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David Protein and the new retail roadmap
Does Whole Foods matter when you have TikTok and Huberman?
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Brands
You say you want to eat more, better vegetables. Here’s your chance.
Row 7’s veggies are optimized for flavor, now available at Whole Foods. Can Dan Barber and a community of chefs inspire Americans to eat healthier?
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Maybe Whole Foods isn’t asleep at the wheel
New Erewhon-sized stores in New York sound smart. (Please, steal their cafés, too.)
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Recalibrating for retail
The lessons behind Acid League’s new ‘Shortcut’ sauces. Plus: Chipotle on Ozempic, Sweetgreen’s new plates, and a coffee experience I’ll never forget.
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In Conversation
Diaspora Co. wanted to be Patagonia, not a DTC unicorn
Sana Javeri Kadri on the cardamom supply chain crisis, redesigning for retail, and her next chapter in Mumbai.
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Executive Briefing
A new tennis brand for everyone
Meet LA’s All-Love Racquet Club. Also: Is Airbnb getting worse? Or better? Yes. And some NYC retail notes.
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In Conversation
Funding consumer brands in 2023
Elly Truesdell, founder of New Fare Partners, on where she’s investing today, what’s changed, and how food startups can get ready for venture.
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Executive Briefing
MrBeast Burger’s inevitable flameout
Also: What Nike and HBO have in common. And where’s Whole Foods in the ‘food as medicine’ conversation?
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How to get into big retail when you’re a tiny new startup
Graza plans to have its squeeze-bottle olive oil in 2,000 stores around its first birthday.
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Executive Briefing
Acid League is swinging for the fences
From sauces and dressings to non-alc wine, the craft vinegar startup is trying to take over the grocery store, several aisles at a time.
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Executive Briefing
Cities aren’t over
But they’ll be different. It’s like a software update.
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Executive Briefing
Unbundling the grocery cart
The pandemic changed the way millions of households shop for food, forever. Especially mine.
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Why Trader Joe’s refuses to sell groceries online
Does that still pass the smell test?
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The online grocery discovery problem
Something important is missing from the online grocery experience. That’s a big opportunity.
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Online grocery delivery is showing its cracks
Built for convenience, it’s now essential infrastructure.
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The end of Brandless, a new beginning for Harry’s
And: Why was David Chang slinging Sweetgreen today?
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61 questions — and some answers! — about Amazon’s new grocery store
Depending on Amazon’s ambition and execution, this has the potential to be really interesting — or not.
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An ambitious Kickstarter and the future of grocery shopping
Can a small selection of high-quality staples become habit-forming?
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Why Instacart matters
If Amazon is trying to build the iPhone of the grocery industry, Instacart is the Android.
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