OmniTalk 5IM Video: How Regional Grocers Can Win With Fresh Over The Next Decade

In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, Jeremy Levine from Alvarez and Marsal’s Consumer and Retail Group explores how regional grocers can win with fresh operations as consumer preferences shift toward healthier lifestyles and growing demand for protein. He outlines why fresh departments represent both opportunity and operational complexity, requiring completely different approaches than center store categories. Jeremy shares the four key pillars grocers need to master—talent, process, scheduling, and HQ-store alignment—and emphasizes why scheduling is the critical first priority for grocery CEOs. The discussion covers the hour-by-hour demands of deli counters, tight margins for error in produce and meat, and how process discipline directly impacts daily performance.