Dynamic pricing is still in the news and a new book, Gouged: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet by Lindsay Owens is a deep dive into price gouging at the grocery store and other venues. Find 2 in-depth interviews with the author @ Jon Stewart’s Weekly Show or the September 28th podcast episode of Think from KERA. NPR provides some ways to address this: how shoppers can hide their spending habits from retailers. Yet, the Walmart CEO addresses dynamic pricing concerns and FMI, National Grocers Association comments on FTC personalized pricing enforcement. Phil Lempert, the Supermarket Guru provides an interesting take on price cuts from the shoppers viewpoint: if you’re charging me less now, why were you charging me more yesterday?. In health news: after a rocky Cyclospora outbreak, here’s FDA’s 10-step plan to address Cyclospora on produce. FDA released a final rule allowing the use of salt substitutes in 139 foods. Looking for a concise overview of GLP-1 trends and categories of products that are on shelves? More Perfect Union has a 3-minute video that includes an interview with a former manager of McDonald’s culinary innovation as he shows how McDonald’s cuts food costs but keeps customers perceptions of ‘value’.
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Ellen Schuster has a Master’s in Nutrition. During her 30 years as a nutrition educator she worked at the county and state levels of the Extension Service authoring numerous easy-to-read nutrition education materials used across the country as well as hosting a website focusing on health literacy.
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