The Canadian grocery sector is a tough market to conduct business. With consumers concerned over their weekly trips to the grocery store, brands must be on the customers’ shopping list, be competitively priced, offer sustainable product ingredients / product packaging, and the benefits consumers seek. Take toothpaste as an example, a common household product. The […]
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Canada’s grocery sector has been in a state of flux since the beginning of the pandemic, and the inflationary wars that have emerged. During this period the media have referenced the term “Greed Flation” without acknowledging that since 2015, though the cost of food has increased 32.3%, the price per litre of gasoline has increased […]
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June 1974 represented a historic day in the grocery sector. In a Marsh’s supermarket in the US, on the package of a Wrigley’s gum, the UPC code made its first commercial appearance. The UPC code was a response to a business need first identified by the US grocery sector in the early 1970’s. Canada represented […]
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Nearly 4 years into a pandemic-induced hangover, the Canadian grocery industry continues to undergo enormous shake-ups, evolution, and corrections. Since 2020, the food sector has experienced a history of negative unit growth due to food inflationary wars. Taking the 3% increase in Canada’s population in 2023 into consideration, the Canadian grocery sector achieved a -1% […]
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Consumer shopping habits are constantly evolving, especially during these inflationary wars. For instance, Nielsen IQ just announced the US FMCG sector experienced its first positive unit growth month (April 2024) over the past 15-months. Monthly negative FMCG unit growth in Canada has been a constant over the same time frame. This is what makes the […]
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