Apr 12, 2016
The following article ran in the Supermarket News IdeaXChange on April 7, 2016: By: Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO, Food Marketing Institute
Change comes at a varying pace. Sometimes it is fast and forced; sometimes it is incremental and modulated. When it comes to consumer attitudes about food safety, health and wellness, and desire for more nutritious, economic food options, the food retail industry is facing a wealth of change. At times it feels as if that change involves a hastened revolution in shopper demand that is driving immediate response from supermarket management. At other times it appears we’ve had glimpses of these revisions in shopper thinking for quite some time, slowly building in intensity and fueled by technology-enhanced availability of information.
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