by Brittain Ladd | Aug 29, 2023 | Consumer Packaged Goods, Delivery, E-Commerce, Food & Drink, Grocery, Retail
In the world of retail, three companies stand out above all others: Amazon, Costco, and Walmart. Of the three, Walmart is the largest retailer by revenue – $611B in 2022, and store count – over 4,700 stores operate in the U.S. Walmart’s stores...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 12, 2023 | Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
I don’t drink coffee but I’m a fan of Starbucks. The company is in the process of implementing several new strategies under the watch of CEO Laxman Narasimhan. One such strategy is using third-party partners to help expand its last mile capabilities. The company...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 11, 2023 | Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
LinkedIn members are contacting me about Zume. For those of you who don’t know who Zume was, the company was founded in 2015, with the goal of using robots to make pizzas and cook them inside specially designed vans with ovens. I was an advisor to the founder of...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 8, 2023 | Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
One of the more interesting aspects of the pizza business is that pizza is round, the boxes are square and the pizza is cut into triangles or squares. Pizza is round because it’s easier to make a round pizza than a square pizza; it’s also easier to make a...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 1, 2023 | Delivery, Food & Drink, Grocery, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Strategy
Arguably the worst business model ever created is grocery delivery in 10 minutes. Known as rapid grocery delivery or RGD, companies such as Gorillas, 1520, Fridge No More, and many others, burst onto the scene in 2020 only to be out of business or on their deathbed by...
by Brittain Ladd | Mar 13, 2023 | Delivery, Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender
Grubhub announced today that CEO Adam DeWitt, will step down from his position. Howard Migdal has been appointed executive vice president of North America and CEO of Grubhub. Under DeWitt’s leadership for the past 11 years as CFO, President, and most recently...
