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Christmas musings❗🎄 OK so I know it's really too early to be discussing the C-word yet but retailers' seasonal aisles now feature Christmas products so! ✅ Already seen some good innovation: Tesco's Finest Pane-Toastie! And why not? It's what a great many of us do with our Panetone anyway so they've made one in a more convenient, sliceable format for toasting 🍞👍 ❌ This happens every year and it must be the cause of huge amounts of unnecessary waste: why do the supermarkets include mince pies 🥧 in their initial Christmas product offering? Mince pies have a shelf life of typically 6 weeks so stock out now has a Best Before End of around mid November! Are most people thinking about eating mince pies now, before we've even celebrated Halloween? 🎃 No! I urge Tesco Sainsbury's et al to reconsider and think more sustainably! ❌ I recently made a Christmas cake and a Christmas pudding (see comments). These are full of alcohol and mature with age. Why then do the supermarket versions contain things that you'd never find in your average kitchen cupboard such as palm fat, palm oil, various emulsifiers and potassium sorbate (preservative), even in their premium products? It's a rhetorical question but I really think they should consider cleaning up their ingredients with the current backlash against ultra-processed foods #Christmas #foodwaste #innovation #seasonal #UPF

Did you know nearly 70% of shoppers find having an in-store bakery at their primary grocery store important? 🍞 Eye-catching displays, mood-driven cravings, and promotions drive impulse buys—from perfectly frosted treats to freshly baked bread. Discover insights from the Power of In-Store Bakery 2024 and learn what’s inspiring shoppers to indulge. Read more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wOOIY #BakeryTrends #GroceryInsights #FoodIndustry

Showcasing CBG’s Extensive Services and Supply Categories At CBG, we are dedicated to offering a wide array of services and supply categories to our clients. We recently shared our capabilities with our social media followers and business contacts, demonstrating our commitment to sourcing everything from beer to toilet rolls. If we don't currently supply a particular item, rest assured we’ll go the extra mile to find it for you. Food and Drink: A Highlight of Our Offerings One category that truly excites us, and likely many of you, is food and drink. Our team recently had the pleasure of sampling various food products, including pies and pizza bases from a manufacturer. It was a delightful task, as you can imagine, and I embraced it with enthusiasm. Someone had to do the "difficult" job! While the product testing was enjoyable, we realised that handling the large volumes required by one of the leading family-owned pub groups was beyond our current capacity. We are now focused on sourcing and supplying high-quality products at competitive prices to meet their annual demand of 150,000 pies and 75,000 pizza bases. No need to volunteer for further product testing—we’ve got it covered 😊😊😊. If you're interested in what we could do for you, check out our website 📲 https://lnkd.in/eTYFVHp8 _ _ _ #supplychain #logistics #supplychainmanagement #business #lancashirebusiness #supplychainsolutions #foodindustry #carehomesuk #carehomesupllies #cateringsuppliesuk #hotelsupplier

Whats on your July 4th menu!? 🇺🇸 According to recent figures from Numerator, a significant majority will be shopping at local grocery or big-box stores. Greg Sleter, Store Brands, laid out how consumers are preparing for Independence Day: Where Consumers Shop:   - 63% will visit grocery stores  - 54% will head to mass merchants/big-box stores  - 20% plan to shop at liquor stores Top Holiday Food and Beverage Picks:   Using 2023 as a guide, Numerator expects a surge in traditional picnic food brands. The top 10 categories seeing increased penetration include:  - Package rolls & buns  - Hot dogs  - Mayonnaise  - Alcohol beverages  - Ice  - Chips  - Sausage  - Beer  - Dips  - Ice cream & novelties Beverage Preferences:  - Beer is the preferred alcoholic beverage (75% of those purchasing alcohol)  - Spirits or spirit-based drinks (40%)  - Wine (38%)  - Hard seltzers or canned cocktails (35%) Regional differences also play a role in beverage choices: - Northeast: Higher wine purchases (51% vs. 38% nationwide) - West: Double the preference for champagne or sparkling wine (17% vs. 8%) In the West, water and soft drinks see more growth than beer or other alcoholic beverages. This data is from Numerator’s Q2 2024 Holiday Preview survey, which fielded responses from 5,577 consumers in April 2024, highlighting celebration, shopping, and spending plans for key holidays in May, June, and July 2024. The purchasing insights were compiled using Numerator’s 150k household Total Commerce Panel, focusing on data from the two-week lead-up to Independence Day 2023. https://lnkd.in/e6Q5s3Sy #HalifaxWest #WinTogether #capitaladvisory #MandA #restructuring #operatingadvisory #IndependenceDay #ConsumerInsights #HolidayShopping #NumeratorData #July4thCelebration

Snack gift packs can help enrich the taste and effectively reduce packaging waste. Combination packs can integrate various snacks together, which is also convenient for consumers to choose. So why not choose a snack combination pack? There are nuts, jellies, candies, and bread in one pack, which makes it more interesting. Snack combination packs are also becoming more and more popular among merchants. According to the needs of merchants, we can customize the quantity and accurately adjust the quantity of each snack. For example, if the merchant wants each pack to contain 5 jellies and 10 breads, we can ensure that each combination pack meets this requirement. #MultiVariety #AutomaticBoxing #MixedPackaging #Snacks #GiftBox #CountingPacking #PackingMachine

As Thanksgiving approaches, it's essential for businesses to start the procurement process for related items. 🍁🦃 From festive tableware to gourmet food products, ensuring a diverse and high-quality selection can significantly enhance the holiday experience for your customers. Goldenberry's expertise in supply chain optimization and market entry can help your business seamlessly procure and offer the best for this season. Learn how to leverage our services for a bountiful Thanksgiving offering. Speak with an expert today: USA: +1 936-330-3159 Mexico: +52 55 92 58 47 06 Drop us an email at [email protected] #ThanksgivingPrep #ProcurementStrategy #SupplyChainOptimization #GoldenberrySolutions 🚀🍽️

We know through our shopper research that provenance can be a driver of choice in categories where country of origin is synonymous with quality. Think Belgium Chocolate, Welsh Lamb or Scottish Whisky. We love this St Pierre free standing display in the Bakery category, stocking croissants and other morning goods. It creates a simple quality link between the brand and the country of origin, at the same time as being disruptive, in an area of the store with high footfall – a winning combination for driving sales and impulse purchasing #stpierre #shoppermarketing #categorymanagement #shopperinsight

☕🧋Want to leverage your coffee and tea program to boost loyalty for your C-store? Here are some tips to help customers fuel their energy while fueling up their cars. ⬇️ 1️⃣ Beverages are profit centers: Most beverage decisions are made before a customer enters the store. Help them make that decision with outside promotional marketing placed near gas pumps. 2️⃣ Capitalize on cold coffee 🥶: Iced coffee is easy to prep and customize with syrups and creamers. Make it a yummy treat for your customers. 3️⃣ Become a beverage destination: Offer consistent quality, variety and customization to position your store as a go-to spot. For more tips, check out this article from Convenience Store News: https://lnkd.in/gEhatJ5h Red Diamond Coffee & Tea #cstore #retail #foodandbeverage #loyalty

Freshness Face-Off: Open Box Expiry vs. Sealed Shelf Life SHELF LIFE / EXPIRY DATE: Imagine you've just brought home a bounty of groceries, all fresh and ready to be enjoyed. The 'shelf life' is like a ticking countdown that tells you how long you can savor these items before they lose their charm. It's the golden period during which your goods are at their best, ensuring you get the quality you paid for, all while sitting pretty on your shelf or in your fridge, waiting for their turn to shine on your plate. *In short this is normal expiry date written on the product.* OPEN BOX - SHELF LIFE/ EXPIRY DATE: Now, think of the moment you unbox a new product; it's like letting a genie out of the bottle! Once opened, the 'open box shelf life' kicks in. It's a race against time as the product starts mingling with the world - air buddies up with your cookies, moisture shakes hands with your coffee powder - and slowly, they start to change. This special shelf life is your guide to enjoying your open products at their peak before they become too worldly and lose their original spark. *Most of the times, it is represented by the "open box image", or somewhere on the products it's written "consume within x days" etc. * **DISCLAIMER: This information is only for knowledge update & images used are just for representation purpose only.** #FoodSafety #FoodStorageTips #FreshFood #KitchenHacks #PantryOrganization #ReduceFoodWaste #HealthyEating #GroceryShopping #FoodScience #OpenPackageShelfLife #OnceOpened #ProductQuality #MaximizeFreshness #FoodKnowledge #SavvyShopper #LearnSomethingNew #DidYouKnow #FoodForThought #ShareTheKnowledge #LinkedInLearning #FoodPackaging

While traveling to #USA I was taken by my family members to a bakery near their house. Now we all know that when you smell bread, automatically your tastebuds get into full action and make you hungry. However, in this Bakery, the most unique part was that they made all our senses of 🍞seeing the beautiful arrays of products being baked. 🥐feeling the different shape and sizes of products 🥖smelling those amazing breads, 🥨tasting regional and international 👨🍳hearing the bread makers talk about the different types of breads. All happening in one location . What that did was increased our curiosity, made us try new items, build the trust with the bakery and establish their authority as people who know baking. What an amazing experience and this is what BRANDING is all about 💁♀️ “Creating the best possible EXPERIENCE for the consumers, so that they can TRUST the BRAND and keep buying from its entire range of products.” We don’t sell products we sell experience that consumers have with those products. Shehzad Ahmad #brands #fmcg #cpg #marketing #consumerproducts #foodandbeverages