Laura Brown of Kroger, Melanie Taylor of Harmons, Yvette Waters of Raley's — Retail Dietitian Roundtable
We’ve got a special treat for you today – a roundtable discussion with three retail dietitians who, along with being nutrition experts, have excellent insight into the consumer and are incredibly plugged into marketing at their companies. Our panelists are Harmons registered dietitian nutritionist …
Anne-Marie Roerink talks packaged produce, value-added, generational trends and more
Hello and welcome to The Produce Retail Podcast! Our esteemed guest for this week's episode is Anne-Marie Roerink, the principal of 210 Analytics. Anne-Marie is well known to many folks in the produce world for her insightful reports and presentations in collaboration with Circana and associations …
Produce manager and buyer Donovan Jackson of Seed to Table
We're delighted to welcome as our guest on this episode Donovan Jackson, manager and buyer for Seed to Table, an independent grocery store in Naples, Fla. Check out Donovan's LinkedIn for a glimpse at the top-notch merchandising that characterizes this unique store. In his conversation with The Pro…
2023 Highlights from the Merchandising & Marketing Playlist
As 2023 draws to a close, we're taking a few weeks to look back at some of the excellent conversations we've been delighted to host on this podcast. This episode, which features some of the highlights from our Merchandising & Marketing playlist, includes snippets from discussions with Jonna Parker,…
Schnucks VP of produce and floral Mike Tipton talks local, new pilot program, digital shelf tags
We're delighted to have as our guest on this week's episode Mike Tipton, vice president of produce and floral at Schnuck Markets. Schnucks recently announced a pilot program called Fresh Produce Now, which allows customers using the grocer's app to receive notifications when favorite local produce …
Scott Schuette breaks down the underrated opportunity of sampling
We're delighted to have as our guest this week longtime produce retail executive Scott Schuette. Over the last 35-plus years Scott has served in leadership roles with Fresh Thyme, Sprouts and Bashas. He’s been recognized as Produce Retailer of the Year and Specialty Food Retailer of the Year. He’s …
Anne-Marie Roerink talks consumer trends, produce merchandising and marketing
We're delighted to welcome back to the podcast Anne-Marie Roerink, the principal of 210 Analytics. Anne-Marie is well known to many in the produce world for her insightful reports and presentations in collaboration with Circana and industry associations like the International Fresh Produce Associat…
Challenging the traditional wisdom on pricing and promotion — Circana's Jonna Parker
We're delighted to welcome back as our guest this week Jonna Parker, the fresh foods team lead at Circana, formerly known as IRI. Jonna specializes in analyzing sales data, consumer trends and other sources of information to find and explore opportunities for fresh foods, including (of course) fres…
Scott Schuette on leveraging traffic patterns, meal mindset in merchandising
We're delighted to have as our guest this week longtime produce retail executive Scott Schuette. Over the last 35-plus years Scott has served in leadership roles with Fresh Thyme, Sprouts and Bashas. He’s been recognized as Produce Retailer of the Year and Specialty Food Retailer of the Year. He’s …
Diane Scalisi of Driscoll's, Danelle Huber of CMI Orchards and Ashley Pigo of RPE talk omnichannel marketing and the rise of retail media networks
What's the next frontier for produce supplier-retailer partnerships? Along with pursuing in-store opportunities like signage, display bins and contests, many suppliers also participate in the wealth of digital marketing opportunities that retailers can offer. In this episode we're joined by Diane S…