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Why POS Data Alone Won’t Win You Shelf Space in 2026
Retail buyers aren’t asking what sold. They’re asking why it will keep selling. And in 2026, point-of-sale data alone is a lagging indicator.
Tastewise’s Winning the Shelf in 2026 playbook reveals how brands...
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Food Exec Brief: Tariff Whiplash, Reformulation Pressure, and the GLP-1 Mandate
This week's Food Exec Brief covers the Supreme Court's landmark tariff ruling and the rapid workaround, a reformulation race triggered by the FDA's updated "healthy" definition, and the food industry's full-court press to adapt...
The 4-Stage Integration Gap Holding Food Manufacturers Back in 2026
Key takeaways:
Most food manufacturers operate in a hybrid state of partially automated processes, and understanding where your operation sits on the integration spectrum is the first step toward smarter 2026 technology investments.
Nearly...
[eBook] Winning the Shelf Playbook
Sponsored by Tastewise
Why POS Data Alone Won’t Win You Shelf Space in 2026
Retail buyers aren’t asking what sold. They’re asking why it will keep selling. And in 2026, point-of-sale data alone is a lagging...
Food Exec Brief: Cocoa Relief, Regulatory Storm, and the GLP-1 Reckoning
This week's Food Exec Brief covers the cocoa price collapse creating confectionery opportunity/uncertainty, a major regulatory week with FDA leadership/staffing issues and USDA proposing faster line speeds, and CPG giants racing to reformulate as...
How to Stop Accepting Plant-Floor Margin Leakage as “Just the Cost of Doing Business”:...
Margin isn't lost on the shelf, but on the plant floor. That's the central argument Tim Cook has been making to food manufacturing executives for years, and it's one that increasingly hard-to-ignore data is...
Why the “Healthy” Label Deadline Is a Supply Chain Problem: A Q&A With David...
The FDA's updated definition of "healthy" officially took effect in February 2025, giving food manufacturers until 2028 to achieve full compliance. But for many brands, the clock is already running out.
What began as a...
How to Connect Legacy Systems Without Halting Production
Key takeaways:
Most food manufacturers don't need to replace their older systems to modernize. Connecting them to newer tools through phased integration tends to be faster, less disruptive, and more cost-effective than starting over.
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