Strategies & Solutions

Tesco puts strategy in place to grow healthy eating options
The U.K. chain will expand plant-based meat options, reformulate prepared meals to be healthier and sell more healthy foods by 2025.
Meijer gives more to fight hunger
The retailer is adding a $1 million donation to its Simply Give program, which early this year helped fund 76 million meals to food pantries last year.

Trader Joe’s talks spring favorites

The retailer's latest podcast calls attention to new spring additions, including an exclusive cheese from small farmers in the United Kingdom and a non-dairy coffee-and-boba ice cream.
NielsenIQ data: Identifying barriers to buying online

The analysts surveyed shoppers and asked what keeps them from buying certain health and beauty, and frozen foods items online?
2 snack companies merge, form private brand supplier Awakened Food Crafters

Ka-Pop! Snacks and Bubba’s Fine Foods are merging to form Awakened Foods and develop a private label and co-manufacturing arm focusing on healthy snacks, cereal and granola.
Plant Based Foods Association appoints CEO

Rachel Dreskin becomes the first CEO for the PBFA, an organziation that represents more than 180 plant-based food companies.
ShopRite putting dietitian services front and center for National Nutrition Month

ShopRite's programming will be a mix of online and in-person offerings, including an online dietitian chatbox and a Recipe Shop feature that integrates with its e-commerce service to make it easier to shop healthy recipes.
UNFI’s Q2 shows strong gains

Private brand sales increased 7.3%, with net sales up 7.1%, for the U.S. grocery distributor.
BJ’s Wholesale grows across categories in Q4

Same-store sales, excluding gasoline sales, increased by 15.9% at BJ's, including digitally enabled sales growth of 168% and physical store comps of 13%.
Aldi addresses sustainability goals

Discounter continues its goal to have all own brand packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable — including plastics — by 2025, and positions toward less greenhouse gas, food waste and more.