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The complex nature of defining “Healthy”

Retailers are under constant pressure to diversify and emphasise their product offering through a health lens. However, differentiating “healthier” products is highly complex, requiring data-led nutrition and demanding attention from regulatory framework, nutritional guidelines, and product label knowledge.

Are you confident in the results and coverage of your product search? Think again.

One of the most important aspects of a food retailer’s site is its search functionality. Without a robust system in place, you inhibit your customers’ ability to shop for the products they need. With the correct indexing customers can find what they’re looking for with ease.

Personalization in Grocery Retail: The Key to Building Customer Loyalty

Learn how Spoon Guru’s health-based segmentation empowers retailers to deliver highly personalized omnichannel experiences that drive customer loyalty, satisfaction, and healthier shopping habits by aligning with individual dietary preferences and restrictions. This is the final instalment of our 3-part blog series on personalization.

Unlocking Consumer Insights: The Role of Health-Based Segmentation

In the second of our personalization series, discover how Spoon Guru’s health-based segmentation helps retailers gain deeper insights into customer dietary habits, enabling them to deliver tailored experiences, foster loyalty, and encourage healthier purchasing behaviors. This is the second in our 3-part blog series on personalization.

Decoding Health: The Power of Scoring to Enable Personalized Nutrition

Personalized nutrition is reshaping the way we shop. Here’s how Spoon Guru’s advanced health scoring system helps retailers to offer tailored recommendations that improve customer experiences and boost loyalty. This is the first of a 3-part blog series on personalization.

The Modern Shopper: Nadia El Hadery, YFood

Since founding YFood in 2013, Nadia El Hadery has gained some unique insights into grocery & food tech. She spoke to Phil Lempert about consumer trends, technology, and the ongoing evolution of grocery.

Sugar – the ingredient with many names

There’s a lot of uncertainty around which types of foods and drinks are the ‘healthier’ choices. With ingredients like sugar going by over 50 different names, it’s hard for consumers to make well informed purchase decisions.

The Modern Shopper: Zeeshan Idrees, IndustryGeniuses

Zeeshan Idrees is the CEO of digital innovation platform, IndustryGeniuses. He has 20 years experience in digital strategy, and is a consumer trends champion, tech investor, digital transformation leader, global go to market strategist, and editor in chief of B2B industry newsletters. In this great episode he spoke to Phil Lempert about reinventing grocery with emerging technology & nutrition science. 

The Modern Shopper: Sharon Bligh, The Consumer Goods Forum

As the Director of the Healthier Lives Coalition for the Consumer Goods Forum, Sharon Bligh is responsible for driving the health and wellness agenda of the leading global platform for the consumer goods industry, both retail as well as packaged goods. She spoke to Phil Lempert about her work to empower consumers to make healthy decisions and adopt healthier lifestyles.