A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency
In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Walmart associate Alicia Carter fulfills online grocery orders at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Amazon and Walmart on Thursday, April 18, 2019, are kicking off a two-year pilot established by the government to allow low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online. David J. Phillip / AP Photo
A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency
In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Walmart associate Alicia Carter fulfills online grocery orders at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Amazon and Walmart on Thursday, April 18, 2019, are kicking off a two-year pilot established by the government to allow low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online. David J. Phillip / AP Photo

The customer experience in grocery stores has changed quite a bit over the last decade and a half.

We saw the rise of the so-called “grocerant” where shoppers dine and even sip wine as they shop. Self-service machines became the norm in many checkout aisles.

Then during the COVID-19 pandemic, online grocery sales and curbside pickup skyrocketed.

Now, more stores, including at least one Aldi location in Chicago, are going cashierless.

Reset talks with an expert about how the customer experience in grocery stores has changed in recent years and what’s on the horizon.

GUEST: Steve Caine, partner at Bain & Company, expert in Bain’s Retail and Customer Strategy & Marketing practices

A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency
In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Walmart associate Alicia Carter fulfills online grocery orders at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Amazon and Walmart on Thursday, April 18, 2019, are kicking off a two-year pilot established by the government to allow low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online. David J. Phillip / AP Photo
A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency
In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Walmart associate Alicia Carter fulfills online grocery orders at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Amazon and Walmart on Thursday, April 18, 2019, are kicking off a two-year pilot established by the government to allow low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online. David J. Phillip / AP Photo

The customer experience in grocery stores has changed quite a bit over the last decade and a half.

We saw the rise of the so-called “grocerant” where shoppers dine and even sip wine as they shop. Self-service machines became the norm in many checkout aisles.

Then during the COVID-19 pandemic, online grocery sales and curbside pickup skyrocketed.

Now, more stores, including at least one Aldi location in Chicago, are going cashierless.

Reset talks with an expert about how the customer experience in grocery stores has changed in recent years and what’s on the horizon.

GUEST: Steve Caine, partner at Bain & Company, expert in Bain’s Retail and Customer Strategy & Marketing practices