Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country. The ground at the location does not have to be sealed for the wooden structure.

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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

APRIL 19, 2023

parent company of the Loblaws supermarket chain, will invest $2 billion Canadian (approximately $1.49 billion ) to improve its network of 2,500 stores in 2023. These capital investments will include 38 new and/or relocated stores and conversions or renovations to nearly 600 more. Loblaw Companies Ltd.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The number one driver of job satisfaction is an associate’s manager, and we believe that you — our front-line leaders — are the best in retail,” wrote Cedric Clark, EVP, Store Operations, Walmart U.S. in a blog post. A strong labor market has many retailers raising wages and improving benefits for workers at multiple levels.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Preliminary supermarket competition concerns have been raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over Woolworths’ plan to acquire the Supa IGA in Karabar and its associated liquor store, Liquor Boss. Further reading: ACCC clears Woolworths’ acquisition of MyDeal.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

DoorDash , best known for restaurant deliveries, is expanding further into the supermarket vertical through partnerships with Meijer , Fresh Thyme and Smart & Final , with plans to add Hy-Vee and Gristedes / D’Agostino “in the coming weeks,” wrote Mike Goldblatt, Head of Grocery and Convenience Partnerships at DoorDash in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology also has been deployed by other brands, including select Panera Bread locations.

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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 revised plan maintains the sale to C&S of the QFC, Mariano’s and Carrs banners and adds the Haggen banner. Facing regulatory challenges to their proposed $24.6

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has done little to slow Aldi ’s growth: the low-price supermarket chain has opened its 2,000 U.S. store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. The new DC also will support Aldi stores in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Zhang, who had been named CEO in May 2015 , recently narrowed his responsibilities to focus on leading the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, which Alibaba plans to spin off under a separate management team to be appointed at a later date. Alibaba ’s former Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang has stepped down from his roles with the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

The planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons has faced pushback from federal regulators, state Attorneys General and labor unions practically from the moment it was first announced in October 2022. Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

billion Kroger acquisition of Albertsons , calling the deal — the largest supermarket merger in U.S. This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” said Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

Save A Lot has relicensed its 18 remaining corporate-owned supermarkets, completing its strategy of shifting ownership and operations of all locations to independent licensed ownership. Save A Lot operates more than 800 stores in 32 states.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Value supermarket retailer Grocery Outlet will acquire United Grocery Outlet , a 40 -store chain with a similar business model, to gain a presence in the Southeast. operates more than 460 stores in nine Western and Mid-Atlantic states. Grocery Outlet, based in Emeryville, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. 26, 2023, comes despite Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s February 2023 announcement that the retailer would halt expansion of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store footprints.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2023

store locations in Florida, Texas, Colorado and California. The retailer plans to expand the 7Charge network into Canada as well as other U.S. 7-Eleven had announced plans in June 2021 to install 500 EV ports at 250 stores in the U.S.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hundreds of Sainsbury’s lorry drivers are being balloted for strike action as the supermarket giant looks to outsource their jobs. The supermarket chain announced in April last year it was investing £220m in making “big, bold” changes in its logistics operations. a year in savings, as well as share save and incentive schemes.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Kroger will boost the number of local products on its shelves by 10% following the supermarket giant’s planned merger with Albertsons , which is expected to close in early 2024. The increase will add at least 30 new local products in each store. in a statement.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The site also said Japanese home appliance store operator Yodobashi Holdings is considering buying some of the Sogo & Seibu sites and diverting proceeds to the US fund. Yodobashi will also open stores in several Sogo & Seibu locations in the country.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. Louis Schnucks stores this fall, with a broader rollout planned for later this year. Select Caper Carts will include a bottom rack for heavy and bulky items.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hundreds of Sainsbury’s lorry drivers are being balloted for strike action as the supermarket giant looks to outsource their jobs. The supermarket chain announced in April last year it was investing £220m in making “big, bold” changes in its logistics operations. a year in savings, as well as share save and incentive schemes.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hundreds of Sainsbury’s lorry drivers are being balloted for strike action as the supermarket giant looks to outsource their jobs. The supermarket chain announced in April last year it was investing £220m in making “big, bold” changes in its logistics operations. a year in savings, as well as share save and incentive schemes.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019. The store will continue to be staffed with Sainsbury’s employees who will answer shopper questions, check IDs for alcohol purchases and restock shelves.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. As part of its omnichannel strategy, Coles has expanded click and collect to more than 780 locations and is converting its service desk model stores to a contactless driver pickup experience through carpark collections and lockers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

Kroger outlined plans to deliver total shareholder returns of 8% to 10% in 2021 at its virtual Investor Day, held March 31, 2021. Leadership pointed to two core areas for driving that growth: the fresh food segment and digital, which was described as “a growth engine” for the supermarket retailer, one of the nation’s biggest. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2020

the Montreal-based company is sending notices to terminate leases for 82 of its Canadian stores and all 42 U.S. The retailer, which also sells tea and tea-related products in 2,500 grocery stores and supermarkets across Canada, currently operates more than 100 stores in the country. Bankruptcy Code.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run in participating Glasgow stores from 8 February to 11 August.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2023

Adrian Mitchell, Macy’s chief financial officer since November 2020, will become chief operating officer and oversee the company’s store operations, technology and supply chains. Before joining Metcash, Ramage was with Coles Liquor, where he held several roles across marketing, merchandise, operations and business development.

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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?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

In a preliminary report released last July, it flagged a raft of options for improving competition including making it easier for new competitors to enter the market, and adjusting planning laws to reduce restrictions on the use of sites using development covenants. Supie concluded: “The commission makes it clear the market is not working.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

However, Asda is among supermarket chains expecting a strong festive period, after celebrations were heavily affected by Covid-19 and travel restrictions last year. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

An often-repeated statement is “all of our digital plans for the next five years will be executed in the next 12 months.” The T11 Supermarket in Beijing added staff for delivery and kept the shelves fully stocked. Now, retailers are urgently focused on making their shopping experience digital, contactless and pandemic-proof.

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Mike Anthony

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Is this a fad, or a gimmick, or is this the future of supermarket shopping? Of course, supermarket refill stations are nothing new. I remember visiting independent stores operating refill stations many years ago. I remember visiting independent stores operating refill stations many years ago.

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