Corporate Operations: Page 56

  • Target opens a new location in Times Square.
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    Target CEO Brian Cornell signs on for 3 more years as chief

    After joining in 2014, the executive has led the company through multiple upheavals and a $40 billion expansion in its sales.

    By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 7, 2022
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    Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods

    Complementary logistics capabilities and the opportunity to scale with a closely aligned brand helped spur the deal, Misfits founder and CEO Abhi Ramesh said in an interview.

    By • Sept. 7, 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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    SpartanNash CIO set to depart

    Arif Dar will be stepping down at the end of September after more than three years overseeing information technology for the grocery distributor and supermarket operator.

    By • Sept. 7, 2022
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    Hy-Vee provides further information on dual CEOs’ responsibilities

    New CEOs Jeremy Gosch and Aaron Wiese will have portfolios that overlap in a few areas even as they control distinct parts of the company.

    By • Sept. 6, 2022
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    CTown’s largest store opens in Scranton, Pennsylvania

    The supermarket, which opened its doors at the start of Labor Day weekend, continues the Krasdale Foods brand’s push beyond the New York City area.

    By • Sept. 6, 2022
  • Exterior of Raley's O-N-E Market supermarket in El Dorado Hills, California
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    Raley’s CFO killed in plane crash

    Ken Mueller, along with the company’s chief pilot, Richard Conte, perished after the aircraft they were on crashed near Galt, California, according to local reports.

    By • Updated Sept. 6, 2022
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    Tackling grocery supply chain challenges

    Rethinking product design to meet the demands of customers and successfully navigating supply chain challenges.

    Sept. 6, 2022
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    Meijer Grocery is coming in 2023

    The retailer operates supercenters and a few neighborhood grocery stores. Now it’s planning to open supermarkets, starting in its home state of Michigan.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Is the labor picture improving for grocers?

    Food retailers added close to 15,000 jobs in August, continuing an upward trend this summer for an industry that’s desperately trying to attract workers and improve company cultures.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Sept. 2, 2022
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    Sam’s Club increases membership fee for the first time in almost a decade

    Basic membership costs will go from $45 to $50, while the price of a “Plus” membership will rise from $100 to $110.

    By • Sept. 1, 2022
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    What should Whole Foods’ new CEO prioritize?

    As Jason Buechel takes the helm at the specialty grocer, five experts offer their thoughts on how it could further integrate with Amazon (or not) and improve its positioning in the market.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Sept. 1, 2022
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    Dollar General makes additional leadership changes

    A new chief strategy officer and appointments within its store operations division highlight the discount retailer’s latest round of updates.

    By • Aug. 31, 2022
  • Exterior of Giant Food store at 9400 Fairfax Boulevard, Fairfax, Virginia, on Aug. 25, 2020. Store opened Aug. 21, 2020.
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    Giant Food announces new senior vice president of operations

    Diane Hicks, who has spent the last 30 years with parent company Ahold Delhaize, returns to the mid-Atlantic banner, where she previously worked for 12 years.

    By • Aug. 31, 2022
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    What Walmart and Target told us about what the rest of 2022 holds for retail

    Inventory, margins, traffic, pricing, food, gas, costs, holidays: The two giants act as a window into the market that everyone is trying to peer through.

    By Ben Unglesbee • Aug. 31, 2022
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    Hy-Vee invites scrutiny with decision to divide executive power

    The grocer’s abrupt announcement that it will have two chief executives instead of one raises questions about what’s going on behind the scenes, according to one corporate law and governance expert.

    By • Aug. 30, 2022
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    FreshDirect becomes the latest e-grocer to pare back service area

    The company announced that it will discontinue service in the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., markets.

    By • Aug. 29, 2022
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    Stop & Shop rolls out new savings initiative

    The grocer’s Deal Lock program extends savings on select items from national and store brands for a couple of weeks at a time.

    By • Aug. 29, 2022
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    Dollar General looks to its name as it positions for growth

    The $1 price point was among the chain’s fastest-growing subcategories during the second quarter, with shopper interest in items at that level increasing as the period progressed.

    By • Aug. 26, 2022
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    Food City set to acquire local grocer in Tennessee

    Cooke’s Food Store/Fresh n’ Low is the company’s newest acquisition, giving it six new locations as well as a full-service pharmacy.

    By • Aug. 26, 2022
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    Food inflation powers strong Q2 results for dollar stores

    Dollar General and Dollar Tree are both benefiting from fast-rising food prices that have driven consumers to discount retailers.

    By • Aug. 25, 2022
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    The Giant Company President Nicholas Bertram will leave the retailer next week

    Bertram, who held the top role for more than four years, will be replaced by Chief Commercial Officer John Ruane, who will serve on an interim basis.

    By • Aug. 24, 2022
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    Kroger opens two new spoke e-commerce centers

    The delivery facility in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as a cross-dock for orders prepared at a hub near Atlanta while the facility in the Chicago area will interface with its hub in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

    By • Aug. 24, 2022
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    UNFI brings condiments to its growing private brands portfolio

    The grocery distributor and retailer has added three sauces, which have suggested retail prices ranging from $4.99 to $5.49, to its Woodstock line of organic products.

    By • Aug. 23, 2022
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    Wakefern heightens its focus on prepared foods

    The cooperative has brought its “Fresh to Table” store-within-a-store concept to five ShopRite stores operated by RoNetco Supermarkets.

    By • Aug. 23, 2022
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    H-E-B to host its largest career fair yet

    The Texas grocer is hoping to fill full- and part-time store-level roles at all of its existing locations under the H-E-B, Central Market and Mi Tienda banners.

    By • Aug. 22, 2022