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Sprouts has big growth plans in Florida. The specialty retailer plans to open seven stores in the state this year https://ow.ly/SFFb105YjJp

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Fresh and perimeter store optimization doesn't have to be so difficult. My RELEX Solutions colleague Ulla Huopaniemi wrote a great piece on the topic in the April edition of Retail World Magazine. Check out pages 62-63 for more! #Insight #Grocery #Optimization

A supermarket chain aimed to expand into new US markets and needed a profitable expansion plan. Kalibrate's analytical approach resulted in a national deployment strategy that accounted for the unique characteristics of the client supermarket chain, enabling their real estate team to proactively seek new store locations that had the highest probability of success. Read the full story: https://hubs.li/Q02Hpk3n0 #Grocery #Supermarket #ExpansionStrategy

RELEX Solution's Ulla Huopaniemi has written a great piece on the topic of fresh optimisation in the April edition of Retail World Magazine. Check out pages 62-63 for more! #Insight #Grocery #Optimization.

A supermarket chain aimed to expand into new US markets and needed a profitable expansion plan. Kalibrate's analytical approach resulted in a national deployment strategy that accounted for the unique characteristics of the client supermarket chain, enabling their real estate team to proactively seek new store locations that had the highest probability of success. Read the full story: https://hubs.li/Q02Hpk3F0 #Grocery #Supermarket #ExpansionStrategy

A lovely way to round off the week! Just received the wonderful news that we are LIVE on the shelf in all of the PCC Community Markets. This one feels pretty special to me. And it is a lovely tale of just how zig-zag the retail sales journey can be. It all started way back... such a long, long time back... Way back in the days when Maxwell and I were still green... We had ring-fenced Vermont as our market to test tweak and iterate, we landed the local natural stores here and managed to get fantastic data showing we could outsell category leaders, so much looked good... but Vermont was too small and wise counsil Curt Alpeter told us 'get thee to expo east" and we did. At Expo I met Steven Jamieson and the team at PCC, and we had a great conversation about their hydration set, customer and their store ethos and I got so excited about the prospect of working together. Then after Expo back in front our desk and plotting everything out, we just couldn't justify opening up the PNW as it was such a stretch for two guys in Vermont. At the time we had just landed Foxtrot, selling directly with them, after some promising early sales, we started jumping through the hoops to open up Romeoville and Maryland, it was all going to plan, we could spread south and west and wouldn't over stretch ourselves. We started planing how to maximise those DC's with INFRA stores and other indies, we set up an east coast broker relationship to help us do so. Things were looking good. So again when I bumped into Steven again at Expo West in his frankly glorious sequin jacket, the timing still wasn't right... Then we were hit with a couple of sucker punches. Foxtrot fell, the DC's fell through, and we had some delays with production, and all of a sudden we were forced to rethink our distribution plans. We just didn't know when to give up, did we, so we looked again at the PNW and said hey we have to get on a plane to Maryland. So why not get on a plane to Seattle?? We called up Steven and managed to finally make this match made in heaven work. A happy ending, which is in fact a happy beginning. Really excited about this partnership, Maxwell drew the long straw end gets the first store sampling tour which begins at the end of next week. I can't wait to meet new people and grow our community of plinkers on the West Coast. Wow if you got here, fair play to you, not sure I've seen a post this long in a while. High 5. There are hidden half-quotes quotes from a book, a play and a film. Name them for a prize ;)

Last week, Joel Kavanagh from Kwayga had the pleasure of attending the Co-op IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution) Trade Briefing event in Manchester. Joel enjoyed connecting with buyers and learning about Co-op’s latest strategies and challenges within the retail space. It was a fantastic opportunity to understand the evolving needs of buyers and explore how we can support their sourcing processes at Kwayga. Looking forward to continuing the conversation and driving impactful connections! #BusinessConnections #GroceryRetail #BusinessStrategy

Jade Street Consulting Inc. has been on fire lately. ?? In just a few months, we’ve landed some incredible retailer partnerships, and now we’re excited to announce that Weis Markets is officially on board! This partnership is a big deal for us—not just because Weis Markets is another major retailer but because it?is a perfect fit for our brand. The customer demographic overlap between Weis and?Giant Eagle, Inc.—another retailer we recently expanded with—is incredible. We know our products will resonate with this customer base, and we’re confident this will be another successful chapter in our retail journey. But this partnership isn’t just about the retailer. It’s also about the distribution muscle behind it. With C&S Wholesale Grocers, one of the top distributors in the country, now backing us, we’ve been anchored into a solid network that opens up even more doors for expansion. Having a distributor like C&S Wholesale Grocers onboard is a huge milestone, and it’s a direct result of our growing presence with key retailers like Weis. We’ve been flying at full speed: five retailer launches and four distributors in just three months. And as we close out 2024, we’re already in the Obvi sales kitchen cooking up new outreach strategies for 2025 to keep that momentum going. So, what’s your outreach strategy for next year? What are you changing to keep things pushing forward? #BecomingTheObviousChoice

Roberts & Ryan Corporate Access Series: BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) We had the pleasure of hosting an investor call with Laura Felice and Catherine Park, BJ’s CFO and Head of Investor Relations respectively.?One of the things I enjoy most about hosting these calls is that I learn a lot about the companies – both during the call and in my research prior to the call. BJ’s has a good story. I encourage you to take a look at them here:?https://lnkd.in/e2mKKAW5 This was an easy and informative conversation, and there’s no doubt they’re paying attention to what customers want. I asked Laura for 3 key takeaways: 1?? Tremendous Progress (Membership ?? , Locations ?? , Higher Tier Memberships ?? ) 2?? Assortment & Value 3?? Convenience (How About Curbside Pickup and Same Day Delivery?) THANK YOU to Laura and Cathie, and to the entire BJ’s Wholesale team for your support! I also want to thank the investors that joined us, and our friends at Seaport Research Partners for extending the invitation to their tremendous client base. Give us a "follow" here to keep tabs on some of the great things we're doing socially through the success of our business: Roberts & Ryan *Future events listed on Corpaxe #corporateaccess #investormeetings #investorcalls #warehouseclub #consumerdefensive #discountstores #veteransupport #veteranowned