What to do to Build Grocery Store Loyalty?

What to do to Build Grocery Store Loyalty?

Are you loyal to a particular grocery store? What are you loyal to? I’ve been a loyal Oakland A’s fan since I was a young boy back in 1968. Since then, there’s only been one year where I didn’t make the hour-long drive to their ballpark to see a game and I now go to Spring Training every year. Most of us are loyal to a team, a cause, our friends. Many of us can also call out our favorite stores we regularly shop at. What makes us loyal to a particular grocery store? Grocery Store Loyalty A recent article in Food Dive references a...Continue Reading...
Being Proactive: What We Can Learn from Football

Being Proactive: What We Can Learn from Football

Proactive planning in the fresh food supply chain has a lot of similarities to playing football. In a matter of weeks, football season will be upon us; players will begin drills, running routes and studying the playbook. You’ll see multiple key elements to every play: offense, defense and the clock. Racing against the clock, the offense aims to be proactive and move the ball downfield while the defense tries to stop them from accomplishing their goals. What are some of the valuable lessons football offer those of us in the fresh...Continue Reading...
Freshness Capacity: Strawberries Are Like Your Cell Phone…

Freshness Capacity: Strawberries Are Like Your Cell Phone…

What is freshness capacity for produce and what do cell phones have to do with it? You look at your cell phone and the battery indicator says it’s about half-charged. How long will the battery last? An hour? A day? You don’t know because it all depends on how the phone is being used. The average cell phone battery charge will last a single day, given normal use. But what about fresh produce? If you’re just texting, the battery might last the rest of the day. If you’re watching videos or playing a compute-intensive game, it might...Continue Reading...
Poor Quality Produce: Never Going Back Again

Poor Quality Produce: Never Going Back Again

If you’re in my age group, this week’s blog title may take you back to the Fleetwood Mac song from their iconic Rumours album and you may wonder what it has to do with poor quality produce. Well, I’m not going back to 1977 and I’m also not going back to a particular grocery store. Why? Because the produce I purchased there was horrible. Poor Quality Produce: My Shopping Experience I had just returned from the United Fresh conference in Chicago and needed to make a quick stop for produce to get me through the rest of the week. On my...Continue Reading...