Progressive Grocer Magazine - July 2019

In this issue

How can grocery retailers develop comprehensive, consumer-driven approaches to health and wellness? Consumers want to meet all of their health-and-wellness needs in a single destination. That means convenience, coupled with a sufficient variety of core, niche and cutting-edge products. Savvy retailers anticipate health-conscious shoppers’ needs and offer solutions-based in-store merchandising, adjacencies and complementary online shopping experiences.
Retailers need to be transparent and help provide answers to key consumer concerns, including where food comes from, the nature of ingredients, and how food is produced. As a point of differentiation, retailers should look beyond the path to purchase and focus instead on the path to healthy consumption by providing meal solutions that fit a healthy lifestyle.
They can showcase an authentic commitment to wellness via weekly circulars, store displays, healthy recipe ideas and prepared food offerings, better-for-you own-brand products and in-store samplings, and overarching messaging. This can be done by tapping into shopper data and tech engagement to target the right shopper with the right product at the right time. By becoming leading wellness destinations, retailers can ensure that they are able to better connect with the growing base of wellness-minded shoppers

We Are Looking At Open 12 New Stores Over The Next Three Years And Plan To Invest Over INR 1,000 Crore Within The Next Five Years

Currently, with northern India as its focus region, LOTS’ objective is to increase its member base and strengthen its foothold in this region. “We have commenced operations in Delhi-NCR and are looking to enter Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan in the coming years,” says Tanit Chearavanont, Managing Director, LOTS Wholesale Solutions, while discussing his company’s strategy with Progressive Grocer about growing its current audience base by multifold and the various initiatives that LOTS is implementing to meet its business objectives in India.

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“Pack To Order” Of Fruits Offers More Value To The Modern Retailer

The unique selling proposition of ‘Pack to order’ is supplying produceas per customized format from the source itself.

4 mins

A Growing Market For New Flavors Snacks

Today, more than ever before, eating occasions are now overwhelmingly linked with snacks. Be it ready-to-eat popcorn, veggie chips or nuts, snack items considered better-for-you options are driving sales growth in snack food categories. The growing demand for foods and beverages with unique qualities – natural, functional, energizing, satiating and convenient – are causing consumers, manufacturers and retailers to rethink the traditional snack category, with products continuing to evolve and lines increasingly blurring. Retailers and brands should join hands to promote snacks by helping consumer to shop better and buy products that suit their taste preferences. This can happen only with their combined efforts and will help pave the way to even bigger innovation and expansion in the snacks category.

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Providing Baked Snack Products For Health-Conscious Millennials

Lovely Bake Studio, a premier European inspired bakery, offers an unmatched range of 100% eggless delicacies to its customers.

3 mins

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PROGRESSIVE GROCER has been the voice of the food retail industry for over 80 years in the USA. Serving a wide audience in the Indian market, Progressive Grocer India's readers are top management at headquarters and top decision makers at store level. By anticipating, reporting and interpreting important data and trends, PROGRESSIVE GROCER fulfils its mission of identifying and highlighting insights and opportunity for leading grocery retailers, thereby accelerating brands and sales success for leading manufacturers