Corporate Operations: Page 68

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    Dollar General ramps up its healthcare focus

    The discounter has created an advisory panel of subject matter experts to help guide the chain’s health and wellness efforts.

    By • Aug. 1, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Amazon, not so Fresh?

    While the retail giant has embraced tech with its grocery banners, a recent review of one of its Fresh stores raises the question: What about the food?

    By Grocery Dive Staff • July 29, 2022
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    Top 5 stories from Grocery Dive

    Top stories from Grocery Dive first half of 2025.

    By Grocery Dive staff
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    Trader Joe’s workers agree to unionize at Massachusetts store

    This marks the first labor union at the popular grocery chain, with another two locations preparing to vote.

    By • Updated July 29, 2022
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    The Giant Company announces several top promotions

    The Ahold Delhaize banner’s six leadership changes include new vice presidents of marketing, finance and omnichannel. 

    By • July 28, 2022
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    Giant Food teams up with reusable packaging program Loop

    The grocer plans to start offering the program this fall at its stores in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. 

    By • July 28, 2022
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    Hy-Vee names new CEO

    Aaron Wiese, currently vice chairman and president of the company’s supply chain and subsidiaries, will take over for Randy Edeker in the top role effective Oct. 1.

    By • July 27, 2022
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    How is Albertsons hanging on to shoppers as inflation rages on?

    CEO Vivek Sankaran says private label, meal solutions and digital loyalty are keeping consumers coming back. But the retailer’s strong Q1 results may be an outlier.

    By • July 27, 2022
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    Albertsons raises full-year guidance following strong Q1 earnings

    Inflation and market share gains helped drive a 6.8% increase in same-store sales in the first quarter as the grocer zeroes in on at-home eating solutions.

    By • July 26, 2022
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    Kroger invests in Kitchen United

    The grocer, which features Kitchen United locations inside two stores, was part of the ghost kitchen firm’s $100 million Series C funding round.

    By Julie Littman • July 25, 2022
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    Instacart's Road to IPO

    Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta to exit company once it goes public

    CEO Fidji Simo will assume Mehta's current role leading the company's board when he departs.

    By , • July 22, 2022
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    Minneapolis Trader Joe's workers to hold union vote in August

    The election will take place shortly after associates at a store in Massachusetts cast ballots to decide if they will become the first of the grocery chain’s workers to formally organize.

    By • July 21, 2022
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    Amazon Fresh debuts first Northeast stores as openings accelerate

    The tech-enhanced grocery brand opened its inaugural stores in New York and New Jersey over the past week.

    By • July 21, 2022
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    Save A Lot ownership group lands $13.5M grant to improve Chicago stores

    Yellow Banana plans to remodel five supermarkets and reopen a closed location in the Midwestern city through the project, which is intended to boost access to groceries for people in underserved neighborhoods.

    By • July 21, 2022
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    Food access, affordability among key areas FMI wants the White House to tackle

    Advancing digital payment options for SNAP and WIC customers and promoting food-as-medicine programs are among the trade group’s nearly two dozen recommendations.

    By • July 20, 2022
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    Home Chef opens new production facility as it eyes continued growth

    The Kroger-owned meal kit maker has inaugurated a 181,000-square-foot center in Douglasville, Georgia, after surpassing $1 billion in annual sales last year.

    By • July 20, 2022
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    How two grocers are enticing and retaining workers

    Metcalfe’s Market and SpartanNash have rolled out new initiatives and refreshed offerings to make their work environments more attractive to employees.

    By , • July 19, 2022
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    Natural Grocers looks to hire 500 workers as job market remains tight

    The specialty grocer has increased pay for “select positions” at all of its stores by an unspecified amount in a bid to draw applicants.

    By • July 19, 2022
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    How Food Lion tackles supplier diversity

    The Ahold Delhaize banner has made working with owners from underrepresented groups part of its day-to-day sourcing processes, said LaTonya King, who leads the grocer’s DE&I work.

    By • July 18, 2022
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    Grocery sales rise 8.3% in June as prices leap ahead

    A potent mix of surging inflation and elevated at-home eating is pushing revenue ahead for the food retailing industry as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the economy.

    By • July 18, 2022
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    5 ways brands can thrive despite the increasing cost of marketing

    Everything costs more these days. Get five recommendations to adapt to a world where it just costs more to do business.

    July 18, 2022
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    The Fresh Market scraps IPO plan

    The specialty retailer submitted a request to the SEC to withdraw its filing earlier this week amid a challenging climate for public offerings.

    By • July 15, 2022
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    UNFI unveils new leadership structure to drive growth, 'value creation'

    The new structure focuses on four “key operational priorities” with all of the heads of the leadership teams reporting to CEO Sandy Douglas.

    By • July 15, 2022
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    Fabric lays off 40% of its workforce, names new leader

    CEO and co-founder Elram Goren has stepped aside as the micro-fulfillment technology company shifts from a service- and network-oriented business strategy to focusing on selling hardware and software.

    By • July 15, 2022
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    What's next for Gopuff and rapid delivery as the young industry hits 'an inflection point'?

    The company’s struggles and those of newer startups in the space could offer an opening for established grocers, sources say.

    By , , • July 14, 2022
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    Albertsons chief digital officer leaves for Victoria's Secret

    Chris Rupp, a former Amazon executive who has been with the grocer since 2019, has played an instrumental role in Albertsons’ digital transformation.

    By • July 14, 2022