The increase in the amount of sustainable seafood sold in the retail grocery perimeter has been significant, but there’s still ample room to grow, industry experts say.
The Kroger Co. and Home Chef are expanding meal-kit service to additional cities, bringing the weekly rotating meal solution to 500 additional Kroger Family of Stores across the country.
It’s tempting to assume that private-label marketing and branded marketing are playing a zero-sum game. The more a given retailer tilts toward private-label, the less importance they place on branded product, and vice-versa.
Retailers looking to spice up sales in their perimeter meat and poultry and seafood departments would do well to consider more cross-merchandising opportunities with seasonings, rubs and breadings.
Clean label is one of the top marketing buzz phrases of recent years, as Americans continue to say they want foods that are not only good for them but that they can understand — and pronounce — when they see them on an ingredient panel.