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Amazon adds Metropolitan Market to its delivery roster
The company has started fulfilling online orders from four of the Seattle-area banner’s locations in addition to expanding its e-commerce partnership with Weis Markets.
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Sponsored by UpshopRetailers are taking control of DSD – here’s how
Why DSD delays are costing retailers fifty thousand dollars – here’s what’s behind It!
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Hy-Vee streamlines c-store food ordering tech
The retailer’s Fast & Fresh banner partnered with Deliverect to automate order input, improve curbside pickup notifications and make other changes.
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Flashfood taps new CFO to complete leadership refresh
The food waste tech company has made a string of executive changes since naming a new CEO at the start of this year.
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How grocers have leaned into private label throughout 2024
Shoppers’ dollars continue to go to store brands as consumer perception shifts. Here’s how supermarkets are keeping up the momentum.
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California lawmakers step up war on plastic bags at grocery checkouts
The measure would limit grocers to providing recycled paper bags to shoppers when they pay if signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Hy-Vee powers up solar project
The grocer’s newly finished solar field in Chariton, Iowa, will generate enough energy to power 360 homes annually.
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Are shoppers’ concerns around food inflation starting to ease?
While consumers feel they have “more or less control” over their grocery finances, they are still worried about rising food costs, new FMI research found.
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Kroger charges shoppers to access cash even though other major chains do not, federal report says
The grocer is among a minority of large retailers analyzed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that charge customers fees to withdraw funds when they make purchases, the federal agency said.
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Fred Meyer workers go on strike in Portland, Oregon
The strike, which started Wednesday and could last through Labor Day weekend, impacts 28 stores and comes shortly after the start of Kroger’s court battle with the FTC.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Kroger and the FTC each say they’re putting workers first. Can they both be right?
The federal agency said this week that it is stepping up its efforts to protect workers when it reviews mergers — and Kroger also underscored its commitment to its labor force.
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Amazon Fresh debuts four new stores
The new supermarkets include the grocer’s first location in Northern California as well as stores in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Instacart Health unveils its largest government partnership
The company and Montgomery County, Maryland, launched a program that uses online grocery technology and public funding to combat childhood hunger and the “SNAP Gap.”
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Schnucks taps former Ahold Delhaize exec as chief merchant
Kim Gray succeeds Ryan Cuba, who will become the grocer’s first-ever chief growth officer.
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Target CFO says GenAI tool is boosting worker efficiency
The chatbot, which helps Target’s team members resolve on-the-job challenges, is making it easier and faster to assist customers, CFO Michael Fiddelke said.
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Opinion‘Shrinkflation’ is far less common than consumers realize
Across consumer goods and services, only a small number of items measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics experience downsizing each year, writes Dr. Ernest Baskin of Saint Joseph's University.
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Stop & Shop to remove cigarettes from its stores
The grocery chain plans to stop offering tobacco products chainwide by the end of August.
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Curtain rises on Kroger and Albertsons’ court fight with the FTC
As the grocers get set to battle regulators before a judge, Kroger said assets it and Albertsons propose divesting would have generated about $21 billion in sales during the year that ended Feb. 3.
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Two years later: The highs and lows of the controversial Kroger-Albertsons merger
The grocers originally aimed to close the deal by early this year. Instead, 2024 has thrown numerous curveballs at their plans to combine.
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SpartanNash names new chief marketing officer
Erin Storm brings nearly 20 years of experience at Kellogg’s to the company as it continues its “merchandising transformation.”
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Kroger e-commerce center drivers vote to join Teamsters
The facility in Georgia is set to become the grocer's second fulfillment center where drivers have agreed to unionize.
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H-E-B adds quick delivery for small orders
Called H-E-B Now, the new option allows customers to get up to 15 grocery items in 45 minutes or less through the Favor app.
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The Fresh Grocer makes New York debut
The specialty grocer’s first store in the state is located on Long Island and brings the chain’s store count to more than 20.
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With support of retail industry, California enacts package of bills to fight retail crime
Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to blunt the potential of a November voter referendum that he says could undermine the new legislation.
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Instacart expands consumer savings
The grocery technology company will waive fees on next-day delivery orders over $10 and has launched personalized digital circulars showcasing discounts.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Walmart beats a path to fast food discounts
The retailer’s deal to provide its members with Burger King discounts places convenience over encouraging shoppers to build a healthy relationship between mealtime and well-being.
