Tag Archives: marketing from the grocery aisles

Price is increasingly the key determinant of food purchases

My latest article about “Marketing from the Grocery Aisles” on how predictive analytics is becoming essential for precision pricing and inventory management.

New assignment results in my reexamining my messaging prowess

This week, I started a new engagement. I also instantly went from “rock star” to “nincompoop.” It happened within minutes not because I didn’t have the skills or capabilities to excel at the given assignment, but because the manager discarded everything I’d done in the past and naysaid anything I recommended. His vision, his opinion, […]

Disquiet of obtaining food: New reality of grocery shopping

COVID-19 has uprooted many institutions, and left many scrambling for food. It’s also the plot point, which will redefine the grocery and food industry.

Whole Foods, rajalary, scribbles, Julie Lary, Marketing from the Grocery Aisles

Amazon Possibly Upsetting the Apple Cart: Marketing from the Grocery Aisles

Will Amazon upset the apple carts with their purchase of Whole Foods?

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Marketing from the Grocery Aisles: Technology Not Necessarily the Answer

Last weekend, I attended a neighborhood party, where the conversation devolved to local grocery stores. Living on an island with a population of less than 60,000 people with 22,306 at the Whidbey Island Naval Station, 23,204 in Oak Harbor, the island’s largest town, and the remaining 12,700 scattered across the island, there aren’t a lot […]

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Pay-As-You-Shop Edging Towards Reality: Marketing from the Grocery Aisles

A few weeks ago, I mentioned in Pushing Pause on Technology, around 66% of people suffer from nomophobia, fear of being without a smart or cellular phone. In a relatively short period of time, mobile phones have become as important as a pacemaker, controlling the rhythm of our lives from making calls to responding to […]

Zero Waste: Marketing from the Grocery Aisles

A new concept for marketing food where customer’s bring their own counters and purchase just what they need.

Marketing from the Grocery Aisles: When Metrics Get in the Way

I’ve been doing marketing for a long time, and every year, it gets more challenging and demanding. The basic work of developing convincing messaging, writing and developing communications, and identifying and reaching prospect audiences remains somewhat the same. What’s changed is the increased focus on measuring every possible customer interaction, and thereby make decisions based […]

Marketing from the Grocery Aisles: Reminiscence Sells

Earlier this week, my husband and I were shopping for Easter candy. My husband spied Peeps, and commented we needed to buy them. I asked why, and he said “Because you like them.” Truth be told, I don’t particularly care for Peeps. However, they make me euphorically happy, recalling how my husband hid them in […]

Marketing from the Grocery Aisles: Funnel Management

Reeling in customers to purchase your products and services has risen to a science, starting with the lure, proceeding with progressively more enticing bait, and concluding with the capture or sale. Drawing potential customers into the funnel, and nurturing them through marketing automation can take anywhere from days to months or even years for large […]