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WARNING: URO will cause immediate SAVINGS to your bottom line. United Retail Operators is the retail division of UFSO. Partnering with EXCLUSIVE distributor, CoreMark, retail is a whole other animal that can scare you if you don't keep up with consumer behavior. Check out how UFSO fav Hershey's is working on innovating to 'Engaging the Total Shopper in Retail'.

Attention Food, Beverage and other CPG types! The team and I will be at the PLMA - Private Label Manufacturers Association trade show in Chicago, next week. Looking forward to seeing lots of customers and connections. We'll be discussing all the various applications of our Pods and related equipment. (not just for coffee) Some fun facts: "Whatever retailers are doing with their store brands, consumers approve. Over the past decade, the products have been CPG's hottest sector. In the last four years, annual sales of store brands have increased 34%. Total sales in 2023 were $236 billion, an increase of $10 billion over the prior year and an all-time high. Dollar and unit shares also reached record highs. Among food and nonfood departments tracked by Circana, seven experienced store brand sales growth. Leading were Beauty (up 11%), General Food (10%), Beverages (9%) and Home Care (9%). Next were Frozen (plus 4%), General Merchandise (4%) and Refrigerated (2%)." PM me to see how iFillSystems™ innovations can help you capitalize on this massive opportunity. We're here to help! "Convenience without Compromise"- The Pod Father #Privatelabel #Storebrands #retail #specialtycoffee #specialtysingleserve

Another weekly round-up for you to enjoy with your Monday morning coffee: 😋 Mmmake Your Mark survey suggests 49% of 16-24 years olds have never considered a career in food and drink 📈 US consumer prices rose just 2.5% over the 12 months to August, the lowest rate in 3 years 💹 Waitrose & Partners achieves tenth successive quarter of growth as turnaround maintains momentum 🆕 Ocado Retail launches it's Roots challenge brand accelerator programme 🛢 Olive Oil prices look set to soften as a better-than-expected yield to be achieved in Europe 🍺 Carlsberg Group takeover of Britvic plc to be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority 🆘 Henry Dimbleby launches Bramble Intelligence to advise governments and food companies on health and sustainability policies 🍰 Little Moons moves in to frozen cheesecakes www.sellex.co.uk #CommercialConfidence #CommercialCapabilty #CommercialOrganisationalEffectiveness #RevenueGrowthManagement

GERMANY: Edeka wants to drastically reduce the range of cheese and meat counters Edeka is one of the #foodretailers where customers can still buy cheese and meat at the fresh produce counter. According to an industry report, however, the company headquarters is now planning significant restrictions in this area. Unlike discounters, Edeka stores always presented sausage, meat, cheese and sometimes fish to their customers with sales staff at the so-called fresh produce counter. But now the range is apparently to be drastically reduced, as the "Lebensmittelzeitung" reports. "Edeka is operating at its core, the service counters. Because the retailer is finding fewer and fewer staff, almost all regions are introducing the concept of "flexible counters," the report says. According to the report, the company wants to restructure its stores in some regions so that self-service is available at certain times instead of service. According to the "Bild" newspaper, the southwest of Germany, Bavaria, the north and the Minden-Hanover area are affected. https://lnkd.in/dY5uvbdi #meat #cheese #retailers

"We have 70+ distribution centers. So the amount of phone calls you could get looking for truckloads can be overwhelming. Folks spend a lot of time on the phone looking for loads, when those loads could self-report where they were at any point in time." Coca-Cola Consolidated is the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the US. Since 2018, they've trusted FourKites for real-time shipment location tracking and predictive analytics at all levels of the supply chain. And they're not alone. From Bacardi to The Boston Beer Company, find out why FourKites is the trusted provider of real-time visibility for the enterprise beverage supply chain: https://4kites.cc/4cgVC8z #foodandbeverage #customersatisfaction #shipping #supplychain #technology

Our 'The Best Foodvenience Store in the World' competition, together with Invenco by GVR and sponsored by The Moseley Group is searching for retailers who have the most engaging and enjoyable customer experience. We’ll be looking for those retailers who are future proofing their convenience stores by making themselves part of the daily routines of their customers through breakfast, lunch and dinner day-parts and the snacking occasions in-between; by creating more authentic food ‘stories’. Our search for 'The Best Foodvenience Store in the World' includes three areas: ✅ The Consumer Facing Offer ✅ Operational Excellence and ✅ Performance. We're inviting leading convenience store operators from around the world to participate by entering a store, representative of their network, which best represents excellence in the combination of these three areas. This is not just a competition, it is also a global research initiative which will, just like our 'The Best EV Hub in the World' competition - which was organised together with Vontier and sponsored by Visa and The Coca-Cola Company - bring real benefits and learning for our global industry.  Alan English Elaine P. Kanak Karthik Ganapathi Ganesh Kalpundi Mark Morelli Dave Coombe Om Shankar Harry Milloff Parker Doyle #BestFoodvenienceStore🌎 Frank Gleeson Nick Scherzer Carolyn Schnare Anthony Wysome Dan Munford Insight Research #BestFoodvenienceStore🌏 Ask for all the details to get involved: https://lnkd.in/e9gWvrD3

Some interesting news Drayton found from the #food and #drinks world this week: 1. Grocery Price Inflation Returning To Normal; Although Asda And Aldi UK Lag Behind Rivals. Latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel show that take-home grocery sales in the UK rose by 2.9% over the four weeks to 12 May, while grocery price inflation fell for the fifteenth month in a row to 2.4% – the lowest level since October 2021. According to Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, “Grocery price inflation is gradually returning to what we would consider more normal levels,” 2. BUXTON BREWERY COMPANY LTD has been sold in pre-pack administration deal to a company known as ‘Happy Place Investors’. The deal would safeguard “the future of the brewery and the group’s taprooms and bars in Buxton”, according to Interpath Advisory. 3. Ferrero Group has introduced the company’s first sugar candy, Tic Tac Chewy, at the 2024 Sweets & Snacks Expo in the US. Tic Tac Chewy will be available from September at various retailers including Amazon. 4. Diageo has announced plans to invest over €100 million to decarbonise its historic St. James’s Gate site in Dublin 8, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years. The investment underpins the goal to accelerate to net zero carbon emissions for the site and will transform energy and water consumption with the aim to make it one of the most efficient breweries in the world by 2030. 5. Kellanova is introducing Pringles Mingles, a puffed alternative to the chip that will come in a bag. The puffs come in bowtie shapes, modeled after the brand’s mustached mascot Mr. P. #investment #newproductdevelopment #brewery

Are you attending SIAL next week? If so, don't miss our talk on May 15th about "The Future of Food Manufacturing, Retail and Food Service." Join us as we explore the latest trends and innovations in the food industry. See you there! #SIAL #FoodManufacturing #Retail #FoodService #FutureTrends I still have a code for free passes. Check out the comments for the link!

📢 Big news! US Foods is considering selling its 90-store US Foods CHEF'STORE business to refocus on its core Broadline distribution. With limited synergies and a small contribution to overall growth, management believes CHEF’STORE would thrive under more focused ownership. Stay tuned for updates! #USFoods #BusinessNews #StrategicDecisions #RetailNews #DistributionNews #RetailStat

"We have 70+ distribution centers. So the amount of phone calls you could get looking for truckloads can be overwhelming. Folks spend a lot of time on the phone looking for loads, when those loads could self-report where they were at any point in time." Coca-Cola Consolidated is the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the US. Since 2018, they've trusted FourKites for real-time shipment location tracking and predictive analytics at all levels of the supply chain. And they're not alone. From Bacardi to The Boston Beer Company, find out why FourKites is the trusted provider of real-time visibility for the enterprise beverage supply chain: https://4kites.cc/4cgVC8z #foodandbeverage #customersatisfaction #shipping #supplychain #technology