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How Sam’s Club sees fresh food, digital tools fueling its ambitious growth plans
Walmart-owned club retailer is enhancing the shopping experience with sushi, automated receipt checks and a new app platform, its CFO said at a conference.
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Sponsored by Alaska Seafood Marketing InstituteFrom ocean to aisle: How Alaska sets the bar with sustainable seafood
Consumers seek to increase seafood consumption, and they prefer wild-caught products from Alaska.
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C&S to acquire SpartanNash in $1.77B deal
The combined company will run almost 60 distribution centers and own more than 200 grocery stores.
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How one grocer is succeeding with in-store restaurants
While many retailers have struggled to make money with on-site eateries, Town & Country Market’s integrated approach is lifting sales throughout the store.
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Walmart CFO talks private brand, delivery growth
“Bettergoods has been a big success story for us,” John David Rainey said at a recent conference.
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Kroger looks to cut costs as it chases growth
The company plans to close 60 underperforming stores by the end of 2026 as it refocuses on its core business and high-return opportunities.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Senate Republicans propose their own SNAP changes
The modifications are "more measured and practical" compared with the House's bill, the NGA said in a statement.
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Lawmaker queries retailers in probe of link between tariffs and grocery prices
Sen. Maggie Hassan has asked Kroger, Walmart, Costco and others for information about how newly increased levies on imported steel and aluminum could affect their operations.
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Q&AGrocery Outlet’s CMO wants to challenge people’s perception of the discounter
The grocer wants customers to know that its value goes beyond just offering bargains, with private label and a unique assortment as key levers.
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How the cyberattack against UNFI affected 4 independent grocers
The distributor said it is still relying on manual processes to fulfill orders as it works to bring its systems back online after an intrusion earlier this month.
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Amazon Prime members prefer Walmart for online grocery shopping, research shows
About 60% of surveyed online grocery shoppers who subscribe to the service bought groceries from Walmart during the 12 months ahead of an April poll by Coresight Research.
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Harris Teeter announces store renovations in South Carolina
The Kroger-owned grocer has already remodeled four stores in the Charleston area and plans to revamp eight more.
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H-E-B pilots autonomous vehicle delivery in Austin
The robots ferry products from one store in the city to customers who live roughly one mile away.
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Bernie Sanders urges UNFI to negotiate a ‘fair contract’ with Cub Foods workers
The Vermont senator wrote letters to UNFI as well as two grocery operators regarding ongoing contract negotiations with Minneapolis grocery workers.
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How Sprouts’ focus on its target customers fuels growth
On the cusp of launching its first loyalty program, the specialty grocer is also moving ahead with ambitious store expansion plans and bulking up supply chain capabilities.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Amazon taps Whole Foods leadership for grocery growth — finally
With a newly restructured grocery executive team that has Whole Foods’ CEO at the helm, Amazon is gunning for grocery success. But why didn’t it bring in the specialty grocer sooner?
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Walmart survival guide for grocers
In this three-part series, Grocery Dive uses expert insights and market share data to explore the mass retailer’s impact on the grocery segment and how supermarkets can stand out.
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How Price Chopper/Market 32 dialed up its summer promotion
The grocer’s seasonal campaign includes a digital carnival-style wheel to give loyalty members the chance to win hundreds of points.
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More states sign up for SNAP waivers
Arkansas, Idaho and Utah have received permission to place restrictions on which foods are SNAP-eligible, joining three other states.
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How grocers can level the playing field against Walmart in e-commerce
Now that Walmart expects its online division to turn a profit this year, it’s time for grocers to find their niche to hold onto their omnichannel customers.
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Walmart is leveling up in foodservice. How can grocers compete?
As the retailer adds hot bars, grab-and-go items and in-store QSRs, supermarkets can tap their workers and deep knowledge of their customer base as valuable differentiators, sources said.
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UNFI’s split with Key Food will cost billions in potential sales and hundreds of jobs
Transportation-related issues in the New York City area played a role in the distributor’s decision to exit its contract with the grocer and shutter a distribution center it built to serve the chain.
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Amazon restructures grocery leadership as it further integrates Whole Foods
The e-tailer is unifying top execs from both companies, Business Insider reported, and moving the specialty grocers’ corporate workers onto its systems.
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Trump tariffs could hike canned food prices up to 15%, trade group says
The Consumer Brands Association also warned that 20,000 U.S. food manufacturing jobs could be in danger if more costly products cause a drop in sales.
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Uber grocery executive named to lead delivery operations
Susan Anderson, who formerly led the company’s grocery and retail operations, is now serving as its global head of delivery.
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Delivery continues to fuel grocery e-commerce growth
The channel accounted for nearly all of the 27% year-over-year jump in online food sales in May, Brick Meets Click found.
