Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

store total to more than 2,400 by the end of 2023 and will span the entire continental U.S., 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. both new markets for the grocer. in a statement.

Grocer

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.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Kroger and Albertsons Companies are reportedly working on plans to sell between 250 and 300 of their combined 4,996 stores in order to alleviate U.S. They would be spread across all regions where the retailers operate, including the Pacific Northwest, Southern California, Phoenix and Chicago.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

The planned $24.6 While this is longer than we originally thought, we knew it was a possibility and our merger agreement and divestiture plan accounted for such potential timing,” according to a joint statement from the retailers. “We Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

Discount grocer Aldi will invest more than $9 billion over the next five years on its national expansion plan, which includes adding 800 stores to its U.S. Aldi’s growth plans include beefing up its presence in the Northeast and Midwest, with plans to add nearly 330 stores across both regions by 2028.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

“Our commitment to customers is that products at the no name store will be up to 20% less than the regular retail price on a comparable product at any of the four main discount grocers in that local area,” said Melanie Singh, President of Loblaw’s Hard Discount Division in a statement.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

billion merger, Kroger and Albertsons have increased the number of supermarkets they plan to divest by 166 , for a total of 579 stores. The updated plan also seeks to address unions’ concerns about the merger’s impact, including the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which voted to oppose the merger in May 2023.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

will shutter approximately 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of its 2024 fiscal year, which began Feb. 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.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Essential grocery store workers would also suffer under this deal, facing the threat of their wages dwindling, benefits diminishing and their working conditions deteriorating.” billion , but the FTC has criticized the divestment as inadequate.

Grocer

Retail Gazette

MAY 16, 2024

The tie-up aims to improve store operations, drive greater efficiency for staff and provide shoppers with more efficient and effective service. Sainsbury’s has signed a new five-year partnership with Microsoft, which will see it use AI and machine learning capabilities to accelerate its Next Level Sainsbury’s strategy.

Grocer

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

Since its inception, Save A Lot has filled an important need as a discount, high-quality hometown grocer in each community it serves. The time was right for us to step fully into our role as a licensed wholesaler and put all operations in the hands of our dedicated retailers.” Save A Lot operates more than 800 stores in 32 states.

Wholesale

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Grocers, like Morrisons in the UK, used Amazon Connect to immediately respond to the challenges of the pandemic. For example, AWS works with Parkland , a leading fuel and convenience store operator that completes over one million transactions every day. As their customers evolve, it is imperative that retailers keep pace.

Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players. The robots also can improve merchandising.

Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

One retailer has recently come under scrutiny for its automated payment technologies across storefronts, leading experts and consumers to question just how intelligent their smart stores are. And a grocer has dealt with mixed reviews from consumers, employers and the media since the 2019 launch of its fleet of robots that roam storefronts.

Payment Services

Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

M&S has named Morrisons retail operations boss Jayne Wall as its new director of central store operations. “I am looking forward to being part of that high-performing team and bringing all my stores experience to support the business’ ambitious growth plans.”

Store Operations

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The growth of self-checkout technology is nothing new, but the rate of implementation is gaining a lot of attention — especially among grocers. . With so much focus on digital sales and online shopping, most people think that the days of brick-and-mortar stores are over. grocery sales were in physical stores.

Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2023

Sustainability is a Process, Not a Single Action Sustainability isn’t a single action that a retailer should take, or something that only matters around Earth Day — it’s a long-term goal that requires regular investment, creative planning and steady adjustment. Most clients are looking at sustainability as a growth driver,” said Vashi.

Grocer

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.

Grocer

365 Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Now processing over 10% of the global grocery sales data, Retail Insight , the leading provider of in-store operations execution software, is targeting its next growth phase, consolidating its position as a global technology leader, while expanding into new territories, supported by a series of senior hires.

Store Operations

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

The solution provider noted that grocers using its solution typically see a 3% sales increase, significant improvement in inventory turns and up to 25% less food waste — a result that would support the supermarket retailer’s sustainability goals. MIT Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi , author of The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains.

Payment Services

Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The venture, called Transcend Retail Solutions, is led by the supermarket giant’s strategy director Oliver Vogt and offers both software and hardware to enable global grocers to fulfil online orders directly from their stores, The Sunday Times reports.

Supermarket

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Unite has warned that if the strike action does go ahead, it will “cause severe disruption to deliveries” from distribution centres in Coleshill, Birmingham and Waltham Abbey, Essex to Sainsbury’s stores.

Supermarket

Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2023

But, also in the way retailers view and plan their business as a result. In the near-term future, retail media will dictate even the way retail stores are designed. The rise of screens The big grocers dipped their toes with front-of-store screens and now they are set to proliferate. So what can we expect?

Visual Merchandising

Retail Gazette

JUNE 16, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The retailer has been focusing on renewing its store estate to feature “bigger, better” branches across the UK. In May it unveiled plans to invest more than £30m into modernising and expanding its London store estate this year.

Grocer

365 Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It came as the UK’s third-largest grocer reported a dip in sales for the third quarter of 2021, as demand for online food deliveries waned slightly. The retailer also told investors that it has continued the rapid expansion of its Asda On The Move convenience store operation, opening 30 sites on EG Group forecourts.

Shipping

365 Retail

MAY 17, 2024

This collaboration aims to enhance store operations, boost efficiency for employees, and provide superior service to customers, ultimately delivering stronger returns for shareholders under Sainsbury’s Save and invest to win programme. J Sainsbury plc and Microsoft Corp.

Grocer

Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2020

Most successful retail businesses are built on solid routines – how you run a store, plan your merchandise and service customers are all fundamental routines. When even one of these is misaligned, chaos ensues. On the other hand, most of the rest of retail is in an even worse spot.

Grocer

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Unite has warned that if the strike action does go ahead, it will “cause severe disruption to deliveries” from distribution centres in Coleshill, Birmingham and Waltham Abbey, Essex to Sainsbury’s stores.

Supermarket

Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Unite has warned that if the strike action does go ahead, it will “cause severe disruption to deliveries” from distribution centres in Coleshill, Birmingham and Waltham Abbey, Essex to Sainsbury’s stores.

Supermarket

365 Retail

MAY 4, 2022

However, this looms all the larger when you consider that less than 50% of promotions are currently implemented to plan, meaning hard fought margin-gains could be left on the table, at a time when margins are being squeezed in every direction.

Promotions

Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2023

As senior vice president and chief financial officer, he oversaw the development of the 2020 and Beyond Plan , which analyzed every facet of business at Associated Food Stores to identify opportunities for improvement. In 2001, industry relations was added to Rick’s responsibilities.

Beauty and Health

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Citing its actions following previous corporate mergers, Kroger said it plans to lower prices when its planned merger with Albertsons is finalized. The supermarket giant will invest $500 million to lower prices on “day one” following the transaction’s close, and also plans to invest $1.3

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As the new year approaches, retailers need to think about what their expansion plans will look like and how their stores can best serve customers. “I I think what’s going to be interesting is, how do we rebound in 2022?” said Ward Kampf, President of Northwood Retail in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

Location

Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

Um so we’ll see if how that all plays out but I would say if I had one knock on the store. 6:00] Um Extended the the new visual merchandising approach to to the Staffing and store operations yet so maybe a work in progress. It just it doesn’t seem like they’ve. [6:00]

Visual Merchandising

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A lot of the big sales are starting essentially a week later, and there’s a week less to Christmas, plus there will probably be more traffic in-store because people are concerned about getting their stuff in time.” But if the last few years have taught retail professionals anything, it’s how to plan ahead and stay nimble.

Kiosk

Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores.

Payment Services