🇫🇷 Live from Paris, GrocerTalk 005 is now live 🇫🇷
By benmillerretail · September 17, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
🇫🇷 Live from Paris, GrocerTalk 005 is now live 🇫🇷
This week Chris Walton joined me for his monthly GrocerTalk appearance, which we recorded live from the Vusion booth (E-043) at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe.
Our news stories led us into some of the biggest topics in our industry right now, and we were far from in complete agreement. We covered:
* Kroger's flat Q2 results, and the wider read through for supermarket formats
* Instacart and Shipt both launching AI shopping assistants, and what the CX end goal could be. Chris goes big here
* Walgreens deploying in-store advertising screens, and wider physical retail RMN implications
* And what Albertsons is signaling by bringing in an Executive Chair
Plus Vestcom's Kim Schneider drops by for five insight minutes on the very topical subject of maximizing ROI from digital shelf edge technologies.
GrocerTalk Grab & Go is suitably wide-ranging, from Walmart & Papa Johns to ALDI SÜD's intriguing Fiippino investment, SKIMS and booze.
🙏 Thanks again to our GrocerTalk partners Instacart, Portager.ai, Vusion and Sifter Solutions.
🎧 Listen now on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e8g6Gyja
🍏 Listen now on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eg6kpXR7