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Lucky’s Market files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to sell remaining stores
A week after announcing the abrupt closure of 32 of 39 stores, Niwot, CO-based Lucky’s Market BB #:288938 has filed...
MAP: Hy-Vee to double Dollar Fresh format store count with new Shopko conversions
PRESS RELEASE: Hy-Vee, Inc. BB #:101759 announced today that it has agreed to acquire six former Shopko locations in Iowa...
Target shifts store employee roles toward specialization
Minneapolis-based Target BB #:166987 has been overhauling both physical stores and its workforce over the past few years, and if...
Hy-Vee pilots food waste reduction app
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Feb. 1, 2019) — Hy-Vee is announcing a new pilot program with Flashfood, the first and...
Chef’d buyer relaunches retail meal kits – with a processed twist
Just over six months after buying embattled meal kit company Chef’d, True Food Innovations says it is launching new products...
Grocery delivery still needs a human touch
Am I the only one who thinks picking my produce from a driverless car is an absurd – and unnecessary...
Produce goes back to bulk in retail plastic-reduction efforts
A United Kingdom-based retailer is testing a plastic-free produce department at one of its stores, along with measures across the...
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 &...
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...
MAP: Sprouts adds three states, nine stores to 2019 plans
Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market released the locations of its second quarter openings, expecting to open 30 stores total in 2019....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Are meal kits on a decline? Study predicts growth shift
A new report from Packaged Facts suggests meal kit sales grew more than 22% in 2018…but that growth is about...
Sprouts Farmers Market CEO to depart
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFM) today announced that Amin Maredia, the Company’s chief executive officer and member of the board...
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