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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.

Expect Another Surge in U.S. Grocery E-Commerce as In-Store Shortages Accelerate

Grocery shopping on-line will certainly reduce the anxiety of seeing empty shelves, and shoppers will only see the products that are available. What shoppers will demand however, alongside a better UX, is more accurate information.

HFSS enforcement and compliance: what we know about it so far

The HFSS Legislation white paper is still pending, however this is what we know about the enforcement so far, after the consultation with industry.

HFSS: what has been done before and do these restrictions work?

We took a little look at what has been done around the world to help populations shift towards healthier choices – what seems to be working, and which interventions have failed and why. 

US consumers say they eat healthier, but are they really?

While nearly half of consumers believe health and wellness have become more important over the past year during the pandemic, the reality is that healthier products occupy less than a quarter of consumer spend. So how do we shift that desire into changing what is in consumers’ shopping baskets?