In this issue

It’s that time again: the exciting transition of embarking
on the unknowns of a new year while one reflects on the
accomplishments of the past 12 months.
With competition in the grocery space becoming more fierce than
ever before, retailers will be duking it out over how best to deliver
on shopper need states. Stores are going to be reconfigured,
new services created. From home delivery and meal kits to
prepared foods and in-store experiences, grocers will be focused
on innovating the best means to the shopper’s end. Mergers and
alliances will be less about expanding market share and more
about leveraging complementary competencies to better bring
consumers what they want, how they want it.
The largest traditional grocers and the industry’s usual
pacesetter will be looking more concertedly at the expansion
of private labels, meal kits, digital, home delivery, new stores,
price cuts, new sustainability initiatives, and courting of local
suppliers. They will be relying increasingly on investments in
insights to make their customer-first elements faster and more
aggressive.
As a new year looms ahead, grocery retail has a responsibility
to offer potential products and services that aligns with its
customers’ goals. It’s a surefire way to build trust with your
shoppers that will last, regardless of whether the New Year’s
resolutions are achieved.

Why Investing In Front-End Store Staff Is The Best Brand Marketing Strategy

Brands tend to ignore the front-end retail staff and instead focus exclusively on investing in marketing not realizing that customer touch points are vital to marketing success.

2 mins

Helping Shoppers With New Year's Resolutions

Retail dietitians can encourage consumers to make healthy-lifestyle modifications.

2 mins

Marrying Health And Taste For Today's Health-Conscious Consumers

Gurugram’s premium food and beverage importer Kalyan F&B Private Limited (KFBPL) aims to bring the finest, globally-appreciated products to India. The company is an exclusive importer of Thai brand ‘be’ that marries taste and health to entice not only health-conscious consumers but everyone. Progressive Grocer caught up with KFBPL’s Founding Director Ashish Verma to know more about the brand and also discuss the evolving packaged food import scenario and market shifts in India.

5 mins

Cut Down On Foods High On Sodium

The World Health Organization has recommended a daily intake of 5 gm of salt per day per person or 2400 mg of sodium per day per person. But Indians consume a total average of 10 gm of salt per day per person, which is twice the recommended WHO guideline on salt/sodium consumption.

7 mins

Shri Kannan Departmental Stores Powers Ahead With A Customer Centric Visionary Approach

“Retailing is a tough and competitive business but we have been able to reap good profits,” says T. Thanushgaran, Chairman, Kannan Departmental Store, which operates 32 stores in Tamil Nadu spanning 7,67,452 sq. ft. of retailing area across convenience, supermarket, hypermarket and wholesale formats, apart from its warehouses and corporate offices . Progressive Grocer brings you the inside story of the company’s growth journey, its fastest-selling product categories, the new and emerging categories at its stores that has propelled the company into becoming a major retailing force in south India.

8 mins

Chocolates Moving Beyond The Milky Way!

The fast growing Indian confectionery industry has seen many global players waving the flag of success and, this has grabbed the eyeballs of several other foreign players wanting to enter the country with bold strategies.

5 mins

Vegetarians, Bring It On

The demand for proteins in India, for food and feed, is expected to increase significantly in the next 5-10 years and there is great opportunity for the local industry to foray into plant proteins ingredients business as well as plant protein based food products. Seeing the attractiveness, quite a few Indian players from allied industry segments are entering into the plant proteins category.

3 mins

Renewed Push For Protein In Middle Aged Men And Women

An absence of protein in daily meal consumption is responsible for several health problems showing up earlier in life, which can be obviated by making appropriate changes in the diet and allowing for an increase in our protein uptake.

4 mins

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Progressive Grocer Magazine Description:

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