Retail

SEPC study finds that innovation drives produce category growth and engagement

New study highlights the consumer take on supply chain innovation and technology addressing the biggest trends in fresh produce marketing...

4 years ago 11 minute read

Shipt starts largest nationwide expansion in three years

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shipt today announced its largest nationwide expansion in three years, adding its same-day...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Amazon adds cashier-less Just Walk Out technology to select Whole Foods stores

Originally published as an Amazon blog post by Dilip Kumar, Vice President, Physical Retail and Technology. Several years ago, our physical...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Publix expands to Kentucky

LAKELAND, Fla.–Today Publix Super Markets Inc. announced it has signed a lease for its first store in Kentucky. The Louisville...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Save A Lot sells 32 stores to newly-formed grocery investor Yellow Banana

CLEVELAND & CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced...

4 years ago 6 minute read

Online produce shoppers are channel-hoppers

Just four years ago, 10 percent of consumers surveyed by Category Partners reported buying groceries online, and zero percent said...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Walmart to hire 20,000 workers in response to growth

By Joe Metzger, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain Operations, Walmart U.S. and Karisa Sprague, Senior Vice President, People, Supply...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Ghost Kitchens Brands expands into U.S. with Walmart relationship

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ghost Kitchen Brands is expanding its relationship with Walmart BB #:143789 as it opens its first U.S. location...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Sprouts Farmers Market moves board member to CFO

PHOENIX, Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. BB #:168563 today announced that Lawrence “Chip” Molloy, currently...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Brands need to deliver whether private label or a company’s

Branding in the produce department is more than just a label. It has to be a promise to the consumer...

4 years ago 3 minute read

How high inflation is affecting fresh produce promotions

Pamela talks with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics about some of the most widespread food inflation numbers she’s ever seen,...

4 years ago 15 minute read

Retail Reflections: Shoppers beware

After 50 years in the retail produce business and spending countless hours in stores of all types and configurations, I...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Dollar General clears path to fresh produce self-distribution

Dollar General BB #:172794 wrapped up the initial rollout of its DG Fresh initiative, which clears the company to focus...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Schnucks deploys inventory robots chainwide

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Schnuck Markets, Inc. BB #:105541 announced an industry-first chainwide expansion with Simbe Robotics’...

4 years ago 6 minute read

Walmart launches Instacart competitor: GoLocal third party delivery service

BENTONVILLE, Ark., August 24, 2021 — Today, Walmart BB #:143789 announced the creation of a new line of business –...

4 years ago 3 minute read

ShopRite expands Fresh to Table program

Wakefern Food Corp. BB #:101244 expanded its Fresh to Table program to another ShopRite store, this time in Philadelphia. Fresh...

4 years ago 1 minute read

U.S. online grocery sales for July 2021 down 2% month-over-month

Sales drop largely driven by ship-to-home as pickup/delivery retain gains at 4x pre-COVID level Barrington, Ill. – Aug. 23, 2021...

4 years ago 8 minute read

SpartanNash promotes director to VP Finance

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Grocery retailer and distributor SpartanNash BB #:104892 today announced Tyler King has been promoted from Senior Director...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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