If you’ve walked through a grocery store in the past decade, you'll have noticed a prominent “Gluten Free” label on products in every aisle. The gluten-free diet is one of today's top diet trends globally. Correspondingly, the availability of gluten-free products has gone from a few obscure items in health food stores to a ubiquitous staple on mainstream food retailers' shelves. Here's what grocers need to know about the gluten-free diet and other food retail trends to anticipate in 2021.

For years, up-and-coming brands have gathered immense support via crowdfunding platforms, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, that [...]

With so much choice in grocery and foodservice stores today, retailers have to find creative, new ways to vie for shoppers’ attention. That’s where clever retail merchandising comes in.

Some diet trends come and go, while others remain unchanged for decades. Ketogenic, plant-based, and low-carb diets, for example, have seen growing popularity in recent history. Keeping up with such trends can be tough – especially if you're not familiar them – but stocking your shelves with the right diet products is vital for optimizing your sales. To get you started, here's what you need to know about the most popular diet trends and how you can cater to your health-conscious consumers on specialty diets.

Food trends come and go, but the desire to improve our diets remains a constant concern for many American families. As innovation in food production has evolved, plant-based foods continue to increase in popularity. In fact, Impossible Foods emphasizes its mission to develop foods that satisfy the palates of meat, fish, and dairy eaters in its 2020 Impact Report. Soon, there will be a plant-based alternative to everything we currently consume from animals. Here’s how you can ensure your store is prepared to welcome the influx of plant-based meat substitutes.

Similar to countless other contactless services this year, trends in both grocery pickup and delivery have risen to prominence. Though, unlike other fads that eventually fizzled out — kale, anyone? — this trend doesn't seem to be fading away anytime soon. Here's what you need to know about adapting to the changing landscape in grocery delivery and pickup.

Vaccination is pivotal in preventing and eradicating communicable diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that vaccines save two to three million lives each year. Though these biological substances can create powerful results, vaccines themselves are fragile and need to stay cool to maintain their effectiveness. Some require storage in a vaccine freezer, while others must be refrigerated. Here's what to look for when considering the purchase of a vaccine freezer or refrigerator and the costs of improperly handling vaccines.

Frozen foods have been a household staple for over 60 years. As families opt to spend [...]

Color plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives. It dictates what we do at traffic signals, tells us for which team athletes play, and even influences our buying decisions. So, if you're wondering how to increase supermarket sales, color may be the tool you're looking for. Here's everything you need to know about strategically using color to enhance your business!

Ensuring that consumers have access to a variety of fresh food items is the foodservice industry's number one priority. Unfortunately, when the food supply chain is affected – by natural disaster, global pandemic, or economic downturn, for example – suppliers can have difficulty keeping up with increasing consumer demand, resulting in food spoilage and waste. Here’s how to stay ahead of food spoilage challenges in a market that demands freshness.