Corporate Operations: Page 47

  • Walmart trucks enter and leave a regional distribution center in Washington, Utah on June 6, 2019.
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    Walmart offers driver training to workers in 400-plus stores, distribution centers

    The internal recruitment program is expanding from two training center locations to seven, and promotes salaries that can reach as high as $110,000 per year.

    By Colin Campbell • Jan. 19, 2023
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    Superior Grocers promotes Richard Wardwell to president and CEO

    The longtime supermarket executive currently serves as president of the independently owned California chain and will assume the top job on Jan. 30 from Mimi Song, who will remain chairman.

    By • Jan. 19, 2023
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    Trendline

    Grocery loyalty

    Food retailers are depending on techniques designed to build and maintain connections with customers as they strive to stand out.

    By Grocery Dive staff
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    Albertsons proceeds with $4B dividend after prevailing in latest court battle

    The grocer said it will immediately begin distributing the payout to investors after the Washington State Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal of a lower court’s decision.

    By • Jan. 18, 2023
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    Google Cloud rolls out AI-driven inventory tech

    The system uses machine learning to automatically identify items on store shelves using images taken from multiple angles.

    By • Jan. 18, 2023
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    How Kroger, Whole Foods are upgrading labor management

    From Whole Foods rolling out a cake decorator training program to Kroger leaning into upskilling opportunities, the retailers are aiming to make their workers’ jobs easier and more fulfilling.

    By • Jan. 17, 2023
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    Whole Foods now accepts Zappos returns

    Stores nationwide will take label-free, box-free returns of orders from Zappos.com, another subsidiary of Amazon.

    By Kaarin Moore • Jan. 17, 2023
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    H-E-B outpaces Texas grocers in foot traffic

    Foot traffic at stores operated by the supermarket chain was ahead of the levels recorded by competitors like Safeway and Kroger, data released by Placer.ai shows.

    By • Jan. 17, 2023
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    How The Fresh Market evaluates tech partnerships

    At the National Retail Federation conference, the grocer’s chief marketing officer outlined the three questions the company asks when it’s sizing up new technology. 

    By • Updated Jan. 18, 2023
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    Meijer revamping mPerks loyalty program

    The retailer said the updates will provide more personalized rewards and more savings for customers.

    By • Jan. 13, 2023
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    Pardon the Disruption: Has Amazon Fresh hit its expiration date?

    With the rollout of the grocery chain seemingly on pause, a former company executive discusses what’s missing.

    By • Jan. 12, 2023
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    Boxed sees B2B as key to improving sales

    The struggling online company has found that business customers typically spend three times more per order than consumers do, a top executive said during an investor conference Monday.

    By • Jan. 11, 2023
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    Grocers focus on value as they target inflation-weary shoppers

    Price increases have slowed, but retailers' efforts to lower costs for shoppers are still going full steam ahead. Could that spark a price war down the road?

    By • Jan. 11, 2023
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    Ahold Delhaize CFO to step down

    Natalie Knight will leave the Netherlands-based grocery company this summer to take an unspecified position in the U.S.

    By • Jan. 10, 2023
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    Albertsons beats Q3 estimates as inflation fuels results

    The grocer brought in net sales and other revenue of $18.2 billion during the quarter, a year-over-year increase of 9%, while identical sales rose 7.9%.

    By • Jan. 10, 2023
  • Exterior of a Whole Foods Market store in Washington, D.C.
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    Whole Foods Market announces first Montana location

    This 31,718-square-foot location, set to open its doors in early February in Bozeman, will be stocked with more than 75 local products.

    By • Jan. 10, 2023
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    Kroger launches brand campaign spotlighting its health services

    The retailer is using streaming video, radio commercials, social media and in-store signage to let consumers know about the registered dietitians, pharmacists and other resources at its stores.

    By • Jan. 9, 2023
  • A worker wearing a face mask, cap and apron places a package of precut fruit on a grocery store shelf.
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    Grocers lead retail hiring at end of 2022

    Food and beverage stores added 5,700 positions in December, building on a smaller gain recorded the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

    By • Jan. 6, 2023
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    KeHe names new president and CEO

    Deb Conklin will take over both top roles at the wholesale food distributor on April 1 from Brandon Barnholt, who is moving into the executive chairman role.

    By • Jan. 6, 2023
  • An Aldi sign inside a store flanked by multicolor balloons.
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    The Friday Checkout: Discounters reap the rewards of 2022 inflation

    Aldi, Lidl and Grocery Outlet have already seen increased foot traffic and store expansion coming off years of pandemic-influenced shopping behavior, supply chain disruptions and inflation.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Jan. 6, 2023
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    Boxed considers selling itself amid cash crunch

    The online retailer, which is trying to shore up its liquidity and boost its sagging stock price, also said it is “actively exploring” ways to bring in additional capital.

    By • Jan. 5, 2023
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    SpartanNash acquires Midwestern grocery supplier Great Lakes Foods

    In purchasing the food wholesaler, the food solutions company also took ownership of its 300,000-square-food distribution center located in Menominee, Michigan.

    By • Jan. 5, 2023
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    Hy-Vee drops plan to have two CEOs

    Jeremy Gosch, whom the company said in August would serve as CEO of retail operations, is now Hy-Vee’s only chief executive, marking the latest step in a confusing executive shuffle by the Midwest retailer.

    By • Jan. 5, 2023
  • A person holding a green shopping basket checks their phone in the freezer isle.
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    Deep Dive

    8 trends that will shape the grocery industry in 2023

    The lingering impacts of inflation, the growth of retail media and the full return of the store shopping experience will have a significant impact in the year ahead, experts predict.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Jan. 4, 2023
  • The new Schnucks Battle Crossing store in Columbia, Missouri.
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    Schnucks expands flexible labor option to more stores

    Following an initial rollout in the St. Louis area in the fall, the Midwestern grocery chain is bringing its Flexforce employment to dozens of locations in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.

    By • Jan. 4, 2023
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    Albertsons special dividend remains paused as legal fight heads into 2023

    While the temporary restraining order against the payment remains until a Washington State Supreme Court review in early February, the grocery company won a ruling in a Washington, D.C., district court.

    By • Dec. 22, 2022