Most restaurant operators understand the paper towel economics: buy in bulk, save money. A 24-pack costs 30% less per roll than buying individually. But what if you could get the 1,000-roll industrial pricing without actually storing 1,000 rolls in your back office? That's the fundamental proposition of a Group Purchasing Organization. These [...]
Food recalls in the United States tend to cluster around the same types of products year after year. While individual recall events change, the underlying risk profile of many food categories does not. Certain foods are more vulnerable to recalls because of how they are produced, handled, regulated, and consumed. This overview [...]
(Updated January 2026)We began publishing our Top 10 Grocers list in 2019. It takes time to compile new lists as the work depends on fiscal year close dates as well as some good old-fashioned research. This page hosts our most recent update to the list. These figures rely on data published by [...]
The "Big Food" industry is clashing with the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over food regulations. MAHA pushes for stricter standards on additives, dyes, and sugar to combat chronic disease, while Big Food lobbies for federal preemption of state laws to avoid costly, conflicting ingredient [...]
Amazon has introduced a new grocery brand designed to compete directly in the low-price segment of the food retail market. The line, called Amazon Grocery, will encompass more than a thousand items, ranging from fresh produce and dairy to pantry staples, meat, and packaged snacks. The majority of products will be priced [...]
Speed-scratch cooking is the practice of combining high-quality prepared food components with fresh ingredients and on-site culinary finishing to produce restaurant-ready dishes. What began as an operational workaround has become a mainstream foodservice strategy, driven by structural labor shortages, margin pressure, and the need for consistent execution at scale. Today, speed-scratch is [...]