Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For years, grocers have been in the spotlight for their food waste and plastic bags. Recent studies show that 71% of grocers are now prioritizing sustainability, with 83% of grocery leaders specifically targeting waste reduction. Now it’s retailers’ turn to act.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

DoorDash kicked off its expanded partnership with Wegmans Food Markets by offering on-demand delivery from the supermarket’s Maryland stores, with Wegmans locations in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware and upstate New York available in the coming days and more stores to follow.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2025

Speaking of marketing, consider how grocers commonly go to market today CPG brands provide bill backs and off-invoice allowances to individual grocers who then pass those savings along to customers via coupons and other promotions. As such, traditional grocers are losing market share. Grocerys Outdated M.O. But thats changing.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2025

Waitrose has confirmed the locations of the first two convenience stores it is opening this year, alongside proposals to refurbish 20 of its existing stores under its 1bn investment plan. Further new site locations will be unveiled during the year. Further new site locations will be unveiled during the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Sprouts, Save Mart, Rosauers and Harmons ‘Go Pro’ Four other supermarket chains — Sprouts , Harmons , The Save Mart Companies and Rosauers — have adopted Instacart Storefront Pro, an advanced ecommerce solution designed for grocers of all sizes. locations in August 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2020

Food Lion will acquire 62 BI-LO / Harveys Supermarket stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers. The grocery retailer expects to hire more than 4,650 associates to keep the new locations staffed. All stores will eventually convert to the Food Lion banner. “We

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Retail Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

Rite Aid Bankruptcy Leads to Major Store Closures Last month, Rite Aid received court approval to sell the majority of its pharmacy assets more than 1,000 store locations to a mix of national competitors and grocery chains. a steep decline from nearly 2,400 in early 2023 the chain is shedding locations rapidly.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For this reason, there have been major investments in exciting retail activations from some of the biggest grocers in the world, with a particular focus on bringing the online and in-store shopping experiences together in one seamless checkout. grocers are valued at $8.5 boasting 365 locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers. An Instacart shopper will then pick and deliver the order.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The supply chain crisis means an out-of-stock crisis for grocers, and empty shelves means unhappy and disloyal customers. To operate profitably and satisfy customers, grocers will optimize their assortments with far fewer, but more reliable and affordable products. . In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

The store growth builds on the 139 locations opened or remodeled in 2022 , which Aldi credited as contributing to the 9.4 million new customers the grocer attracted that year. Our growth is led by our customers, and they continue to want more Aldi locations coast-to-coast.” both new markets for the grocer. .

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2025

Deliveroo has launched a new white label solution, named Deliveroo Express, designed for grocers and retailers in the UK and Ireland, enabling them to offer rapid, on-demand delivery through their own online channels. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazettes free daily email newsletter

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Retail Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Fresh, Never Frozen Patties Now in Select Colorado Grocery Stores For fans of the iconic fast-food chain who don’t want to stand in line to get their food, select Colorado grocers will now carry the iconic square burger patties.

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Talking Retail

APRIL 16, 2021

Weezy, the on-demand grocer, is partnering with What3words to make locations easier to find and every home delivery seamless. What3words has divided the world into a grid of 3m squares and given each a unique What3words address, This story continues at On-demand grocer Weezy partners with What3words.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

with plans to add approximately 150 new stores to a fleet that already includes 2,100 locations in 37 states. With the new additions, Aldi is on track to edge out Albertsons as the third-largest grocer in the U.S. Aldi also plans to increase its number of locations offering curbside pickup from 1,200 to 1,500 by the end of 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

AI and robotics will be widespread: By 2032, you should expect pickup only grocers to be open throughout the U.S., In addition, grocers will use robotic MFCs (microfulfillment centers) to pick and pack their goods from the store locations.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 20, 2025

The supermarket chain is planning to offload the shops located across the UK and lease them back for the next 20 years. Leighton warned that the grocer’s profits will suffer a “material hit” this year as the business ramps up spending on price cuts, improving the availability of products and refreshing its store estate.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

Southeastern Grocers (SEG) has initiated a strategic divestiture of its business, with Aldi set to acquire all SEG grocery operations under the Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners and investment group Fresco Retail Group set to take over the Fresco y Más banner. store total (prior to the SEG acquisition) to more than 2,400.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

German supermarket chain REWE Group has introduced autonomous store technology at a 4,300-square-foot Schönhauser Allee location in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, using Tel Aviv, Israel-based Trigo frictionless checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Designed for total brand immersion with experiences and social storytelling at its core, the company said the new location on Rue Faubourg St. ” 2 New Grocery Partners and 230 More Locations to be Added in Next 3 Months Claire’s also is expanding its offerings to Gen Zalpha in the U.S.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The targeted store expansion for next year includes standalone stores, new formats and instore concessions with its retail partners, The Grocer reported.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2022

In June, the grocer shared that it would test autonomous robots in five of its California locations, in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernadino, Calif. “By partnering with stor.ai Over the last few months, Vallarta has been bolstering the technology supporting its omnichannel approach.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 16, 2023

— Aldi today announced it has agreed to acquire Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket locations from Southeastern Grocers, as the Jacksonville, Fla.-based The bullishness underscores Aldi’s position as one of the fastest-growing grocers in the country, the company said. BATAVIA, Ill.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eligible Amazon orders will now be able to be collected at most of the supermarket’s stores across the UK, with more locations set to be added across the coming months. Asda and Amazon have launched a new parcel pick-up and label-free, box-free return service at over 700 of the supermarket’s stores. as sales fell 5.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Kroger and Albertsons will sell 413 stores across 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with eight distribution centers, two offices and five private label brands, to C&S Wholesale Grocers for approximately $1.9 billion in cash.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Chinese online fresh grocer Missfresh has launched special express delivery service and smart vending machines to help feed volunteers, logistics and support staff and security personnel at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Customers can scan a QR code or use facial recognition to collect their purchase and automatically complete payment.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

“This trend has encouraged a wider demographic to discover different cultural ingredients and find better deals at grocers that initially served migrants.” Freshippo, founded in 2015 as Alibaba Group’s grocery retail business, now has 400 locations in 30 Chinese cities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology. As a result, profitability for these online grocers is a challenge. Grocers will re-imagine their businesses — and the people who run them.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2022

Regional Twin Cities grocery chain Lunds & Byerlys has invested in an AI-powered platform to monitor on-shelf inventories across its 28 locations. The retailer will use the Pensa solution to visually scan products in all categories, affording near-real-time access to data that’s valuable both to the grocer and its CPG partners.

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VMS

JULY 30, 2021

Gourmet grocer Wegmans (Rochester, N.Y.) The post Wegmans to Open Manhattan Location appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. will open an 82,000-square-foot store at 770 Broadway in Manhattan, reports Retail Estate Weekly. “We We are so excited to bring Wegmans to Manhattan.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

Store Assist is designed to digitize and streamline online order fulfilment workflows by allowing retailers to manage all orders and deliveries in one central location — from in-store pickup to ship-from-store, last -mile delivery orders and even third-party marketplaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

Since food inflation took off globally, we have been laser-focused on doing what we can to keep prices lower for customers, including opening more discount food locations in more parts of the country. in a statement. The stores, in Windsor, St. “Our This is a test and learn project, and we’re planning to listen and adjust quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Many grocers tend to think too big-picture when it comes to finding solutions for increasing labor costs. In reality, some of the easiest ways to decrease labor costs offer tangible, efficient and adaptable solutions that grocers can implement almost immediately.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The partners piloted the program in select geographies this fall and are now expanding to offer nationwide delivery from more than 900 of Kroger’s sushi locations and 1,600 floral locations in under one hour. The Kroger Co. in a statement.

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Mass Relators

MAY 5, 2021

Southeastern Grocers Inc. We are incredibly proud to celebrate our newest Viera store, the most recent of our nine new Winn-Dixie stores throughout Florida,” Southeastern Grocers president and CEO Anthony Hucker said. The post Southeastern Grocers adds new Winn-Dixie store appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

The retailer will work with its industry partners and the Best Buy Foundation to launch an advertising-focused Career Pathways program through Best Buy Teen Tech Center locations across the country. Multiple retailers have launched internal advertising divisions to help connect brands with customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

The discount retailer also plans to close an additional 370 Family Dollar stores and 30 Dollar Tree locations over the next several years as each store’s current lease expires. Dollar Tree Inc. will shutter approximately 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of its 2024 fiscal year, which began Feb.

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