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    H-E-B expands its discount format

    Several years after opening its last Joe V’s location, H-E-B is reigniting the banner with two locations set to open in Dallas by 2025.

    By • June 7, 2023
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    Go big or go small: Grocers see early success with new store formats

    Wegmans and Meijer recently opened scaled-down stores while H-E-B and Hy-Vee have debuted new supercenter formats. All four are driving traffic and reaching new shoppers, data from Placer.ai shows.

    By • June 6, 2023
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    Wegmans to close mall-based location near Boston

    The East Coast grocery chain said it will shutter the 134,000-square-foot store in Natick, Massachusetts, this summer after determining the location is not financially viable.

    By • June 5, 2023
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    Why Sprouts rolled into Florida with a mobile grocery tour

    The Sprouts Mobile Truck’s first-ever road trip aimed to familiarize customers with popular items and the grocer’s overall mission ahead of store openings in the markets it visited.

    By • June 2, 2023
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    Kroger to stock mobile market in Lexington, Kentucky

    The Mobile Market is scheduled to make around 20 stops between July and September to address food accessibility issues throughout the city. 

    By • May 31, 2023
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    Larger fresh assortments take center stage at remodeled stores

    A Raley’s store in Reno, Nevada, has an expanded made-to-order salad bar among its new options, while a soon-to-open Natural Grocers store in Amarillo, Texas, boasts a bigger produce section.

    By • May 30, 2023
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    Dollar General creates new role focused on emerging markets

    Steve Deckard, who joined the retailer in 2006, will oversee the company’s Mi Súper Dollar General in Mexico, Popshelf and DG Well Being initiatives.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 25, 2023
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    Publix ends its GreenWise Market banner

    The Florida-based grocer is transitioning the specialty format’s eight locations over to its traditional supermarket brand.

    By , • May 22, 2023
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    Hy-Vee rolling out infusion clinics

    The retailer opened its first location in West Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday and plans to add more across the U.S. this year. 

    By • April 4, 2023
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    Pickup-only grocer raises $11.5M, but the format’s outlook looks gloomy

    Oklahoma City’s JackBe looks to build two more stores this year, but other e-commerce-only locations have failed to take flight as in-store shopping has returned.

    By • April 4, 2023
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    Foxtrot promotes Liz Williams to CEO

    As the former CFO takes her new post, former CEO Mike LaVitola is moving into the chairman role for the Chicago-based chain.

    By Jessica Loder • April 3, 2023
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    Choice Market plans to scale up with mini stores

    The retailer is looking to open at least five more frictionless Mini-Mart c-stores by the end of 2023 “with a big ramp in 2024,” founder and CEO Mike Fogarty said.

    By Brett Dworski • March 29, 2023
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    Southeastern Grocers debuts sustainable solution to ice packaging, manufacturing

    The grocer has rolled out an autonomous micro-factory at a distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida, and introduced Party Cubes, a plastic-negative, packaged ice made on-demand at the facility.

    By • March 29, 2023
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    Aisles Abroad: Dutch grocer Jumbo embraces a slower checkout option

    The supermarket chain’s “chat checkout” lanes, which have recently expanded to more than 100 stores, may resonate in U.S. grocery stores as retailers look to reach an aging population.

    By • March 28, 2023
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    Green Zebra permanently closing all stores at the end of March

    The upscale grocery and c-store retailer “couldn’t overcome all the obstacles” presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, its CEO said.

    By Brett Dworski • March 9, 2023
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    Mars launches store-hailing mobile ice cream markets

    The new partnership between the treats maker and tech firm Conjure, which kicked off in Los Angeles, can whisk frozen goodies to consumers in as little as two minutes.

    By • March 7, 2023
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    Schnucks to open second Eatwell Market location in March

    Located in Chesterfield, Missouri, the store will offer an array of natural and organic items as well as a number of specialty departments.

    By • Feb. 28, 2023
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    What’s ahead for grocers in 2023?

    Lingering inflation, digital innovation and fast-growing retail media all promise to have a significant impact on the industry this year.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 8, 2023
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    GetGo to open first new-build c-store with a drive-thru

    Located in Mentor, Ohio, the location will feature the retailer’s made-to-order food program.

    By Brett Dworski • Feb. 1, 2023
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    Foxtrot to open new store in Washington, DC

    The latest location, in Farragut Square, marks its seventh brick-and-mortar store in the region. 

    By Dani James • Jan. 31, 2023
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    Recapping grocery news from the National Retail Federation’s ‘Big Show’

    The state of the industry and the key trends to watch took up ample stage time at this year’s annual conference, with keynotes from prominent C-suite executives as well as new technology on the expo floors.

    By • Jan. 23, 2023
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    Southeastern Grocers opens standalone liquor store in Miami

    The new location, which sports the chain’s Fresco y Más banner, carries over 1,400 varieties of liquor, more than 500 wines and an assortment of rums, mixers, drinkware and other products.

    By • Jan. 20, 2023
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    5 ways Target is pushing customer-driven innovations in omnichannel, grocery

    Ease, joy and affordability are key pillars of the company's efforts to build on its “Targét” reputation, two of the retailer’s C-suite executives said at the National Retail Federation’s conference.

    By • Jan. 19, 2023
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    The Friday Checkout: High egg prices have shoppers boiling

    Prices for eggs broke through $4 per dozen on average in December and grocery shoppers are having trouble finding the commodity on store shelves. When might the pressure simmer down?

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Jan. 13, 2023
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    Aisles Abroad: A Canadian franchise chain rapidly growing self-service markets

    Grocery-convenience store hybrid Aisle 24 is expanding its two cashierless formats — one for residential buildings and the other for ground-floor retail — across Canada as it eyes a U.S. entrance. 

    By • Dec. 21, 2022