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Timothy Inklebarger
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Editor at Supermarket News; art at Gallery 1562 https://www.etsy.com/shop/Gallery1562
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When Justin Gold, founder of his namesake snack company Justin's, left the business in 2021, he had a gut feeling he’d return someday. - @foodnavigator.bsky.social
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Justin Gold’s second act: Back at Justin’s after Hormel sell-off
Nut butter pioneer hopes to recapture the entrepreneurial spark that made his snack company a category trailblazer
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November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Trump tariffs will face a Supreme Court showdown today – a make-or-break moment for the administration’s trade policies – and the outcome could determine whether price hikes on food products like coffee and beef continue. - @foodnavigator.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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President Donald Trump’s April executive order mandating English proficiency for commercial truck drivers has taken thousands off the road and grown the US trucker shortage, threatening supply chains. - @foodnavigator.bsky.social
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7,000-plus truckers blocked by English requirement add to supply chain stress
Executive order places non-English speaking commercial drivers out of service - threatening supply chains for key ingredients and grocery CPGs.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Hormel & PE firm Forward Consumer Partners struck a new strategic partnership Tuesday, wherein Hormel will relinquish ownership control of Justin’s, enabling the premium nut & butter snack brand to become a standalone company. @foodnavigator.bsky.social

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Hormel sells Justin’s brand to private equity firm
Hormel Foods Corp. and private equity firm Forward Consumer Partners struck a new strategic partnership Tuesday, wherein Hormel will relinquish ownership control of its Justin’s snacks, enabling the b...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Paris-based tech company #Yuka, which operates a mobile app that enables users to scan food and cosmetic products and evaluate their health impacts, is bringing its campaign to ban #aspartame to the United States. @foodnavigator.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Food Intelligence, by @kevinh-phd.bsky.social & @juliabelluz.bsky.social, examines enduring myths and misinformation about the food system & calls for more rigorous research into the ways our food may be undermining public health. @foodnavigator.bsky.social
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What happens when nutrition science collides with politics? Kevin Hall found out
Food Intelligence, a new book by acclaimed nutrition scientist Kevin Hall and award-winning health journalist Julia Belluz, examines enduring myths and misinformation about food and calls for more rig...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Hispanic grocer Heritage Grocers Group announced Thursday that after eight months in the role, Suzy Monford is stepping down from her position as CEO and chairperson. - Supermarket News

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Suzy Monford steps down as CEO of Heritage Grocers Group
After being picked to lead the Hispanic grocery chain in November, Monford resigns “to pursue other opportunities”
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July 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The growing popularity of GLP-1 drugs is profoundly changing the way people eat and creating a new demographic of shoppers for CPG companies to chase. That could mean a reversal of the bigger-is-better mindset that has dominated CPG products for decades.

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Could GLP-1 drugs drive a reduction in package sizes?
A new analysis of the popular weight-loss drugs suggests a pivot from CPG companies to smaller food products
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July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Private-label dollar sales were up 4.4% year over year in the first half of 2025, quadrupling the 1.1 % gain reported by national brands. PLMA projects 2025 store-brand sales to reach about $277B in 2025, beating its 2024 record of $271B. - #SupermarketNews

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July 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Unionized Safeway workers in Northern California are set to go on strike on July 26 if they fail to reach an agreement on contract negotiations, according to a statement from United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) locals 5, 8, and 648. - Supermarket News

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Safeway workers poised to strike in California
UFCW members plan a demonstration at a Safeway in Burlingame, Calif., on July 22
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July 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Food City / KVAT Foods Inc. is launching in-store retail media at 140 stores across its five-state footprint through a new partnership with Grocery TV, the grocer said on Friday. - Supermarket News

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Food City deploys Grocery TV’s Digital Ironman tech
The in-store kiosks are being deployed at 140 stores across five states
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July 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I created a spreadsheet of all of ALDI USA's private-label brands at my local store using photographs of the labels and Google Gemini #artificialintelligence. I'll show you how I did it in my new #AI tutorial! Check it out on Journalism AI Toolkit!

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Aldi, say hello to Google Gemini
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July 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Three more grocery retailers—Wegmans Food Markets, Gopuff, and Family Dollar—are now accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars as payment for orders made through last-mile delivery service Uber Eats. - Supermarket News

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Family Dollar, Wegmans, and Gopuff now accept SNAP on Uber Eats
SNAP users can get free delivery on their first three orders
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July 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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In-store digital signage is coming to Vallarta Supermarkets, providing consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands a new way to engage with shoppers. - #SupermarketNews

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Vallarta Supermarkets deploys in-store retail media screens
The partnership with Quad/Graphics Inc. rolls out at 15 locations this summer
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July 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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In this tutorial, we're diving into a super practical workflow that's a game-changer for anyone dealing with data. We'll show you step-by-step how to extract data from a PDF screenshot using Perplexity AI and import it into Google Sheets.
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Here's how I'm using Perplexity.AI, Google Sheets, and Gemini
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July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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As competition heats up in northern Texas from H-E-B, Kroger is focusing on the region with leadership structure changes through the creation of a new division to oversee the entire state. - Supermarket News

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Kroger consolidates Texas divisions as competition heats up in DFW region
Expansion from competitors like H-E-B and Aldi give America’s No. 1 grocer a run for its money
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July 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Gen Z, Millennial, and Gen X grocery shoppers are gravitating towards supermarkets that offer discounts, while their Baby Boomer and Silent Generation counterparts still prefer pure-play grocers, according to The Feedback Group. #SupermarketNews #Grocery

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Discount is king for Gen Z, Millennial, and Gen X grocery shoppers
Customer satisfaction remains high for supermarkets
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July 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Get ready to revolutionize your journalism and content creation workflow with #Perplexity Pages and Perplexity Labs! In this episode of the Journalism AI Toolkit, I'm diving deep into these game-changing features from Perplexity AI.
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Perplexity Pages & Labs Explained: AI for Journalists & Content Creators
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July 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Limited-time deals on artificially scarce products are helping grocers win shoppers, according to Placer.ai. These highly sought after product drops are resonating with shoppers at #TraderJoe's and #Target in particular. - #SupermarketNews

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How Trader Joe’s and Target are using manufactured scarcity to win customers
A new report from Placer.ai shows how special deals are still attracting shoppers
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July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The federal budget bill, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, narrowly passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, and includes sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program #SNAP. - #SupermarketNews

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SNAP faces $186B in budget cuts
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act pushes SNAP costs onto states, expands work requirements
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July 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#Target on Monday announced its deals for #CircleWeek, which runs July 6-12 and includes specials on household and grocery items. The week of summer specials runs alongside #Amazon Prime Day (July 8-11) & #Walmart Deals sale (July 8-13). - #SupermarketNews

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Target enters summer deals season with grocery deals
The retailer’s Circle Week offers include buy-one-get-half-off specials on select foods
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July 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Robots could soon outnumber their human counterparts at #Amazon warehouses, as the online retail giant doubles down on its automated workforce, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. - #SupermarketNews

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Amazon warehouses will soon see robots outnumbering humans
Roughly three-quarters of all orders are now assisted by robots along the way
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July 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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It’s been 8 mo. since #AholdDelhaize was hit with a #cyberattack that disabled its operation—now, new information shows that 2.24M people were impacted. The update follows another cybersecurity attack at #UNFI, which stalled deliveries for #WholeFoods.
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Ahold Delhaize November cyberattack impacted up to 2.2M
The grocery retailer is offering cybersecurity and credit monitoring to those affected
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July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 at UNFI Cub Foods and Haug’s Cub Foods have ratified a three-year contract that includes wage increases for all employees, the union announced Monday. - #SupermarketNews

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UNFI and Haug’s sign 3-year contracts with workers in Minnesota
Grocery workers will see wage increases and a $30 million contribution to pension plans
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June 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Reproductive health care, food waste reporting, and human rights due diligence are all on the agenda for the annual #Albertsons shareholder meeting on Aug. 7, marking the first time in recent memory that investors have brought their concerns. #SupermarketNews

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Activist investors target Albertsons on food waste, human rights, abortion
Three groups have posed stockholder proposals on hot-button topics for annual meeting in August
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June 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM