{"id":27242,"date":"2022-09-22T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/retail-trends-for-c-stores-and-grocers-this-fall\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:05:42","slug":"retail-trends-for-c-stores-and-grocers-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/retail-trends-for-c-stores-and-grocers-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Trends for C-Stores and Grocers This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retailers nationwide are preparing to accommodate all things fall this season \u2013 from seasonal produce to Halloween candy and more! In honor of the first day of fall, let\u2019s dive in to what inventory trends you should expect to see this fall.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 30px;\">Seasonal Produce<\/h2>\n<p>For starters, seasonal produce is a great way to provide the best quality while also adding some seasonal color and fun to your inventory<span style=\"color: #57575b;\">.<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"> By stocking more seasonal produce, your customers will have top notch quality that is fresher, tastier, and even more nutritious than out of season produce<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Plus, who doesn\u2019t like to a cute pumpkin display to get in the fall spirit? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snaped.fns.usda.gov\/seasonal-produce-guide\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">According to SNAPed, you should purchase the following seasonal produce for fall\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snaped.fns.usda.gov\/seasonal-produce-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 523px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fall_Produce.png\" alt=\"Fall_Produce\" width=\"523\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Halloween<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to keeping stock of the best seasonal produce, you should also prepare ahead of time for the Halloween rush and stock up on a variety of candy options. According to Forbes, the best Halloween candies in America are: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nathanieleasington\/2021\/10\/12\/americas-favorite-halloween-candy-2021-state-by-state-best-halloween-candy-worst-candy-reeses-skittles-candy-corn\/?sh=406f4e465157\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">Reese&#8217;s Cups, Skittles, M&amp;M&#8217;s, Starburst, Hot Tamales, Sour Patch Kids, Hershey\u2019s Kisses, Snickers, Tootsie Pops, and Candy Corn.<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Make sure you prepare to supply your customers with the top candy in time for the holiday rush!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Fall Fun<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Fall is always a fun season and catering your inventory to fit the theme is a great way to create a fun shopping environment for your customers. Add some carving kits to your pumpkin display, purchase some cool trick or treat buckets to add to the candy aisle, have the bakery prepared themed baked goods, and so much more. Get creative this fall and soak up the seasonal fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #fa8d29;\"><a style=\"color: #fa8d29;\" href=\"https:\/\/snaped.fns.usda.gov\/seasonal-produce-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more with the USDA Seasonal Produce Guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retailers nationwide are preparing to accommodate all things fall this season \u2013 from seasonal produce to Halloween candy and more! In honor of the first day of fall, let\u2019s dive in to what inventory trends you should expect to see this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":27245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[211,212,210,202,196],"class_list":["post-27242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-announcement","tag-fall","tag-grocer","tag-retailer","tag-retailer-trends","tag-retailer-trends-for-grocers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33016,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions\/33016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}