At the
intersection of rising food prices at grocery stores, restaurants, and
convenience stores the battle between wholesalers, packaged food makers, and distributors
food prices continue to go up. The processed food component of food inflation
makes up very little of the overall consumer price index that is largely driven
by rising labor, energy prices, and rents.
Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, stated
“pricing pressures included more expensive raw materials, packaging, energy,
logistics, and labor cost across the board. Technology is a must today and
checkout-free technology dramatically help reduce labor cost. Allowing retailer’s,
the ability to maintain cost and margins or is some cases reduce cost and
increase margins.”
One convenience store chain MAPCO is adding a checkout-free operation to its locations. The
first two stores with the new technology from Grabango will be in Tennessee by
fall 2022, one of which will be MAPCO’s newly designed format that
presents a holistic “store of the future” experience.
Frederic Chaveyriat, CEO at MAPCO, stated, “Our team is constantly
thinking of ways to always improve MAPCO’s guest experience,” … “We’re
committed to helping our guests take a Better Break, where they can refresh and
recharge at their pace with quality products and services at convenient prices
that are more relevant to them, and Grabango’s shopper-focused offering
combined with their proven success in the market, is why we’ve chosen them to
help us execute on our shared vision.”
In case you did not know, MAPCO operates more than 330
convenience and fuel retailing stores across Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,
Arkansas, Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Are you looking a customer
ahead? How can you leverage technology
for a competitive advantage?
Invite Foodservice
Solutions® to complete a Grocerant ScoreCard, or for product positioning or
placement assistance, or call our Grocerant Guru®. Since 1991 Foodservice
Solutions® of Tacoma, WA has been the global leader in the
Grocerant niche. Contact: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or 253-759-7869
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