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🙌 Blacksticks is Back 🙌 3 little words…joyous to say, easy to write ✍️ but not so simple to achieve just 3 months post fire. High performance is often talked about and everyone has their own definition, for me it’s performance that consistently exceeds an expected performance level. That is the performance level I’ve seen from our team these past few weeks, each week setting a new bar. The result is that I can have an interview with The Grocer to share that Blacksticks is Back. 💥 Not only is is back, it’s coming back with a bang, because we haven’t lifted our foot off the gas and the plans we have to deliver category growth remain and we are going to execute them. 💪 Sneak peek in the article below but I’ll be sharing much more about how we are going to deliver this and how you can be part of the movement in the coming weeks. 🤓 🙌 Blacksticks is Back 🙌 https://lnkd.in/eFrqkCYS #Blacksticks #CheeseSetFree #Butlerness #HighPerformingTeam

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Get ready for a whirlwind adventure - Walmart Associates / Shareholder Week in NWA! A time when success and struggle stories from the retail front lines echo through every corridor. It's not just a grand gala for Walmart associates, but a chance for local professionals and the community to reflect on the driving force that fuels our locality. Walmart isn't just a company; it's the heartbeat of our community. With NWA recently weathering tornadoes and severe storms, and the influx of visitors this week, expect a hustle and bustle at every turn. But in the midst of the chaos, let's take a moment to appreciate the resilience. Let's acknowledge the power of Walmart, a company that stands tall in our part of the world. As you navigate through the busy streets this week, I challenge you to not just rush by, but to pause, observe, and appreciate the remarkable influence of Walmart in our lives. Walmart Associates / Shareholder Week – it's more than just a corporate event, it's a testament to our community's tenacity and spirit.

Very exciting news... Better Nature Tempeh is rolling into 100 more Asda stores today 🤩 As a marketer, I spend most of my time thinking about brand awareness, brand fame, driving trial etc. But the truth is, without the right distribution, those metrics are a bit pointless 🤷♀️ Not to say getting them right doesn't help you get the distribution, but they're so interwined and there's no point nailing one without the other. There's still a long way to go to get Better Nature Tempeh's distribution where we want it to be, to allow everyone across the UK (and beyond!) to add it as a supercharged protein staple to their weekly shop. But steps forward like this, especially with our current retailers, are huge and well worth celebrating 🙌 Thanks so much to our fab team for making this happen - from our full-time team members, to advisors, to freelancers, to all the brilliant people in our community who listen to our challanges, support us, give us feedback and so much more. We couldn't grow as we are without each and everyone one of you. And special shoutout to Christopher Kong for leading on this - smashed it! Here's to supercharging the nation one store (or 100!) at a time 🌟 #BetterNatureTempeh #Supermarket #Distribution

Amid rising grocery prices, retail expert Doug Stephens suggests boosting competition to benefit Canadian consumers. With Loblaw Companies, Metro Inc., and Sobeys Inc. dominating 70% of the market, Stephens advocates for fostering small- to medium-sized retailers and specialty grocers. He notes the challenge of enticing new players into a market of California's population size, dominated by major incumbents. Consumer actions, like the Loblaws boycott, are pressuring big grocers to address prices. The Competition Bureau is investigating Loblaws and Sobeys for potentially restrictive practices limiting competition. Sobeys calls the inquiry "unlawful," while Loblaws' parent company cooperates. #VeritasMedia #GroceryPrices #RetailCompetition #DougStephens #CanadaRetail #Loblaws #MetroInc #Sobeys #ConsumerAction #CompetitionBureau #AnticompetitiveConduct #RetailExperts #SmallBusinesses #SpecialtyGrocers #HighPrices #MarketDominance #RetailSolutions #ConsumerChoice #BoycottImpact #Investigations #RetailNews

Just before the pandemic, one of the VPs at 7-11 asked me if I had ever heard of Foxtrot. I told him no, and he encouraged me to visit one. Since there was one in D.C. I stopped in. It was everything a white collar customer could want. It was clean, the employees were friendly, and most importantly there was a high range of premium and specialty items. Most things were better for you, organic or carried some type of labeling that let you know it was better quality than your typical c-store item. Despite their desire to disrupt the c-store industry by going premium, they closed up yesterday. The pandemic likely had something to do with it. Many of their locations are in urban areas which still have not completely bounced back. As someone who feels they understand the c-store industry at a high level, this business model was strong, it just launched at the wrong time. I hope someone else has the courage to refine the product assortment of convenience stores. While it is great to get a Slim Jim and a Coke, sometimes consumers want to have more choices for healthly , better for the environment, and better for you options. #retail #smallbusiness #timing Brett Dworski

Brilliant concept! Check out the interview with the CEO👇👇👇 #knoops #amazingconcept #greatbusiness #top

Today, Fareway operates in seven states across the Midwest, including Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota – and soon to be Wisconsin. Store sizes – modest by most definitions – vary from 8,000 to 36,000 square feet. They operate under several banners – Fareway Meat and Grocery, Fareway Meat Market and its online business, FarewayMeatMarket.com. Not an operator to follow the trends for the sake of simply following them, under his leadership Cramer has made sure that if Fareway signs off on doing something new it is because the idea is worthy of doing. And then once committed, the company puts 150 percent effort behind the idea to make it happen. It is this ability to pivot when needed and an unwavering set of principles that has helped Fareway not only succeed but thrive in today’s retail market.

#BLACKSTICKS IS BACK 🚀🚀 With a fresh look, too 🤩 There aren't enough words that describe how much effort has gone into making this happen by all of our team. Simply. Remarkable. 🦾 And we are breaking down cheesy barriers, making Blacksticks more accessible, more of the time 🥪 Check out our feature in The Grocer 📰 #Blacksticks #CheeseSetFree https://lnkd.in/eukG386U

As the ghosts and goblins make their return this fall, welcome Spirit Halloween, the retail industry's all-time biggest pop-up operation, and 𝗧𝗥𝗥'𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸. Always ahead of time, it started opening more than 1,500 locations (a record) this week with some 50,000 employees. They will operate for about 90 days, and then get all packed up overnight until next year, same time... often in the same place at roadside and empty storefront locations. It's a remarkable achievement for privately held parent company, Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc., which operates over 600 year-round, namesake gift specialty stores in the U.S. and Canada offering hot-topic novelty gifts. In an era when most retailers struggle to open a few dozen stores a year, Spencer makes it look easy. It's a genius logistics trick...and a profitable treat for Spencer. #RetailNews #RetailMarketing #RetailInsight