Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Cognetry provides ecommerce and fulfillment solutions for independent and mid-sized grocers, and the partnership aims to help more of them add delivery services. Walmart has partnered with last mile solution provider Cognetry Labs to offer Walmart GoLocal’s network of delivery options to Cognetry’s clients.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2022

The impact of this increasing growth is the resulting strain on incumbent infrastructure that was originally designed to manage only about 5% of a retailer’s total sales capacity; the steady rise in costs from stretching this capacity have shown home delivery, buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside fulfilment to be highly unprofitable.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 1, 2024

NationsBenefits, the market leader for supplemental benefits and health care fintech solutions serving the health care managed care market, announced that Southeastern Grocers (SEG), parent company and home of Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, has joined NationsBenefits’ network of grocery and over-the-counter (O-T-C) retailers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

At the World Retail Congress in Paris, industry executives and experts weighed in on a panel to advise retailers on the best strategies to improve employee retention, create jobs that meet needs and ensure effective management. This outlook drove Southeastern Grocers to rethink its hiring processes.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

Apollo plans to add Cardenas to a portfolio that includes Tony’s Fresh Market, a specialty grocer in Chicago. Both companies will continue to operate under their own banners and management. Apollo Funds has reached a deal with KKR to acquire Cardenas Market, a grocery chain serving Hispanic consumers.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Today, technology and recipe management systems enable industrial scale, accurate labelling of packaged food to comply with current legislation and food safety guidelines. Prescriptive health management is also closely looking into how fresh food contributes to how nutrition can prevent, manage and treat illness.

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VMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

Addie’s, a drive-up-only grocer, has opened its first concept store southwest of Boston, in Norwood, Mass. ” Similar sentiments were expressed by Matt Christensen, CEO and Managing Partner at Rose Park Advisors. Its opening comes on the heels of the concept receiving $10.1

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Gurpreet Gujral, Fund Manager and Head of Renewables at Atrato Partners With lower food price inflation, upwards cost pressure on the shopping basket has softened slightly, but elevated energy costs and inflating input prices continue to threaten retailers’ bottom lines.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vivek Sankaran, CEO of Albertsons, said that inflation is likely to remain high going forward but price increases should remain “manageable” for the grocer and its consumers. The supply chain, he said, has been spotty but is nothing like “the early days of the pandemic.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2024

The California-based grocer will roll out Caper Carts, Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts, and FoodStorm, an order management system designed to power the retailer’s food service and catering experiences. Save Mart also will upgrade to Instacart’s Storefront Pro in order to add advertising to its ecommerce storefront.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Southeastern Grocers Inc. The devastating impact of Hurricane Ida has left a lasting imprint on the lives of many of our associates, customers and neighbors,” Southeastern Grocers president and CEO Anthony Hucker said. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2021

But he admits it’s a complex operation to manage. Currently, Pretty Green has one 250 sq ft dark store from which it manages deliveries, but on entering a new region, it plans to open a local distribution centre to manage deliveries more effectively and sustainably. So, how does it work? That is the next step.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Southeastern Grocers Inc. At Southeastern Grocers, our more than 38,000 heroic associates come to work every day to provide their local communities with essential services that help them survive and thrive,” SEG president and CEO Anthony Hucker said. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 25, 2024

The bipartisan MNT Act increases access to counseling by registered dietitian nutritionists for Medicare beneficiaries, to help prevent and delay and manage a number of chronic disease and diet-related medical conditions,” Hatcher said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Albertsons has completed its rollout of an inventory management platform specifically designed for the rapidly changing nature of fresh products, deploying the solution across its more than 2,000 supermarkets in just seven months’ time. Driving sustainability practices across Albertsons Cos.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs. With that in mind, here is a look at five strategies that can help grocers optimize online integration of their grocery store.

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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. In May 2023 the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union had voted to oppose any mergers. “C&S

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

Save A Lot has entered a new partnership with RangeMe to scale the discount grocer’s sourcing efforts for new and innovative products. “Save A Lot is a limited assortment, hometown value grocer,” said Tom Burkemper, VP of Direct Store Delivery & Merchandising Services at Save A Lot in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

The fresh grocery platform will assist with demand forecasting, in-store production planning, food traceability, recipe management and cut test management across all fresh departments. Interest in fresh food is on the rise, and while this has led to higher sales for grocers it also has increased labor costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Instacart has made a number of updates to its tools for grocers, further expanding its reach beyond its own app. Once a merchant installs the Instacart app within Shopify, they can set up a free Instacart Ads Manager account. And within Ads Manager, they can use Instacart’s digital marketing tools to grow their brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2020

In a time when industry standards and strategies are changing almost weekly, labor costs continue to rise, bringing headaches to the minds of grocery industry leaders and management teams alike. Many grocers tend to think too big-picture when it comes to finding solutions for increasing labor costs.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

The challenges for most other retailers are significant, but a number of midsize grocers gained momentum by understanding their customers better and differentiating their offering accordingly. Second quartile grocers have opportunities to also rise rapidly in the rankings by reinventing their relationships with their customers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The newly refurbished area will be anchored by major supermarket chains – a full-line Coles and a new Aldi – along with a big-format Asian grocer Tong Li. Westfield Parramatta has revealed details of its refurbished food precinct which will open on November 30 with eight new retailers as part of a $33 million project.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Spearheading this change is Jaylyn Ong, the general manager of Straits Retail Property Management Services, who manages a portfolio of malls under Cuscaden Peak Investments, namely Paragon, The Clementi Mall, The Rail Mall, The Seletar Mall and The Woodleigh Mall.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

The discount grocer will open shops in Preston and Derby later in March, with further sites planned across Castle Gresley, Bardon, High Wycombe, and Stoke Gifford in the coming months. Each shop opening is set to create around 40 new jobs on average, according to the discount grocer.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

In addition to Coles, Woolworths and IGA – independent grocers, Bunnings and Amazon are benefitting from the cross-buying trend and seeing their market share increase. Craig Flanders, CEO of advertising agency Spinach, believes the cross-shopping trend is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

” While traditionally one of the slowest retail sectors to embrace ecommerce, grocers were forced to quickly evolve during the pandemic as stores shuttered and customers demanded new ways to get their essentials. We are eager to continue to test and iterate on these new concepts as consumer needs continue to evolve.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2023

The Sprouts website and app are also powered by Instacart Platform , which is Instacart’s technology suite for grocers. This approach makes managing multiple campaigns easier and less complex as we scale.” Carrot Ads is part of Instacart Platform and makes Instacart Ads technologies available on retailer’s own websites.

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Shopping Center

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Northwoods Management has acquired Elk Park, a 205,009-square-foot shopping center in Elk River, about 34 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Grocer Cub Foods is the anchor tenant. Elk River, Minn. The purchase price was undisclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

stores, giving the company more individual points of produce distribution than any other mass retailer or grocer in the country. Dollar General (DG) now offers fresh produce in more than 5,000 U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

As grocers around the world work furiously to meet consumers’ demand for delivery without breaking the bank, Chinese online grocer Missfresh looks to have a winning model. We’ll have different promotions in the afternoon or late evening period to make sure that we’re managing a good inventory turnover,” explained Chen. “It’s

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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 Times

JANUARY 4, 2024

SML, a global leader in innovative RFID solutions, has today announced the launch of its brand-new solution, ClarityⓇ Food, to help grocers and quick service restaurant (QSR) businesses minimize food waste.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Get ready, get excited, retailers and customers alike, the 2D barcode, a compact square label with splotches and spaces that encode up to 350X more data than a traditional UPC (4,000 characters) will have a significant impact on managing the business and delivering better customer experiences.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Kroger accidentally paid 50 bakery managers too big a bonus based on its store incentive program and is asking the workers to repay the overpayment over time. The grocer has experienced other payroll issues that have led to workers in five states filing four lawsuits against the employer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

The AI is 3X more effective at identifying damage than warehouse workers, to whom the task currently falls, Christoph Schwerdtfeger, a software development manager at Amazon, told WSJ. The tech is already in place at two fulfillment centers and Amazon plans to roll out the system to 10 more warehouses in North America and Europe.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Some of the planned improvements include barcode scanning, more efficient inventory management, easier options for adding product images and real-time support to fix any issues that come up. grocers to offer same-day delivery, including Walgreens , Albertsons Cos. The upgrades are aimed at benefiting retailers as well as customers.

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