Retail

Weight Watchers creates meal line for Hy-Vee stores

NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — WW (Weight Watchers reimagined) today introduces new WW Fresh quick-prep meals, which are chef-inspired, nutritionist-approved and...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Stop & Shop to offer driverless vehicles this spring

QUINCY, MA, Jan. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Stop & Shop announced that it will launch driverless grocery vehicles...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Watch out for Marty, the googly-eyed retail robot

Company Press Release — Nearly 500 robots will be coming to the stores of Ahold Delhaize USA brands Stop &...

6 years ago 3 minute read

What does Target’s new head of food say about the company’s future?

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. reported strong holiday sales, along with key executive changes, including naming a new president of food and...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Retailers find SNAP snags during government shutdown

While feeding programs are being funded during the government shutdown, some retailers are unable to acquire or renew their SNAP...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Wegmans starts hiring for first NYC store

Rochester, NY-based Wegmans Food Markets isn’t planning to open its first New York City location until this fall, but hiring...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Who cares if dollar stores sell more food than Whole Foods?

  A story made the rounds a few weeks ago about a study that showed dollar stores sell more food...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Millennial, Hispanic shoppers outpace organic spending

In its year-end analysis of Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Chicago-based Nielsen says Americans are spending more on organics than ever...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Before and After: See Target’s new look in the produce department

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. is on a mission to remodel 1,000 stores by 2020, and planned to finish remodels of 300...

6 years ago 4 minute read

MAP: Stop and Shop’s new Long Island footprint

Company News Release—Stop & Shop, Quincy, MA, announced today it has agreed to acquire King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc. The...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Fresh produce, the New Year’s diet star

Each year Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and “eat healthier” or “diet” usually tops this list. This year is no...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Amazon launches Whole Foods offensive

The past 18 months have been the quiet before the storm. The grocery world was shaken when Seattle-based Amazon bought...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Del Monte-backed meal kit company launches 5-minute breakfast and lunch

Company Press Release: Purple Carrot, the first and only 100% plant-based meal kit company, is announcing Extras, a new line of...

6 years ago 2 minute read

VIDEO: Smaller U.S. apple crop has the right mix for consumers

While the overall apple holdings are down in latest holdings report from the U.S. Apple Association, the increase in Honeycrisp...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Costco maintains solid footing

Costco’s most recently quarterly report got a mixed review from Wall Street analysts and investors, but the warehouse retailer is...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Report: Whole Foods, Instacart to part ways

Shortly after Instacart lowered its fees nationwide – making Whole Foods deliveries via Amazon Prime Now costlier – the Wall...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Albertsons store adjusts to romaine shortage

BOISE, ID – In early December, with romaine unavailable in the wake of the E. coli outbreak, a new Albertsons...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Walgreens launches Kroger Express, expands meal kits to Chicago-area stores

Shoppers at 65 Chicago-area Walgreens stores will now have access to meal kits from Kroger Co. in an expansion of...

6 years ago 2 minute read
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