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Private label sales set another record in 2025
Shoppers spent just under $283 billion on store-brand products last year, up 3.3% compared with 2024, the Private Label Manufacturers Association reported.
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Sponsored by OrderGridIs convenience costing grocers control? Rethinking fulfillment in the on-demand era
How grocers can deliver on-demand speed while securing margins and owning the shopper relationship.
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How grocers can further link value with health and wellness
Health is the strongest driver of food spending and serves as shoppers’ “North Star” for “what to buy, where to shop, and whether something is worth the cost,” FMI’s latest report found.
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Food Lion steps up investments in the Carolinas
The Ahold Delhaize-owned grocery chain plans to open four new stores in North Carolina and South Carolina during the first quarter of 2026.
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Recapping NRF’s Big Show
While AI took center stage at this year’s conference, grocers also eyed more practical technology solutions to support store-level associates.
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Walmart’s John Furner overhauls leadership
The soon-to-be CEO of Walmart Inc. announced a slew of executive changes, including his own successor to lead the U.S. business.
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ColumnPardon the Disruption: What’s Amazon’s future running grocery stores?
While the Amazon Fresh chain has failed to impress, the company's recent momentum in grocery e-commerce and digital touchpoints means it could still be a formidable omnichannel competitor.
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Aldi is doing more than expanding — it’s building a fanbase
The fast-growing discounter is sharpening its image as a destination where shoppers can have fun while saving money.
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Beef and coffee drive grocery inflation up
Prices for goods in both categories rose by more than 15% in December as food costs moved ahead at a quicker pace than the month before.
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4 grocery takeaways from NRF’s 2026 Big Show
While AI was the most talked about subject at the conference, industry experts also discussed store-level tech innovation and the ever-increasing importance of communicating value.
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Albertsons’ CEO says its stock price is too low. Can she convince investors?
The grocer’s shares are down by almost 20% since Susan Morris took over as chief executive last May, but have moved up over the past week.
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Walmart: This year, AI tinkering ‘becomes transformation’
A year from now, customers will look back and realize just how much has changed about the shopping experience, Walmart’s Daniel Danker predicts.
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Kroger kicks off online shopping with Uber nationwide
With this move, the supermarket chain now offers digital shopping nationwide across the three major delivery platforms.
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What lies ahead for Kroger’s next CEO?
From streamlining e-commerce to strengthening its value proposition, the grocer is facing a series of critical decisions as it prepares to name a new leader.
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Ahold Delhaize USA enters lease-back deal for planned distribution center
The arrangement will allow the grocer to preserve cash as it moves ahead with the $860 million facility it is developing in Burlington, North Carolina.
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Kroger appoints new SVP of retail divisions
Victor Smith, who joined Kroger in 1983 as a courtesy clerk, is moving up to the role after serving as president of the grocer’s Atlanta Division.
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Kroger taps Google Gemini, announces more key AI moves
The expanded partnership with Google Cloud includes the launch of an AI-powered personal shopping assistant for customers and builds on the grocer’s growing fleet of AI capabilities.
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Amazon takes on Walmart with new store concept
The approximately 225,000-square-foot store the retailer is planning near Chicago will sell groceries alongside general merchandise.
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Lidl US agrees to change advertising practices following challenge from Ahold Delhaize USA
The discounter said it will stop making certain “exact same basket” comparisons in response to a report from an independent self-regulatory group.
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Aldi to open 180 new stores in 2026 as part of major expansion
The discounter will also debut three distribution centers, enter new states and launch a redesigned store website as it works toward its 2028 growth targets.
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Walmart, Wing to scale drone delivery operations to 270 stores
The two companies aim to provide service to customers near 150 locations in the next year before growing further, covering Los Angeles, Cincinnati and other cities.
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How Sprouts gamifies employee training
Swapping out longer learning modules for “bite-sized” games has improved associate performance, the grocer shared at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show.
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Independent grocer shares 5 key AI strategies
Harmons Grocery CIO Bruce Hatch has advice on how fellow small-scale retailers can make the most of the ever-advancing technology.
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Save A Lot to purge artificial food dyes from all private label products
The grocer’s move reflects an effort by the FDA to eliminate synthetic colors from the nation’s food supply.
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Kroger sells Vitacost as it sharpens focus on core grocery business
The sale of the online health and wellness retailer to iHerb follows several moves by the grocer to make its operations leaner and more store focused.
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SpartanNash opens first small-format Supermercado Nuestra Familia
The nearly 14,000-square-foot Hispanic grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska, prioritizes convenience.
