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Sam’s Club brings retail media to Scan & Go tool
Display ads will appear on the cart page of the retailer’s app and enable measurement of in-store shopping behavior and ad performance.
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Flashfood launches platform for independent grocers
The new program offers smaller grocers customizable features that allow them to integrate the tech company’s network into their local format.
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New industry research takes aim at a major hurdle to grocery alcohol sales
The liquor industry has long claimed that supermarket competition hurts dedicated outlets. An FMI report refutes that assertion.
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Thrive Market unveils new quality standards
The specialty e-grocer’s new standards ensure all products it sells are non-GMO, free of more than 1,000 restricted ingredients and follow sustainable and ethical practices.
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Albertsons sees sluggish growth in Q1
The grocer’s identical sales growth came in just above 1% while its net income dropped by 42%.
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Q&AHow Albertsons’ retail media business is incorporating AI, in-store tech and more
Kristi Argyilan, the retailer’s senior vice president of retail media, talks about the grocer’s priorities and where the industry stands today.
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SpartanNash to close Maryland facility
The grocery wholesaler and retailer is shuttering its distribution center in Landover, resulting in 141 layoffs.
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Northeast Grocery unveils new retail media network
The network, powered by Inmar, will provide offsite and onsite media across the grocery company’s store footprint.
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Kroger to add new Ocado technology to automated fulfillment centers
The capabilities focus on efficiency and labor productivity and signal that, despite slowing down the rollout of CFCs, the grocer’s work with the British company is far from done.
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Pennsylvania grocers can soon toast to canned cocktails sales
The new law, which takes effect mid September, comes at a time when the ready-to-drink cocktail category is booming.
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Deep DiveHow influencers are changing the way food and beverage companies harness social media
The days of relying on expos and conventions are long gone. Companies are now embracing Instagram and TikTok and working with influencers to stay relevant.
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H Mart links with Uber for delivery
Around 80 of the Asian supermarket chain’s stores will kick off the partnership.
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New robotic capability lets retailers remotely monitor store shelves
Simbe Robotics’ tool allows personnel to see conditions in stores on a mobile device using imagery from the company’s autonomous aisle-scanning equipment.
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Key Albertsons banners see strong foot traffic growth, research shows
Visits to chains including Jewel-Osco, Tom Thumb and Shaw’s rose by at least 10% year-over-year in June, Placer.ai reported.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Amazon drives grocery purchases during Prime Day
Thirteen percent of consumers who made purchases during the two-day shopping extravaganza bought groceries, according to early data from Numerator.
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The Fresh Market to expand near Washington, DC
The specialty grocer plans to open two locations over the next three years, growing its presence in the metro area to four storefronts.
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Online grocery sales surge in June, driven by delivery
Delivery sales rose by nearly a fifth last month, to $2.9 billion, as promotions by Instacart and Walmart stoked shopper interest, Brick Meets Click and Mercatus reported.
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Instacart partners with New York’s largest healthcare provider to bolster food access
The tie-up with Northwell Health is focusing first on supporting expectant mothers in food-insecure communities.
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Walgreens adds health-focused private label tier
The financially ailing retailer’s new Nice! For You line includes more than 150 foods and beverages that do not contain artificial flavors and sweeteners, synthetic dyes or high-fructose corn syrup.
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New Whole Foods partnership aims to reduce food waste
The tie-up with online surplus food marketplace Too Good To Go is intended to help the grocer meet its goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030.
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Grocers are looking beyond prescription sales to succeed with in-store pharmacies
Companies like Hy-Vee and Kroger are freeing up pharmacists to interact more with customers and offering an expanding range of healthcare services.
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Whole Foods readies for national rollout of Daily Shop format
The grocer also announced that the small-store concept’s second location will be in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood.
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Walmart adding Mr Gatti’s Pizza in stores
The partnership will kick off during the fourth quarter with the opening of 12 units inside the retailer’s stores.
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UFCW locals claim Kroger, Albertsons divesture deal could hurt pharmacy access
The companies’ proposed arrangement with C&S could make it harder for consumers to obtain medications and hurt competition, the labor groups said.
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Stop & Shop to close 32 underperforming stores
The move builds on other steps the struggling chain has taken in an effort to improve its results, including store remodels and price reductions.
