FEATURED PUBLICATIONS (29)

This report on transparency examines many aspects of the topic and provides guidance for industry next steps.

The 2018 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report, prepared by the Hartman Group, tracks trends among U.S.grocery shoppers, and for the last four decades, we’ve traced where they shop, how they shop and what issues are most important to them as consumers. This year we examine what it means to shoppers to eat well and shop well.

This report takes a fresh look at topic of loyalty. Survey results indicate that shoppers believe they are loyal and have a desire to be loyal but they do not behave in a loyal way because they do not have all of their needs satisfied by their primary grocery store.

This report was developed to better help grocers meet consumer needs and drive business success. It contains idea starters, case studies of companies, partnership ideas and more.

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.

Finding the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2018 helps companies think through their organizational structure, partnering and strategy to adopt at the pace of change upon us.

The Power of Foodservice at Retail 2018 documents the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of deli/fresh prepared foodservice items at retail, its opportunity, image, store destination and above all, the ways in which stores can meet, and exceed, consumer expectations in this space.

This year’s From the Register report analyzes private brand performance and competitive challenges faced by supermarkets, and provides insights on how grocery can improve its private brand game.

This annual state of the industry report provides an analysis of financial performance, operational and store-level benchmarks as well as strategic and competitive insights.

The Trading Partner Alliance (TPA) Joint Industry Unsaleables Leadership Team (JIULT) collaborated with CHEP over several months to identify and prioritize practices used by manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers to reduce unsaleables and publicize these best practices with the broader CPG community.

This white paper provides perspective, information and initiative resources for the Food Marketing Institute/Grocery Manufacturers Association/Trade Partner Alliance (TPA) initiative on Produce Code Date Labeling.

The Power of Produce identifies the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of fruit and vegetables.

In partnership with the Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA), FMI, this warehouse productivity study is designed to provide key benchmarks, metrics and insight, to enable companies to compare their performance with that of other wholesalers and self-distributing retail chains.

Research conducted on behalf of FMI by Acosta Strategic Advisors suggests the largest such opportunities for grocery stores to increase sales are in General Merchandise (GM) and Health and Beauty Care (HBC).

On Shelf Availability Root Causes Ishikawa Diagram was developed to help companies reduce out-of-stock levels. The Root Causes Ishikawa diagram highlights the leading causes of failures across these areas and is tailored for use across the supply chain.