Corporate Operations: Page 54

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    Ahold Delhaize USA brings retail media in-house

    After nearly five years spent relying on a third-party media firm, AD Retail Media is staffing up and launching new tools like a unified on-site and offsite ad platform.

    By • Oct. 19, 2022
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    Albertsons reports strong earnings in the shadow of merger announcement

    The grocer’s identical sales increased 7.4% while its loyalty program membership grew to more than 30 million consumers.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
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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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    Shipt makes two c-suite changes

    The delivery company announced Monday it hired a new chief marketing officer as well as promoted a current employee to chief product officer.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
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    DoorDash expands self-service ad tools for CPG brands

    PepsiCo and Clorox are embracing the platform’s ad push to support goals like building out their in-house ad platforms and acquiring new customers. 

    By Sara Karlovitch • Oct. 17, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Kroger and Albertsons merger by the numbers

    In announcing the $24.6 billion deal, Kroger outlined how the combined company will improve efficiency and expand service across numerous parts of the business, from private label development to retail media.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 14, 2022
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    Suit alleging Morgan Stanley drove Tops into bankruptcy can proceed, judge rules

    The lawsuit, which claims $375 million in damages, alleges the regional grocer’s former owner treated the company “like a piggy bank” to pay out lavish dividends.

    By • Oct. 14, 2022
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    Kroger, Albertsons in talks to merge, Bloomberg reports

    The combination, which has not been finalized and may not come to fruition, would create a grocery retailing giant able to rival Walmart and Amazon.

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
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    The Fresh Market hits 1 million loyalty members

    The grocer achieved this milestone just seven months after launching its Ultimate Loyalty Experience rewards program. 

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
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    Gopuff raises delivery subscription monthly fee for the first time

    The increased fee will begin on subscribers’ next renewal dates, and brings its delivery subscription cost closer to its competitors.

    By Brett Dworski • Oct. 12, 2022
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    BJ’s moves to new headquarters

    The wholesaler’s new home base can house over 1,000 team members and puts the company in a more urban setting. 

    By • Oct. 12, 2022
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    California becomes first state to ban single-use pre-checkout plastic bags

    As of Jan. 1, 2025, grocers in California will not be permitted to provide customers with any bags that are not compostable or made from reusable paper.

    By • Oct. 11, 2022
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    Kroger wants people to ‘discover a career’ as it embarks on another hiring spree

    As the grocer launches its campaign to fill “thousands” of jobs ahead of the holidays, it’s positioning these roles not as seasonal opportunities but as the first step toward long-term employment.

    By • Oct. 11, 2022
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    5 retailers focusing on made-to-order meals

    Schnuck Markets’ addition of a popular St. Louis barbecue restaurant to one of its stores comes as grocers are looking to enhance their foodservice options.

    By • Oct. 10, 2022
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    Grocery job creation loses steam in September

    Food and beverage stores added fewer than 3,000 new positions last month, a multi-month low, according to preliminary figures published Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    By • Oct. 7, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Sustainability transparency is messy in the grocery industry

    Measurements and self-disclosures around eco-friendly targets vary widely among food retailers — if they share that information publicly at all. 

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 7, 2022
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    Target names chief digital, product officer

    Prat Vemana will lead the retailer’s digital teams as the company continues to invest in the channel. 

    By Kaarin Moore • Oct. 6, 2022
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    Stater Bros. Markets’ chairman retires

    The Southern California grocer has made a number of executive changes over the past few months, including appointing a new chief marketing officer and a chief operating officer.

    By • Oct. 6, 2022
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    5 cracks in grocers’ private brand plans

    As food retailers set bold store brand targets, they face discrepancies between their plans and actions as well as disconnects with suppliers over priorities, a recent FMI report illuminated.

    By • Oct. 5, 2022
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    SpartanNash sells four distribution facilities to investment firm

    The $29.9 million deal offloads centers in Indiana, North Dakota, Florida and Ohio that together occupy 483,000 square feet.

    By • Oct. 5, 2022
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    UNFI expands its Shoppers banner with three new store locations

    In an effort to expand and improve its store portfolio, the wholesaler is also remodeling two of the chain’s existing locations.

    By • Oct. 4, 2022
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    Schnucks lets associates choose their own shifts as it looks to attract workers

    Employees in the grocer’s new Flexforce program can use a self-service app to choose shifts and work locations that fit their personal schedules.

    By • Oct. 4, 2022
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    Deep Dive

    Inside Kroger Health’s food-as-medicine playbook

    As it expands its nutrition scoring, food prescriptions and dietitian-focused approach, the health solutions arm of the grocery company aims to tie healthy eating to disease prevention. 

    By • Oct. 3, 2022
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    Blue Apron’s CFO to resign

    Randy Greben, who started with the meal kit company in early 2021, is leaving Oct. 17 for a role at an unnamed company. 

    By • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Cardenas Markets enlists Amazon to provide two-hour delivery service

    The Hispanic grocer will initially work with the e-commerce company to serve online shoppers in several California communities and Las Vegas, and expects later to expand the arrangement.

    By • Sept. 29, 2022
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    Kroger pledges new research, funding in nutrition

    The grocer is helping to stand up a national Food is Medicine Research Initiative set to launch next year in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and American Heart Association.

    By • Sept. 29, 2022