{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dive: Foundations for C-Store Sales Associates","title":"Mastering Fresh Food & Bakery - Your Guide to Product Excellence","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1363,"description":"Dive from C-Store Center - Mastering Fresh Food & Bakery: Your Guide to Product Excellence for Convenience Store Sales Associates\nEpisode 58 Duration: 23 minutes\nJoin host Mike Hernandez as he reveals how fresh food and bakery mastery transforms convenience stores into food destinations while increasing average transaction values by $4.50 per visit. Learn comprehensive strategies for understanding every fresh food and bakery item, implementing proper storage and temperature protocols, leveraging the 35% fresh food sales growth trend, creating winning product pairings, executing time-based suggestive selling, maintaining food safety standards, and turning browsers into buyers through expert product knowledge that creates 60% more regular customers.\nEpisode Overview\nMaster essential fresh food and bakery elements:\nFresh food category understanding (sandwiches, hot items, salads)\nBakery item expertise (morning, all-day, specialty)\nStorage and temperature protocol mastery\nFood safety standard implementation\nKey selling point identification\nCommon customer question handling\nTime-based suggestive selling\nComplementary product pairing\nCustomer-specific approach development\nQuality check procedures\nCross-contamination prevention\nBundle opportunity maximization\nIndustry Growth Statistics\nLearn to implement:\n35% fresh food sales jump in past year\n$4.50 higher average spend per visit with fresh food buyers\n60% more likely to become regular customers\n7 out of 10 customers unaware of fresh food offerings\nDouble category sales in stores with active promotion\n45% fresh food sales increase through proper techniques\nSandwiches and Wraps Excellence\nDevelop approaches for:\nClassic Club, Turkey Avocado Wrap, Italian Sub mastery\nPremium Boar's Head meats highlighting\nLocally sourced produce emphasis\nArtisan bread daily delivery mention\nPrice-worth explanation\nPremium ingredient justification\nPrep Time Knowledge\nMaster techniques for:\nMade-to-order 3-4 minute timeline\nGrab-and-go...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zrZxScRcZFmn69MZIrXmmbPFetZsQRVzOB-QfZwX7Nk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDUy/YTkzYmMxZWViMjRk/ODBlODViZjVjYTBh/MzNlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}