September 12, 2022

Cuhaci Peterson is proud to announce its Senior Vice President of Design, Steven Duffy, will be one of the featured speakers at this year’s FMI Energy and Store Development Conference in Orlando. The three-day event on September 19-21 at the Renaissance Orlando at Sea World will explore key trends impacting food retail, energy use and management, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR), store development and sustainability.

While the firm has been regular attendees of the event in the past, this year’s attendance has more of a special meaning after a hiatus.

“FMI is a trusted voice in the food industry with an eye to looking over the next hill and we’re proud to educate and be part of the experience,” said Steve Duffy, Senior Vice President of Design.

“After two years of the E+sd Conference suspension we’re pleased to resume and reconnect with our many partners and the grocers we serve,” said Steven Duffy, senior vice president of design. “We’re really looking forward to the face-to-face interaction with old friends and new connections.”

Duffy will collaborate with Mike Futch, chief executive officer of Tompkins Robotics, to discuss store development through e-commerce solutions and design. The discussion will address challenges and trends while providing solutions to operate efficiently in a radically different retail environment.

“It’s a timely occasion to consider the future of grocery and how to transform the business and deliver food to customers. The industry has evolved, and priorities have shifted the last two years,” Duffy noted. “FMI is a trusted voice in the food industry with an eye to looking over the next hill and we’re proud to educate and be part of the experience,” he said.

August 20, 2021

Cuhaci Peterson has Las Vegas on its radar, and we look forward to seeing you there. First up, we’ll be attending The NGA Show where our Senior Vice President of Design Steven Duffy will be joining our friends Andrew Benzinger, Business Development Manager at AutoStore, and Mike Davidson, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Buehler’s Fresh Foods for a panel discussion.

The trio will discuss eGrocery – Onramping to Automating Grocery Fulfillment.

Session Details
Independents have an array of options when it comes to automating eGrocery fulfillment. In addition to economic considerations, we’ll explore technologies and options available to retailers. Learn implementation best practices, a checklist of options, and a strategy for getting started with automating grocery fulfillment. The NGA Show runs from September 19-21, 2021 at the Paris Hotel & Casino and our panel discussion takes place Tuesday, September 21 from 1:15 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. in the Bally’s Platinum Room.

Next up is Groceryshop 2021, taking place September 19-22, 2021, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Our team looks forward to seeing you and would love to meet and discuss how we can help transform your grocery experience. Have questions about how we can help? Have an idea you’d like to run by us or just like to say hello? We’ve made it easy.

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The NGA Show – #TheNGAShow
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See you in Las Vegas!

About The NGA Show
With more than 40 specialized educational workshops led by retailers for retailers and more than 400 companies on our EXPO floor showcasing innovative and game-changing products and solutions, The NGA Show provides countless opportunities to learn from your peers and other industry thought leaders. Bring your whole team to The NGA Show and bring home ideas that will drive profitable growth for your company.

About Groceryshop
Groceryshop brings together leaders from the entire grocery ecosystem, including established and startup CPG brands, supermarkets, c-stores, drug stores, general merchandise stores, discount stores, ecommerce players, warehouse clubs, grocerants, and non-traditional grocery retailers. These organizations join tech companies, real estate operators, investors, media, and analysts for four days of incredible content, facilitated meetings, and fun.

October 15, 2020

Cuhaci Peterson is pleased to announce the launch of its new microsite, https://futureshop.c-p.com/, which provides an exciting look at accelerated changes driving broad categories of retail transformation, next generation e-commerce and omni channel retail.

Today’s retail disruption represents a time of opportunity as the pace and future of retail transformation increases. The hybridization of retail formats continues to merge traditional, defined models. The blurring of store platforms includes: Omnichannel, logistics, disruptive real estate effects, and increased use of automation and technology. Increasingly, consumers are demanding an unlimited assortment of products, immediate fulfillment to autonomous delivery, and a willingness to pay less. As these demands are fulfilled by retailers, many stores will disappear or become consolidated.

“At the core, Hybrid Shopping is the ‘phygital’ experience,” said Steven Duffy, Senior Vice President of Design at the firm.

The concept replaces areas of the center store gondola with the AutoStore robotic storage, disrupts current retail models and represents the future of grocery retailing. We have received significant interest by reimagining the future of grocery as we know it. It is the store of tomorrow.

Why the need for Hybrid Shopping?
“We believe there’s a better, quicker and more cost-effective solution, which is robotics through microfulfillment,” Duffy added.

Accelerated change is upon us. Retail has reached an inflection point based upon the pandemic and the eGrocery industry is in the epicenter. The remaining stores will condense in size and need to fundamentally reshape their retail experience to fit the new landscape. This tectonic disruption is not one that will impact retailers in the future, but one that is being felt today. Cuhaci Peterson is making sure that those necessary solutions exist now.

April 29, 2020

Omnichannel and microfulfillment have a become an undeniable part of the grocery life cycle. The question for retailers is how to adopt them into their business models in a way that is scalable now and can be built upon moving forward. The circumstances surrounding Covid-19 have become a catalyst with regard to moving the need for safe and efficient grocery with less person-to-person contact. Microfulfillment provides high-capacity fulfillment, designed to operate around the clock, and it addresses both labor and the economic pressures experienced by grocers in their quest to deliver upon today’s increased eCommerce demands.

Recently, Cuhaci Peterson Senior Vice President of Design, Steven Duffy, served as a resource for the team at George Utz, Inc., as part of a white paper that delves into how microfulfillment will support the next wave of retail innovation, enabling a safer, more efficient and convenient shopping experience.

“Looking ahead to a post-COVID world, Duffy expects the microfulfillment trend to grow significantly over the next 12 months. And while some early innovators encountered challenges because the technology vendors didn’t understand complexity of the grocery space, Duffy says that has since changed.”

Full Whitepaper: How the World’s Grocers are Harnessing the Booming Micro-Fulfillment Trend

January 6, 2020

The last week of March, Senior Vice President of Design, Steven Duffy will be attending the Shoptalk 2020. The conference will be held at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, March 22-25 and focus on retail change makers.

To connect with Steven, please either email Laura.White@c-p.com or reach out to him directly at Steven.Duffy@c-p.com.