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Christine LaFave Grace

Editor

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Christine LaFave Grace covers Walmart, Target and other Midwestern grocery retailers as editor at Winsight Grocery Business. Her 15+ years of experience in B2B publishing includes five years spent as managing editor of Putman Media’s Plant Services magazine. At Putman Media, she co-founded the Influential Women in Manufacturing program and the Manufacturing Tomorrow’s Workforce podcast. As a B2B editor and reporter, LaFave Grace has covered the manufacturing/industrial production, healthcare and foodservice industries; she also spent two years covering the fast-casual restaurant industry and the U.K. and Canadian foodservice markets for Winsight-owned Technomic. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University-Bloomington and lives in Wheaton, IL, with her family.

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Christine LaFave Grace

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Fresh Food

Grocers' Meat Sales, Volumes Off in April, But Not By as Much as March

Prices for fresh meat, by contrast, were up 5.1% year over year in the latest survey from Chicago-based market researcher IRI.

Fresh Food

Feedstuffs Rising: Producer Prices Jumped in April

Producer prices for beef, pork and chicken as well as animal feed are up by double-digit percentages year over year, amid what the Consumer Brands Association calls a "perfect storm" of rising costs.

Retailers

CPI: Grocery Price Hikes Slowed in April

With more U.S. consumers getting vaccinated and venturing out to more fully reopened restaurants, grocery stores' price increases slowed in April.

Fresh Food

Taking the 'Cognitive Load' Out of Online Grocery Shopping

ELM Foods is looking to an AI-enhanced, recipe-driven approach—and a plant-based focus—to stand out in an increasingly crowded grocery delivery marketplace.

Industry Partners

No Playing Chicken on Pricing: Tyson Talks Inflation

Higher costs for logistics and raw materials, as well as a challenging labor environment, create major headwinds for the second half of the fiscal year, the company says.

Retailers

Target Taps Two Trends—Plant-Based and Private Label—With Good & Gather Expansion

"Guest demand for plant-based options is higher than ever," Target says in debuting a plant-based expansion of its Good & Gather grocery brand.

Retailers

Kroger Touts Supplier Diversity Progress, Launches Small-Business Guide

The retailer announced that it increased diverse supplier spend 21% in 2020 and is debuting a guide meant to help small businesses pitch to and secure partnerships with retailers.

Retailers

What's for Dinner? These Puppets (and Walmart) Have Ideas

The retailer launched an interactive, food-focused activity series for kids in partnership with Netflix and Michelle Obama's new "Waffles + Mochi" series.

Topics

Grocery Retailers Shed Jobs in April

Grocery stores were part of the story in April's weaker-than-expected jobs report, with food and beverage retailers losing 49,000 jobs for the month.

Wellness

3 Mistakes Grocery Stores Make in Courting Health-Seekers

One dietary trend doesn't fit all, FMI and IRI leaders noted in a fresh foods-focused webinar, and retailers need to help guide consumers toward the foods and meal solutions that will help them address their personal nutrition concerns.

Retailers

Schnucks to Let Customers Donate Their Rewards Points

Schnucks Rewards customers can donate all or a portion of their rewards points to one of several not-for-profit organizations focused on community health and education and financial opportunities.

Nonfood

Walmart Looks to Outprice on Premium Pet Foods

The retailer's expansion of its Pure Balance premium pet-food label focuses on veterinarian-formulated products targeting specific nutrition concerns.

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