Melissa Abbott predicts what the future (grocery store) will hold.
In Seattle, the shopping is good, says Melissa Abbott. “We’re really spoiled for choice.” As a vice president at the Hartman Group, a Bellevue-based consultancy specializing in the food and beverage industry, it’s her job to know things like this. She tracks both obvious trends (the energy drinks market is oversaturated, though that hasn’t stopped people from making new ones), and what stores might bring in next—sadly, not self-driving carts or robot assistants in the aisles.
Grocery shopping evolves all the time, but Abbott says there’s nothing drastic coming soon. “It’s going to be small changes that
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