Merchandising Review

Scoring Profits with Tailgating Items

A look at how products are scoring with fans. Supermarket deli departments are a hidden gem for tailgating enthusiasts, offering many delicious, ready-to-eat options that can elevate any pregame gathering. From savory platters of freshly […]

Merchandising Review

Cross-Merchandising Deli Items

Smart approaches to improve profitability and customer satisfaction. Cross-merchandising leverages the natural connections between products, offering customers an engaging shopping experience that can lead to higher sales and stronger customer loyalty. This is particularly true […]

Merchandising Review

The Growth of Guacamole

No matter how you spoon it, guacamole from avocados is delicious and nutritious. And it’s winning over a multitude of consumers at the grocery store. Per Statista, U.S. avocado consumption grew to 2.7 billion pounds in 2020, from 436 million pounds in 1985. […]

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Tailgates Are a Major Eating Event

The deli can score with foods that add quality. Tailgates in parking lots outside football stadiums have become major social eating events. Hormel’s national survey of 5,000 consumers around the country found the optimal size […]

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Profit from the Proper Pairings

Cross merchandising in retail educates consumers and sharpens sales efforts in the deli. Successful retailers understand how consumers shop. They understand their customers, including how those customers navigate their stores and how they select and […]

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Spread the Profits

The grocery aisles are uniformly rigid shelving and limited in their ability to really call out a new product other than a drop-down tag or shelf hooks, but the deli, in addition to a few […]

Merchandising Review

Taking a Dip

Guacamole has arrived, and it’s not going anywhere. Once largely just a fixture at Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants, guac has firmly established itself in the mainstream, including becoming a staple of supermarket delis and household […]

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Cross Merchandising Benefits

Cross merchandising is a successful method of selling, but retailers need to plan  and get creative. This visual merchandising strategy consists of placing complementary products in close proximity within the deli.  It is an effective […]