Victor Martino

New rules: Historically, the relationship between grocery retailers and CPG companies has been fairly linear. Those days are long gone. The balance of power today is in the hands of grocery retailers. However, CPG companies can rebalance the scales. https://t.co/M8ThYanZaL

Interesting! Another new way consumers are becoming increasingly empowered vis-a-vis food and drink brands and grocery retailers.

Martin 🚀 Growth Engineer @Martinoleary

My new hobby: Wandering grocery stores, snapping food labels, and asking AI if they’re healthy . Surprisingly great for spotting hidden junk and seeing which brands actually walk the talk. https://t.co/A3rnckmwEQ

Are Pop Tart knockoffs really still a thing?

CPG WIRE @cpgwire

Flings, a better-for-you toaster pastries brand, raised $2.3M from angel investors. Ben Outmezguine and Dino Vassiliou founded Flings in 2023 and the brand launched at Target in early 2024. Prior to launching Flings, Outmezguine and Vassiliou co-founded and sold CoolWay, a BFY https://t.co/FhzGI6OqmD

I agree. Simplicity is in w/consumers. So is flexibility & value. And all 3 go hand-in-hand. Consumers are looking for simplicity, value & flexibility in packaged food brands/products too. Fewer + cleaner ingredients, not or minimally processed, versatile (= flexibility) in use.

Bill Ackman @BillAckman

This is a going to be a big success. We all want more simplicity and flexibility in our lives.

Beleaguered consumers. Here's a little advice for CPG companies in light of the worrisome new phenomenon noted below: https://t.co/ZX8mH38kKo

CNBC @CNBC

More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says https://t.co/3gmbtRyCwT

Sort of looks like a temple to sugar. 😲

Fascinating @fasc1nate

The American section of a grocery store in Paris https://t.co/iw0IcvcBmV

Achieving placement on-shelf in all of a retailer's stores your branded product is authorized in isn't easy - hint: you can't leave it up to the retailer or even distributor - but the hardest thing of all is staying on the shelf after about the first 120 days. That's real work.

Eye for Retail @EyeforRetail_

New CPG brands think the hardest part of retail will be getting their product accepted by a retailer. Cute. Most retailers can't consistently roll out your product across their store network, keep it stocked on shelf, ticketed, or even ordered correctly.

RT @FreightAlley: I was at a fundraiser tonight for the local hospital. Spoke with dozens of business owners, many had different stories…

Where has all the farmland gone? Is the Decline of Farms and Farmland Cause For Concern? https://t.co/GKdOayPsxW

New Rules: Retail point-of-purchase brand/product purchase decisions now include consulting AI and social media.

Devin Kunysz @DevinKunysz

Just did a store walk with the head of a global skincare brand. Most of the Gen Z consumers followed a pretty standard routine. Look at product. Talk to GPT to ask if it's good. If GPT likes it, they switch to Tik Tok to go deeper.

Reminds me that alcohol beverage wholesalers were the precursor of dedicated specialty foods distributors. For ex, in Calif., Young's Market Co was among the first to distribute specialty foods. Liquor stores were ubiquitous then & were pioneers in retailing specialty food items.

Mark Gallo @guhlo

Beer wholesalers have proved they’re the right network to scale energy drinks (early on) what non-alc category should wine & spirits wholesalers be targeting ?

New Rules: Amid consumer anxiety, the brands that prosper will be the ones that understand that “cheap” isn’t enough. How brands can win in the US ‘vibecession.’ https://t.co/eFu4ZLX5F4 via @just_food #cpg #brands #grocery

Bold colors on parade. https://t.co/Z0HYTysmA1

As predicted. RFK Jr. targets ultra-processed foods and has ‘Big Food’ in his sights. https://t.co/rZRB0MXf8L

Tom Vierhile @TomVierhile

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce ban on artificial food dyes https://t.co/qVE9E7spJz via @usatoday

The brand and line extension parade. You'll see many more from Campbell's, which now owns the Rao's brand, because it's what big brands do in an effort to grow brand revenues/profits when they make a big bucks acquisition. Campbell's bought Rao's parent Sovos Brands for $2.7B.

aishwarya iyer @Aishwarya228

Rao’s has a ketchup line now ?!? Found at Whole Foods. https://t.co/EiPhVTujXS