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Egg prices hit another record high ahead of Easter
Costs could soon come down, however, as farms report fewer bird flu outbreaks and wholesale prices decrease.
By Sarah Zimmerman • April 11, 2025 -
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Target beefs up online grocery offerings with ButcherBox partnership
The tie-up with the direct-to-consumer online meat seller underscores Target’s focus on expanding its grocery offerings.
By Peyton Bigora • April 10, 2025 -
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Kroger, Lidl roll out Easter deals
Kroger’s meal for the holiday costs less than $6 per person, while the discounter is serving up spiral ham for 80 cents less than last year.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • April 8, 2025 -
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Target serves up Easter meal at last year’s price
The retailer is also highlighting seasonal dessert options and deals on select items like private label treats.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • April 7, 2025 -
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Grocers have the meats
Meat department sales hit record highs in 2024, but there’s room for more innovation and personalized messaging to continue motivating shoppers, according to a report from FMI.
By Peyton Bigora • April 7, 2025 -
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Trump installs 10% baseline tariff, country-specific duties
FMI – The Food Industry Association and the National Grocers Association raised concerns about how the additional tariffs will impact consumers and retailers.
By Philip Neuffer • April 3, 2025 -
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Kroger adds ‘trendy’ private label products, looks to launch 900 items
Mushroom tea and kettle-style tortilla chips in a Hatch chile flavor are among the grocer’s new items.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • April 2, 2025 -
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Walmart adds AI partner for produce crop monitoring
The retailer is working with Cropin to improve yield forecasting, monitor crop health and better predict seasonal transitions for fresh foods.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 31, 2025 -
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Walmart drops eggs from its Easter meal deal
The bundle, which is priced at about $6 per person, includes ham, potatoes and asparagus, and costs less than what the retailer charged for a similar promotion last year.
By Sam Silverstein • March 27, 2025 -
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How grocers can reel in more customer seafood spend
Food retailers have an opportunity to convert customers into “occasional or frequent” seafood shoppers by highlighting seafood’s affordability, health benefits and more, FMI found.
By Peyton Bigora • March 25, 2025 -
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Sam’s Club offers digital ‘all-day grazing experience’ for Easter
The Walmart-owned club retailer has curated its meal offerings online in response to feedback from its members.
By Peyton Bigora • March 21, 2025 -
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Kroger keeps an eye on produce tariff exposure
The supermarket chain is also identifying opportunities to diversify its sourcing base for other commodities.
By Kelly Stroh • March 20, 2025 -
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Consumers worry tariffs will hit grocery prices the hardest: report
New findings from Intuit Credit Karma show half of U.S. consumers have changed their spending habits in anticipation of tariffs, led by Gen Z and millennial shoppers.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 20, 2025 -
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Egg wholesale prices and consumer demand drop significantly
The USDA’s latest weekly report on the egg market noted, however, that retail egg prices do not yet reflect these trends and demand is expected to remain under pressure until that happens.
By Peyton Bigora • March 19, 2025 -
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Younger shoppers are shaking up produce aisles
With a third of shoppers discovering fruits and vegetables on social media, grocers should change up their merchandising tactics to stand out, FMI — The Food Industry Association suggested.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 13, 2025 -
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Grocery prices hold steady as overall inflation declines
Food-at-home prices rose at a 1.9% annual clip in February, well above the pace just a few months ago
By Sam Silverstein • March 12, 2025 -
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Sponsored by Alaska Seafood Marketing InstituteMeet consumer cravings: How to grow grocery deli sales with sushi
Consumers seek to increase seafood consumption, and they prefer wild-caught products from Alaska.
March 10, 2025 -
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Trump extends tariff pause to all USMCA goods
Imports from Mexico and Canada that are compliant with the trade deal will not be subject to tariffs until April 2. FMI praised the move.
By Philip Neuffer • March 7, 2025 -
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Trump’s trade war heats up as countries retaliate against tariffs
Mexico, Canada and China all announced they would counter the president's orders after additional duties went into effect this week, with China set to target a variety of U.S. agricultural imports.
By Philip Neuffer , Edwin Lopez , Max Garland • March 4, 2025 -
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Inflation continues to drive private label growth
Gen Z and millennial shoppers are particularly interested in store brands as they seek out both value and quality, per a Circana study.
By Howard Ruben • March 4, 2025 -
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USDA to implement $1B strategy to lower egg prices, curb bird flu
The five-pronged plan, which includes vaccine research and temporary import options, comes after the agency was hit hard by sweeping government layoffs.
By Peyton Bigora • March 4, 2025 -
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FDA delays crackdown on which foods can be labeled ‘healthy’
The rule would prevent many cereal and yogurt products from making nutrition claims and allow nuts, oils and certain seafood to bear the label for the first time.
By Sarah Zimmerman • March 3, 2025 -
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Canada and Mexico tariffs will take effect March 4, Trump confirms
The president will also impose an additional 10% import tax on China next week and hinted at plans to soon levy 25% duties on the European Union.
By Philip Neuffer • Feb. 27, 2025 -
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Consumer sentiment slumps on fears tariffs will fuel inflation
Shoppers are “clearly bracing for a resurgence in inflation,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 25, 2025 -
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Consumer confusion holds back sales of natural and organic products, research finds
Three-quarters of Acosta survey respondents said they recently bought at least one natural or organic item, but 40% think the terms mean the same thing.
By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 21, 2025
