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 Gazette

JUNE 27, 2023

The grocers were questioned by MPs at the Business and Trade Committee on why prices continued to rise despite wholesale costs starting to fall. Executives from Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco told MPs on Tuesday that they were shielding customers from the full impact of rising costs.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2021

An exclusively online supermarket is rolling out across metro Sydney and Melbourne this month to capitalise on the demand for quick and convenient grocery delivery. It is also planning to work closely with local vendors and provodores to access fresh produce. 15-minute delivery . 15-minute delivery .

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Talking Retail

JULY 15, 2021

An e-commerce platform that plans to help convenience stores by-pass wholesalers and buy direct from manufacturers is to launch by the end of this year. Subscribbe, which is intended to help convenience stores compete on price with the big supermarkets, is aiming to create a “corner shop conglomerate”.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

The supermarket saw like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, soar 4.6% Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Morrisons CEO Rami Baitiéh said: “In January I outlined our plan to reinvigorate, refresh and strengthen Morrisons as we started our next chapter.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

The supermarket will use the proceeds of the sale to “fund further investment in the grocery and food making businesses, as well as significantly strengthening the business’s capital structure” The grocer is expected to use some of the funds to pay down part of its £5.17bn debt pile.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 17, 2023

Costco, a well-known discount retailer, is reportedly planning to open 14 new warehouses across the UK within the next two years. The company plans to self-fund all the acquisitions. Costco has an excellent planning and performance track record and are entirely self-funded.

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Retail Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

C&S Wholesale Grocers is revising the Grand Union supermarket banner with plans to open 11 supermarkets in New York and Vermont. Ten of the Grand Union locations are having grand openings this week. The Grand Union stores are back and better than ever.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Morrisons has unveiled a host of management changes as CEO Rami Baitiéh begins shaping up his senior team for the supermarket’s next chapter. ” Morrisons said its senior team changes reflect some of its key areas of focus, as it plans to “refresh and re-invigorate” the business.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Steven Cain, CEO at Coles, said the deal will allow the company to focus on its growing omnichannel supermarket and liquor business. “This agreement is positive not only for Coles and Viva Energy, but also for our customers, team members and respective shareholders. Viva will continue to stock Coles’ own-brand products. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In part, that frustration may reflect the seemingly harsher spotlight on Woolworths and Banducci in the political and media commentary around supermarket pricing and competitive behaviour than on Coles and its CEO and managing director, Leah Weckert.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The grocery wholesaler SpartanNash plans to organize its corporate-owned supermarkets under banners that appeal to specific consumer demographics. “We

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

SF: I would absolutely love to expand interstate, but it’s a really big move that requires a lot of planning. Within one week, we developed a wholesale range, which we photographed and took out to specialty delis and independent supermarkets. IR : Is the wholesale side of the business still going? SF: No, it’s not.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2020

Like many retailers dealing with slow (or nonexistent) store traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, tea retailer DAVIDsTEA is shifting its focus to e-Commerce and wholesale operations. DAVIDsTEA plans to apply for similar orders for its wholly owned U.S. As part of bankruptcy filings in Canada and the U.S., Bankruptcy Code.

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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.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 17, 2024

and the related divestiture plan the retailers offered to allay antitrust concerns, according to court filings. The planned merger has galvanized opposition from the supermarket retailers’ biggest unions and others, including state officials who filed lawsuits claiming that the deal runs afoul of antitrust and consumer protection laws.

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Mass Relators

JULY 8, 2021

LOUIS – Discount grocery chain Save A Lot today unveiled plans to update and rebrand one-third of its stores this year as it continues its transition to a wholesale model. The new store design will be introduced to all 1,000 of its stores in 32 states by 2024, the company said in announcing the plan.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Costco Wholesale Corporation, the world’s third-largest retailer after Walmart and Amazon, has a wacky fiscal year that is out of sync with most retailers: Its FY23 ended 3 September and its annual report was released on 11 October. In Asia, member-based companies have in the past focused heavily or exclusively on wholesale customers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Hello Drinks founder JP Tucker said it is a first in the Australian liquor industry and is a win for both customers and wholesalers. But with third-party logistics (3PL) impacting its bottom line, Tucker looked at how he could work with wholesalers to eliminate these costs. We had around 200 truck deliveries from wholesalers last year.

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365 Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

Chief executive Ken Murphy said plans are in the early stages but he is hopeful it can match the appeal of similar scan-and-go stores being rolled out by Amazon in the UK. We’ve already got plans in place to address the shortfall and we’re working closely with our suppliers,” he added. billion driven by a 68.1%

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Talking Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Simply Fresh is in talks with several other companies to replace Sainsbury’s as its supplier, after the supermarket last week announced it was shutting down its wholesale operation. The decision meant that Simply Fresh’s plans to roll out the Sainsbury’s supply agreement to many of its stores were stopped in their tracks.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 26, 2023

// Sainsbury’s unveils plans to invest £15m to cut the prices of household staples, including pasta and rice // The retailer confirmed that it will “continue to make price cuts on popular essential products throughout the summer.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Nielsen Consumer Insights reported a 37 per cent increase in supermarket coffee sales – with more premium options seeing sales growth of over 40 per cent. During the height of the pandemic, coffee consumption changed radically. Customers stopped buying from baristas and started brewing their own.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“As a manufacturer, wholesaler and seller of food, Morrisons is uniquely positioned to grow in the coming years while remaining deeply focused on customer satisfaction. “I look forward to building on David’s strong legacy of always putting shoppers first and thank him for his help in the transition.”

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” Henry Liu, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement. WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block Kroger’s proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsons Cos.,

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Mass Relators

MARCH 25, 2024

Supermarket operators have sold nonfood products for decades, but they still aren’t getting their fair share of the business. From our perspective, it’s really a question of aligning strategically on a plan for retail with our suppliers,” Graham said. “We What is the strategic plan that we need to lay out going forward?

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

New Zealand’s Foodstuffs has received its strongest indication yet that the nation’s competition regulator may block the planned merger of its North and South Island businesses. The value of those suppliers’ outside options would consequently be reduced.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

American wholesale retailer Costco has opened its first petrol station in New Zealand, as it counts down to the opening of its first full warehouse store. As it opened the new facility, Costco management revealed it is planning to open two more warehouse stores, located in Christchurch and Wellington.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2021

Moreover, the business model is based on wholesaling, supplying and supporting franchisees and independent retailers, some of whom may well shift to other wholesalers and pharmacy retail brands if the Wesfarmers takeover succeeds. cash bid through a scheme of arrangement, valuing the Sydney-based wholesaler at $687 million.

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Inside Retail

MAY 4, 2021

Despite a burgeoning petcare aisle at its supermarkets, Woolworths Group is hoping to carve out a greater slice of the $2.9 While the business is predominantly wholesale, Fuzzyard is eager to grow the online business and connect more directly with consumers. “We’ve

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A1 Retail

JULY 25, 2023

While the Company has built a strong presence in the UK’s traditional towns and suburban locations, a key aspect of its future growth plans will centre on targeting high footfall locations that cater to travellers, commuters, and drivers, bringing Greggs to more customers, broadening customer appeal and driving loyalty.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 9, 2021

The ACCC will not oppose Woolworths Group’s plan to acquire food distributor PFD Food Services following a detailed investigation. And] while there were concerns expressed by some suppliers, many suppliers did not raise competition concerns.”.

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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. To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Founder and creative director of Who is Elijah, Raquel Bouris speaks to how the vegan, fragrance brand plans to further disrupt the niche luxury fragrance market after a successful Black Friday campaign and launch of its new scent Ocean Eyes. IR: Are there any new product offerings on the horizon? Our biggest order to date was a $1.7

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365 Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Investment giant Apollo said on Monday it is considering launching its own bid after the Bradford-based supermarket chain agreed a £6.3 However, the update will spark speculation that shareholders could see a bidding war for the supermarket group. billion private equity takeover offer on Saturday.

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A1 Retail

MAY 9, 2023

In addition, almost seven in 10 (69 percent) have been making product “swaps” to save money recently, with over a quarter (27 percent) shifting from supermarket own-brand premium ranges to standard or value ranges, and a similar proportion (24 percent) swapping fresh food for frozen food. Spending on fuel dropped -9.3

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