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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. For example, a customer can scan a 2D barcode on a package of pasta sauce and instantly view ingredients, allergens, recipes and promotions.

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How to Make Sense of the Complex Modern Grocery Retail Landscape 

Retail TouchPoints

The challenge with ordering too much food is that shipping is expensive and often unreliable with supply chain troubles, and warehouse space is a very limited resource. Grocers that convince customers to become loyalty card holders, for example, will achieve levels of customer retention that restaurants don’t often see.

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Tesco’s Strategy for Gaining Market Share

Indigo 9 Digital

That’s one of the reasons why discount grocers like Aldi and Lidl were able to gain share in the United Kingdom over a decade ago after the last recession. It has attacked the threat from discount grocers head on by offering everyday low prices on a selection of items and it’s paying off. Value for money. Source: Bloomberg.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 309 Instacart IPO Filing

Retail Geek

Jason: [37:26] No exact yeah I mean I think the Grocer’s talk and I hesitate to bring this up because I don’t think I remember I’ll for off the top my head but there’s like four typical types of shopping missions right so there is that like Pantry stocking shop there’s like a weekly shop there’s a.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02] Scot: [9:59] Yeah the have is there a list of people that have done J W wasn’t one of the convenience store it’s kind of like 7-Eleven is that right.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 292 – Q1 2022 Recap (Live)

Retail Geek

5:15] Another hobby of I guess it was a shared one is we like to coin phrases, one of the ones that I coined was Zero friction addiction so when consumers have these low-friction experiences not only are they great. And this is where we. Jason: [11:03] We got on like The Today Show.

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Why Cool Canada Looks Smokin’ Hot Right Now: A Market Overview

Rangeme

companies potential opportunities to boost sales and minimize shipping costs. The top five grocers in Canada in 2020 in descending order of market share were: Loblaws /Shoppers Drug Mart (27%), Sobeys/Safeway (22%), Metro /Jean Coutu (11%), Costco (9%), and Walmart (8%). Canadian Grocer. Canadian Grocer. April 22, 2022.