Archive - The Checkout Grocery Update

Grocery Update #122: Woodman’s Keeps The Promise. (2025 Retailer of the Year)

Also: New Gross To Net Podcast With Yellowbird's George Milton. And Instacart's Sketchy Dynamic Pricing.

Dec 10 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #121: The Ups and Downs of Mexico’s Public Supermarkets

Also: A Proposal For Supermarket Access As A Public Good.

Dec 3 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #120: The Checkout's Best of 2025.

Also: BevNet's New Retail Economics Course for Brand Professionals.

Dec 1 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

November 2025

Grocery Update #119: Hungry For The Holidays: Grocery Clerks and The Crisis of Food Insecurity.

Also: International Food Workers Week!

Nov 25 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #118: Disconnected: The Consumer Gaps With Ultraprocessed Foods.

And How Retailers and Brands Can Reconnect Them.

Nov 24 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #117: Making Food Affordable Again.

The Extended Analysis of Why Inflation Has Made Public Groceries Inevitable.

Nov 19 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #116: Why High Food Prices Will Make Public Groceries Inevitable (Short, Punchy Version).

A Brief Summary of Why Food Prices Suck And What We Can Do About Them.

Nov 17 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #115: Food Has Always Been Working Class.

Also: A New Video with Sarah Taber: The Logistics of Public Groceries.

Nov 13 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #114: The War On Ending Hunger.

Also: Civil Eats' Options To Fill The SNAP Gap. And PCC Rallies Co-ops To Feed Communities.

Nov 10 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #113: Why BFY Grocers Are The Biggest Story In Food.

A Deep Dive Into the Broader Impacts of the Natural/Specialty Channel.

Nov 5 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

October 2025

Grocery Update #112: Icebergs: Top Mistakes Emerging Brands Make in Retail.

A Guest Column by Grocery Veteran Will Betts.

Oct 30 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

Grocery Update #111: Can Grocery EAT-Lancet? A Deep Dive.

Feeding The Planetary Health Diet Into The Grocery Meat Grinder.

Oct 28 •

Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerd

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