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Kroger Co. on Friday said it plans to close 60 underperforming stores in the next 18 months, but said the closures would not impact its financial guidance for the full year. The Cincinnati-based ...
Price Check is a weekly short-form video series from SN where Supermarket News Senior Editor Bill Wilson goes out to grocery stores and takes the temperature on pricing and inventory. Wilson was at a ...
A former employee of Laurel Grocery Co. has filed a class-action lawsuit against the wholesale grocery distributor, alleging that the company did not provide adequate notice to workers and to state ...
The produce department’s health halo is a powerful shopper magnet, but that might not be sufficient for maximum purchasing activity. Retailers seeking to stand out in the crowded and increasingly ...
For the first time in over a decade, BJ’s Wholesale Club plans to open a new store in its home state of Massachusetts. The Marlborough, Mass.-based warehouse retailer will open a new location in ...
Delivery robots roughly the size of a large ice cooler have hit the streets of Austin, Texas, through a pilot program between Texas grocer H-E-B, its delivery partner, Favor, and autonomous delivery ...
Walmart captures a whopping 25% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars and general merchandise spending, according to a recent analysis by data and tech company Numerator. The ...
The National Grocers Association on Wednesday said it is encouraged by the U.S. Senate’s revised approach to reforming the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. In a statement, NGA ...
Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing health. Baker's, founded in 1947, operates 22 stores in Nebraska and Oklahoma and ...
The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu wholesale food divisions in Anniston and Atlanta. The new Southeast division will serve 225 retailers in Alabama ...
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