Grocery Dive: Disruptive new fees will force strategic decisions on much more than packaging

This op-ed article, written by Matt Hamory, Partner and Managing Director and Co-Lead of AlixPartners’ Global Grocery Practice; Steve Scales, Partner and Managing Director in Manufacturing and Operations; Yevgeniy Rikhterman, Senior Vice President in Retail; and Pat Carroll, Independent Contractor in Manufacturing and Operations and CEO of The CF Team, argues that new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws will increase costs for grocers, particularly those with extensive private-label offerings, and recommends proactive compliance, packaging optimization, and pricing adjustments to mitigate the impact.

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