Heritage Grocers COO: Regional Grocery Consolidation, Fresh Theater & From-Scratch Tortillas

Omni Talk Retail · Sep 30, 2025 · 14m · transcript

Prabash Coswatte,, COO of Heritage Grocers Group, reveals the operational secrets behind running four regional grocery banners and why consolidation is the future for mid-tier retailers.

In this exclusive interview recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at Groceryshop 2025, Prabash shares:

✅ Operating Cardenas, Los Altos, Tony's, and El Rancho as distinct regional banners

✅ The "groceraunt" concept—stores as part grocery, part restaurant, full theater

✅ Making tortillas from corn kernel to masa to chips in a single day in-store

✅ Weekly sales recap emails that drive fierce…