to COVID; retail forecast trends for 2021; Natural Grocer’s new virtual health and wellness initiative; and more.

Winsight editors join Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert in a live news roundtable to discuss the possibilities of indoor farms in grocery stores; Aldi’s game-changing advent calendar promotion; Wegmans’ growth plans in the Mid-Atlantic; and more.

As a 5-year transformation enters its growth phase amid "unprecedented uncertainty" in the industry, Southeastern's CEO looks to its next moves, including new stores, new markets and digital capabilities.

In an exclusive interview, Joan Kavanaugh, VP of National Buying for Aldi, reveals how the discounter adjusted to unprecedented demand for its private label-focused Advent calendars, and how it plans to keep momentum going long after the holidays.

Live roundtable discussion reviews Walmart's new look, loyalty, automation, communication and salad bar news.

Winsight’s latest live news roundtable, Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, explores the latest in payment, including Amazon’s technology to pay with your palm; how consumers’ meat purchasing behaviors have changed during the pandemic; how Costco got its grove back; how Kroger’s Ocado customer fulfillment center in Romulus, Mich., is different from the rest; what “leading with love” looks like according to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey; and more.

Winsight’s latest live news roundtable, Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, explores a potential new market for BJ’s; Whole Foods’ newest spot in Wayne, N.J.; shoppers’ affinity for curbside pickup over delivery; what turkey sales and the holidays might look with an ongoing pandemic; and more.

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert explores the features of Amazon Fresh that sets it apart; what consumer-facing technology customers want to see at restaurants; why shoppers are not loyal to their favorite brick-and-mortar stores online; how FreshDirect is recovering from initial setbacks; and more.

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert dives deeper into Amazon Fresh’s debut in Woodland Hills, Calif., and its competitive pricing on bananas; pumpkin trends and new products debuting at Trader Joe’s and convenience stores; why some grocers are choosing not to focus on online grocery; the extension of hero pay at Brookshire’s and Fairway as larger retailers have eliminated it; and more.

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