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CURRENT CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
As a member of the BGJ Client community, you may be offered unprecedented chances to partner in growth projects that would have been otherwise out-of-reach. By working directly with retail chains, BGJ Group to the strategies professionals are close being used to achieve best practices and new efficiencies and they recruit clients to become part of important solutions.
Afresh
For decades, Fresh departments have been underserved by technology built for general merchandise and consumer packaged food that fails to handle the inherent complexity of fresh food. Afresh is changing that with an artificial intelligence-powered fresh food optimization platform for grocers. Designed to help today’s grocery industry meet inevitable operational and merchandising challenges, its tools decimate shrink, boost sales, increase turns, and add days of shelf life. As a result, Afresh helps reduce food waste, improve store profitability and make fresher, healthier food more accessible to its communities. Fresh department managers enjoy using the tool and trust it.
Best Brands
Founded in 1957, Best Brands is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of national branded consumer products to all retail channels of distribution. Those channels include: Department, Value, Mass, Food, Drug, Off-Price, and Specialty retail establishments. Product categories include: Health & Beauty, Home Furnishings, Kitchenware & Houseware, Automotive Accessories, Cleaning Tools, Closet & Organization, Electronic Accessories, Infant/Baby/Juvenile, Pet Accessories, and Reusable Bags.
California Pet Pharmacy
California Pet Pharmacy is a fully licensed and accredited pet pharmacy based in Hayward, California. It ships a wide range of prescription items to all 50 states in the United State for your pet’s health needs. A cutting-edge resource, California Pet Pharmacy adds new products daily. All products are FDA and EPA approved and are intended for use only in the USA.
CLEANLOGIC
CLEANLOGIC is committed to offering the highest quality bath and body accessories while reducing its carbon footprint and developing sustainable products and packaging alternatives. “When you put ‘nice’ and ‘clean’ together, you have the foundation of a better body, a better world, and a better future.” Inspired by IMS founder Isaac Shapiro’s mother who lost her sight as a child, and the 25 million people in the United States who are visually impaired, CLEANLOGIC incorporates Braille on its packaging where possible to help blind and visually-impaired individuals lead a more independent life. A portion of all CLEANLOGIC’S sales go to organizations for the Visually Impaired.
Complete Fixture Solutions (CFS).
Complete Fixture Solutions (CFS) designs, manufactures and distributes high quality FEM fixtures. It also offers Grocery TV as part of its FEM fixture program. Grocery TV uses cutting-edge technology to eliminate out-of-stocks and ensure planogram compliance, while driving last-minute sales with video advertising.
DIETZ & WATSON.
Dietz & Watson is a family-owned American company that produces and distributes premium deli meats, cheeses, and other specialty food products. Founded in Philadelphia in 1939, the company is known for its commitment to quality and its use of “old-world recipes” and all-natural ingredients. It has expanded to include national distribution, and is now run by the third generation of the Dietz family.
eGrowcery
EGrowcery is focused on providing the most intuitive and enjoyable shopping experience for your customers through its simple, intelligent design and shopper-centric solution, custom built for the grocery industry. eGrowcery keeps you open for business regardless of how your customers want to shop. Our eGrowcery solution provides a seamless user experience on desktop, tablet and mobile, allowing shoppers to progressively build their cart or shopping list over time and across devices.
Forage
Forage builds payments infrastructure that processes government benefits, starting with EBT SNAP (food stamps), which enables the 42 million Americans who receive government assistance to buy groceries online. One in eight Americans receive government assistance to buy groceries, and one in five SNAP households include one or more people with a disability. Forage is the only USDA-approved third-party payment processor (TPP) that offers best-in-class software combined with dedicated service, enabling complex government payments online and guiding retailers through USDA authorization.
GlobalWorx, Inc.
GlobalWorx is dedicated to the goal of the synchronized enterprise – creating the ideal, customized environment in which companies can proactively communicate service needs in an automated and coordinated fashion. GlobalWorx has innovated systems that changed the way manufacturers, retailers, service centers, and suppliers conduct their business. Its award- winning technology optimizes the efficiency of task definition, communication, execution, and measurement across all trading partners within the grocery retail supply chain.
Grocery TV
Grocery TV is a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising network in grocery stores. With over 8,000 displays across the U.S., it helps brands grow by building awareness with consumers in grocery stores. Grocery TV allows businesses to reach their local community in the highest traffic retail environment. Connect with your audience through video advertising in the highest traffic retail environment.
GROWSCAPE
Growscape begins a new chapter, combining decades of experience from legacy brands of The HC Companies and Classic Home & Garden.
A one-stop shop solution for horticulture growers, retailers, and distributors, GROWSCAPE combines eco-efficient U.S. manufacturing expertise in injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and blow molding for grow pots, decorative containers, and backyard décor, complemented by a global sourcing network with a proven track record. Today, it has been estimated that 55% of American households engage in gardening activities and 67% of adults are growing or planning to grow edible plants including vegetables, herbs, and fruits. GROWSCAPE is prioritizing sustainability with its wide range of containers that are crafted from post-consumer and post-industrial materials, bio-based alternatives and fiber solutions to grow responsibly and in response what customers want.
HALLMARK CARDS.
Hallmark Cards: Hallmark was founded in 1910 by a teenage entrepreneur J.C. Hall and remains a private company with family members on the board of directors today. Hallmark’s businesses employ approximately 30,000 people worldwide and generate revenues of over $4 billion. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, Hallmark has a diverse portfolio of businesses including Hallmark greeting cards and gift wrap, Crayola, Crown Media Family Networks, and Crown Center. Hallmark is a leading supplier of social expression products in the Specialty, Mass, Drug and Grocery channels.
IllumiPure.
IllumiPure is a human-first building technology company that designs, manufactures, and patents advanced light and air solutions to create healthier indoor environments. Through proprietary innovations such as CleanWhite® visible-light disinfection and integrated air quality systems, IllumiPure delivers continuous, human-safe pathogen control while improving visual comfort, circadian health, and productivity. With over 32 patents, American-made manufacturing, and installations across healthcare, education, manufacturing, retail, and commercial spaces worldwide, IllumiPure helps buildings actively support the people inside them – safely, sustainably, and without disruption.
Jacent Strategic Merchandising, LLC
Jacent was formed in 2016 by the merger of LaMi Products and ATA Retail Services, two pioneers in impulse merchandising with a combined 60 years of experience. With the industry’s largest database of retail intelligence, the deepest inventory of impulse products, and the most experienced team, it is the premier strategic merchandising partner to North America’s retailers.
L&R
L & R, which boasts 60-plus years of commitment to its customers, has four divisions: L & R Distributors; LR Logistics; LR Merchandising; and LR Fulfillment. It provides a full range of services in bringing products from numerous categories to market including: Stationery, Travel Accessories, Pet Care, Household, and Toys and Party goods. The company prides itself on providing customers who shop in supermarkets, drug stores, military exchanges, and via ecommerce with a perfect customer experience made up of a set of interactions that consistently exceed the needs and expectations of the customers. This helps to build customer loyalty and results in customers becoming advocates for the retailer, creating referrals, retention and growth.
Premier Accessory Group
Premier Accessory Group is a privately held designer, manufacturer, and distributor of mobile, audio, automotive, personal care, small appliances, seasonal, and toy products, delivering end-to-end retail solutions from concept to shelf. Trusted by leading retailers worldwide, Premier partners to deliver innovation, speed-to-market, and reliable execution across multiple categories. Premier’s portfolio includes iconic licensed brands such as Energizer, Hamilton Beach, Rolling Stone, Castrol, Eggo, Pop-Tarts, and Popsicle, alongside company-owned brands including Bracketron, ToughTested, DigiPower, Sunpak, and Wicked Audio.
READERLINK DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Is the largest full-service distributor of hardcover, trade and paperback books to non-trade channel booksellers in North America, including the biggest names in retail across multiple retail channels. It is recognized for its leadership in book industry distribution logistics, value-added category management services, field services and business analytics, which includes fixture design, signage, distribution and in-store merchandising.
ReposiTrak
ReposiTrak is a trusted technology platform helping grocery retailers and wholesalers optimize sales, manage cost and risk, and achieve regulatory compliance. Through its solutions such as Scan-based Trading, Supplier Compliance Management, and the ReposiTrak Traceability Network, ReposiTrak streamlines critical commercial, risk and regulatory processes at the point of connection between trading partners. ReposiTrak is the largest network of companies in the grocery industry, connecting and collaborating to create efficiency in a safer, more transparent supply chain.