Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2025

Uber Eats has partnered with six well-established regional grocers to expand delivery offerings in markets across the country, from Big Y and King Kullen in the Northeast to Vallarta Supermarkets in California and Superlo Foods , Lunds & Byerlys and Foxtrot in the Midwest.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Paul area since 1983, offering naturally raised meats, locally sourced organic produce, hard-to-find specialty products, and more from all 11 locations; Mar-Val Food Stores : A family-owned grocer focused on supporting rural communities across California, Mar-Val Food Stores offers delivery from its nine locations; Geissler’s Supermarket : A family-owned (..)

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

Were creating an even more attractive offering for advertisers to easily stay connected with customers wherever they choose to shop among Instacarts growing network of retail sites powered by Carrot Ads, which will now include one of the Midwests largest grocers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2025

McGrath, who has spent her entire 20 -year career with Aldi, will replace current CEO Jason Hart, who will become the Group COO of Aldi South, overseeing the companys global operations in Salzburg, Austria. During his decade of leading Aldi U.S.,

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VMS

JUNE 23, 2025

C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC (Keene, N.H.) Together, the combined company will operate almost 60 complementary distribution centers covering the U.S. and will serve close to 10,000 independent retail locations, with collectively more than 200 corporate-run grocery stores. said it plans to acquire SpartanNash Co. for $26.90

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 14, 2025

He spent the last eight years at the UKs third biggest grocer, responsible for its retail and online shopping channels. Gregg joins the business on Monday (20 January) from his current position as chief ecommerce and retail officer at Asda, Retail Week reported.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 7, 2025

The executive departed for personal reasons and stepped down from the company last week, The Grocer understands. Sainsbury’s head of own-label product development and innovation Claire Hughes has stepped down from the grocery giant. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Southeastern Grocers is not selling any shares in the offering and will not receive any net proceeds from the sale of its common stock by the selling stockholders. Last June, the company sold 62 of its BI-LO and Harveys Supermarket stores to Food Lion , all of which will eventually carry the Food Lion banner.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. Local grocers also have invested heavily in regional product arrays to differentiate their shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

“We’ve come a long way in our digital journey by launching our app and website powered by Instacart Storefront,” said Alexis Canseco, Manager of Operations at Canseco’s Market in a statement. “As

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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

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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Afresh Technologies predictive ordering platform will power forecasting, inventory and store operations, providing department managers with easy-to-use ordering tools that leverage real-time insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Southeastern Grocers Inc, the parent company of Fresco y Más , Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie , is donating $250,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross to support Ukraine and its citizens in partnership with the SEG Gives Foundation. “Our efforts to support Etsy sellers in Ukraine are a reflection of that commitment.”.

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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. .

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Retail Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

Grocery store operators are asking brands to justify higher prices before accepting them. “We We want a justification for it, and what we then do is validate,” said Stuart Aitken, chief merchant and marketing officer at Kroger.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

In an effort to speed up the merger, which would create a 4,500 -store entity,Kroger and Albertsons announced plans in September 2023 to sell 400+ stores, eight DCs and five private label brands to C&S Wholesale Grocers. Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Gopuff has partnered with Misfits Market , an online grocer dedicated to reducing food waste that delivers to Gopuff’s microfulfillment centers nearly every day, while Grubhub will work with Mercato , an online marketplace for independent grocery stores with more than 950 retailers across the country. .

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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

JULY 16, 2024

So what benefits does AI offer to grocers? How AI is Reshaping Product Discovery in Commerce With many assuming that AI’s role in commerce will only grow in significance and positive impact, grocers are in a strong position to benefit from AI investments and partnerships. The latest AI models have grown more sophisticated.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

We are excited to collaborate with such an innovative retailer, setting an example to other grocers of how to enable an exceptional shopping experience.”

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

At the time, the retailers earned regulatory clearance by selling 146 stores to regional grocer Haggen , which filed for bankruptcy several months later and blamed the new stores for its demise. Albertsons was then able to buy many of the stores back.

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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 retailers also have increased the corporate and office infrastructure they would sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers , as well as additional private label product lines, for a total of approximately $2.9

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 13, 2024

While Dollar Tree is trimming its store fleet, several other retailers have announced expansion plans over the past few weeks: Burlington Stores plans to open 100 stores in 2024; Discount grocer Aldi plans to open 800 U.S.

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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.”

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Phantom inventory is causing UK shoppers to experience out-of-stocks, with poor product availability negatively impacting sales and long-term customer loyalty, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Hudson will open nearly 10,000 square feet of travel convenience and specialty retail shops, including: Chelsea Outpost , celebrating the famous Chelsea Market along Manhattan’s High Line, will offer travel essentials and news items as well as unique local products like aromatherapy blends from Madison + Green ; City Square Supply , inspired by the (..)

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2024

The Save Mart Companies is building on its partnership with Instacart by implementing several in-store solutions in nearly all 200 Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Lucky locations.

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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.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

With retailers facing continued supply chain disruption – from the long shadow of covid-19 to Russia’s war on Ukraine and climate change – shoppers are reporting increased levels of out-of-stock products, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

M&S has named Morrisons retail operations boss Jayne Wall as its new director of central store operations. Wall, who said last month she would be leaving the supermarket after over a decade, will take up her new role at the high-street giant in August.

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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. fleet by the end of 2028.

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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.

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