Minneapolis, Minnesota, and London, England, August 11, 2026. Omni Talk Retail, the leading retail podcast network, will launch a brand-new podcast focused on insights, innovation, trends and technologies in the grocery retail sector: GrocerTalk.
GrocerTalk will be hosted and edited by Ben Miller, a leading commentator on retail innovation whose experience embraces grocery retailer roles, agency-side insight and consultancy leadership in grocery and CPG, and most recently as VP Original Content globally for Shoptalk and Groceryshop.
“I’m excited to bring together the strands of my career, from retail operations to insights and tech, into a weekly podcast that helps grocery retailers find new solutions to their daily challenges,” said Miller.
“From ecommerce acceleration to supply chain volatility, agentic commerce to changing retail media expectations and inflationary pressures, there is no shortage of major themes to unpack right now in this dynamic industry,” continued Miller.
“I’m thrilled to launch GrocerTalk on the Omni Talk Podcast Network,” said Chris Walton, President & CEO of Omni Talk Retail. “Grocers have always been a core part of our audience, and we’ll now be able to bring them specific insights to help them navigate their specific challenges.”
Walton continued: “I’m equally delighted to welcome Ben into the Omni Talk family. His read on global grocery is second to none, but there’s far more to Ben than just grocery, as Shoptalk attendees around the world know, and I look forward to him supporting the entire Omni Talk community from his base in London.”
GrocerTalk will identify the most important stories in global grocery that grocery executives should be paying attention to each week, and will discuss the implications of the news and how it fits into the biggest trends in the grocery industry.
The podcast will be published weekly with the first episode going live next Tuesday, 18th August, on the Omni Talk Retail podcast and YouTube channels.
GrocerTalk is being launched with the help and support of industry partners including Instacart, Portager, and event partner Vusion.
About Omni Talk Retail
Omni Talk is the retail media company created by retailers, for retailers. The Omni Talk Podcast Network generates more than 400,000 downloads each month, and is ranked in the top 100 of all US business podcasts on Apple Podcasts.
Omni Talk Retail was founded in 2017 and is led by President & CEO Chris Walton, a former retail executive with Target and Gap, Inc. Prior to starting Omni Talk, Chris was Vice President of Target’s Store of the Future project.
About GrocerTalk
GrocerTalk is the new weekly podcast covering insights, innovation, trends and technologies in grocery retail, for grocery retailers.
Ben Miller, Founder & Director of independent consultancy Bryher Bay Ventures, is Host and Editor of GrocerTalk. Ben is a former retail executive with Safeway and prior to starting GrocerTalk, Ben was VicePresident of Original Content & Strategy globally for leading retail innovation shows Shoptalk and Groceryshop.
For more information, please contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmillerretail/
Omni Talk® is the retail blog for retailers, written by retailers. Chris Walton founded Omni Talk® in 2017 and have quickly turned it into one of the fastest growing blogs in retail.