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WELCOME TO THE CLUBS!

We couldn’t choose just one, so congrats to Co-Retailers of the Year Costco and Sam’s Club. Club stores were big winners during the pandemic when

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Latest News

HOW TO OPTIMIZE RETAIL MEDIA

Keys to retail media success, and advice regarding targeting plant-based users. Marketing spending by CPG companies is projected to exceed $200 billion in 2023 after

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Databank

Databank May 2023

FASTEST FROZEN Sales of frozen products in supermarkets, drugstores, mass merchants, military commissaries and select club and dollar stores combined topped $18.32 billion during the

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Category Spotlights

DIPS & SPREADS UNDERACHIEVE

But the premium segment continues to gain momentum as manufacturers roll out trendy new offerings. Although refrigerated dips (+8.6%), flavored spreads/hummus (+0.5%) and sauce/gravy/marinade mixes,

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Category Spotlights

FROZEN MEALS FALL SHORT

But the refrigerated segment remains a bright spot. Will retailers make more room in the frozen set for clean-label newcomers? Although dollar sales of single-

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Latest News

INFLATION IS EASING, SO…

Is it time for retailers to demand cost decreases from their vendors? Now that inflation is easing a bit, can/should retailers start demanding lower costs

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Cover Story

SUPER FOODS

Dollars are up across the board ,but which catagories are seeing unit gains as well a — and whats driving that growth? Thanks to persistent,

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Databank

Databank April 2022

During the 12 weeks ended Jan. 29, sales of frozen foods in supermarkets, drugstores, mass merchants, military commissaries and select club and dollar stores combined

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