The Innovation Business Group has developed a specialized informational and product development/innovation-themed website dedicated to Hospital Gift Shops nationwide. This platform explores how hospital gift shops differ from traditional retail stores, focusing on convenience, comfort, and emotional support for patients, visitors, and hospital staff. Unlike regular gift shops, these stores offer get-well gifts, flowers, snacks, personal care items, books, and essential supplies for patients and families in need of last-minute necessities. Many hospital gift shops are run by hospital auxiliaries, volunteers, or independent retailers contracted by the hospital, ensuring that proceeds often go back into patient programs, hospital services, and community support initiatives. The website also highlights key suppliers, including florists, snack vendors, pharmaceutical distributors for over-the-counter products, and specialty gift manufacturers, helping shop operators source unique, high-quality products suited for the hospital environment. Additionally, the platform covers the latest innovations in hospital gift shops, such as mobile ordering for bedside delivery, contactless payment options, AI-driven inventory management, and personalized gifting services. By providing insights into the evolving role of hospital gift shops, this website serves as a resource for hospital administrators, retail operators, and suppliers looking to enhance the customer experience and boost operational efficiency.
With over 20 years in the gift shop distribution business, Kelli's offers a vast selection of over 5,000 items sourced from more than 500 vendors. They cater to various retail outlets, including hospital gift shops, hotel gift shops, casino gift shops, boutiques, pharmacy front-ends, and Amazon resellers.
www.KellisGifts.com
Lori's Gifts (of Plano, Texas) is a prominent operator of hospital gift shops across the United States.
They pride themselves on creating warm and welcoming environments within hospitals, aiming to enhance the experience of patients, visitors, and staff.
www.LorisGifs.com
Purchasing Power Plus. Established in 1997, PPP is the nation's leading buying group for hospital gift shops, offering members exclusive savings, expansive trusted vendor recommendations, and valuable educational resources.
PurchasingPowerPlus.com
Established in 2020 by industry veterans Mike and Lori Cohen, Cloverkey provides turnkey retail solutions for hospital gift shops nationwide. Their services encompass day-to-day operations management, inventory replenishment, point-of-sale technology, and payroll deduction systems.
www.cloverkey.com
This platform operates gift shops in multiple hospitals, including Beaumont Hospital-Dearborn, CAMC Memorial, and Hackensack University Medical Center, most Kaiser Permanente Hospitals (Calofornia locations) among others.
www.HospitalGiftShop.com
The Hotel Retail Group is a specialized organization focused on optimizing retail and food service operations within hotels, resorts, and lodging establishments. Through their various initiatives, they enhance guest experiences and drive revenue growth by modernizing and streamlining hotel retail spaces. Their efforts include HotelPantries.com and HotelPantry.com, which support the development and management of hotel pantry stores, sundry shops, and grab-and-go markets. InRoomCatering.com focuses on innovative in-room dining solutions, helping hotels enhance guest convenience with curated meal options. BreakfastAreas.com assists hotels in upgrading and optimizing their complimentary and paid breakfast programs to improve service efficiency and guest satisfaction. Recently, the Hotel Retail Group has expanded its focus to Hawaii, where they are working with hotels and resorts to revamp their retail and food service offerings. Their initiatives in Hawaii aim to integrate local products and flavors, supporting regional vendors while enhancing the overall guest experience with authentic Hawaiian retail concepts and dining solutions.
What is MDMeals: MDMeals is a medical industry culinary group founded by a team of physicians, registered dietitians, and seasoned experts in the food and restaurant industry. We specialize in providing tailored meals designed to address your specific chronic medical conditions. Our top- tier chefs craft delectable dishes, meticulously analyzed by our registered dietitians and overseen by our medical professionals to align perfectly with your medical needs. By choosing from our diverse menu options, you can avoid the hassle of meal preparation while adhering to your physician's dietary recommendations.
Food Service Providers: We educate brands about companies such as Compass (Foodbuy), Sodexo, Aramark, Delaware North and many others provide a very important service in being the operators of a cafeteria, retail area and possibly vending.
www.FoodServiceProviders.org
Grab and Go Opportunities in a Hospital: The hospital itself has amazing opportunities for products including grab-and-go types. The Grab-and-Go Teamaddresses retail and food service opportunities in the hospital including the cafeteria (internally or outside vendors) , the gift shop(internally usually), the pharmacy, the vending areas (outside vendors usually), the coffee kiosks (outside vendors usually) and the patient feeding programs (operated by the hospital).
The Innovation Business Group was created to help start-up and emerging consumer brands understand the diversity of retail, food service, hospitality, medical and institutional channels that are out there to do business with.
* IBG is helping start-up and emerging brands with their sales and marketing efforts in relation to medical, wellness and nutrition formats.
The Innovation Business Group (IBG) is an extension of the Contract Manufacturing Alliance (www.ContractMFG.org) which helps consumer brands (of all-sizes) with their contract manufacturing search and relationship needs. Our roster of contract manufacturers, co-packers and packagers is over 43,000.
The Contract Manufacturing Alliance (Contract Manufacturers, Pilot Plants, Private Labelers, Commercial Kitchens, Food Innovation Centers and More) Was Created to Be the Key Resource For Anything to Do With Manufacturing Consumer Products (For Start-up and Emerging Brands).
Established in 1992, the Contract Packaging Association (CPA) is the national, non-profit trade organization dedicated to promoting the growth and welfare of firms in the Contract Packaging / Manufacturing industry and related businesses. We offer exposure and programs designed to foster growth within our member firms.
The Co-Packing Network is a comprehensive national Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) advisory group deeply rooted in the diverse US and Canadian consumer product manufacturing industries. Celebrating our 100-year anniversary, our expansive history spans supermarkets, wholesaling, manufacturing, owning brands, and beyond.
The CPA's Request for Quote (RFQ) tool allows an automated submission to CPA Members to securely submit their project details and needs. Your Request for Quote will be dispatched to CPA Members whose capabilities match your project needs, and if they can assist you, will contact you directly about their services and capabilities.
The team manages the request all-the-way through to end up with successful results. We also can become a project manager to manage the whole process (search, secure and work with one or more contract manufacturers).
The Contract Manufacturing Alliance’s founders have created an incubation program specific to the clients of commercial kitchens nationwide (also kitchen incubators, food innovation centers and others).
Our family has been involved within the consumer product industry (US based manufacturing, retailing, distribution) since the early 1920’s. From the first generation to the latest, our best practices have been handed down over time leading to a long legacy of successes in the business (manufacturing, retailing, distribution and more).
