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    Why old retail crisis playbooks are failing—and what’s actually working for grocers

    Learn why Costco, Aldi and Kroger are outpacing rivals with smarter operations and customer focus.

    Oct. 20, 2025
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    Reporter’s Notebook: When experiential retail goes off the rails

    Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart art installation in Las Vegas highlights the horrors of grocery shopping. Retailers should take notes.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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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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    Ahold Delhaize USA accepting supplemental health benefits through deal with fintech provider

    Participants in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans can use a prepaid card to pay for food and wellness items under the grocer’s arrangement with NationsBenefits.

    By • Oct. 8, 2025
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    Opinion

    ‘Value’ is evolving for consumers. Grocers and suppliers are stepping up.

    Family meals and community programs are some of the key ways grocers are catering to consumers’ expanded definition of “value” when it comes to food shopping, writes Leslie G. Sarasin of FMI.

    By Leslie G. Sarasin • Oct. 6, 2025
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    Amazon streamlines private label grocery portfolio

    The retailer has introduced Amazon Grocery, a new brand that encompasses more than 1,000 fresh foods, pantry staples and other goods and replaces the retailer’s Amazon Fresh and Happy Belly names.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Uber spruces up its grocery delivery service

    The company has added several new features to its platform as well as a freshness guarantee and weekly discounts on produce, meats, eggs and dairy products.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Giant Eagle to spend $100M to sharpen pitch to shoppers

    The Pittsburgh-based grocery chain intends to cut prices, improve service and revitalize stores as it strives to focus on “what truly matters to customers.”

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
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    Raley’s ramps up food waste prevention efforts

    The regional grocer’s partnership with Divert aims to boost donations and turn food that can’t be donated into renewable energy and material to improve soil.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
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    Afresh expands AI-powered tools for fresh

    The company’s latest expansion includes production planning and inventory management capabilities.

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
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    How Whole Foods is reaching Gen Z with organics

    An executive with the specialty grocer underscored the power of messaging when swaying younger shoppers to spend more to buy organic products.

    By • Sept. 16, 2025
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    Grocery inflation hits a 2-year high

    Food-at-home prices rose in August at a 2.7% annual clip, stoked by steep increases in the cost of beef, eggs, coffee and produce.

    By • Sept. 15, 2025
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    Grocers aim to significantly increase private brand dollar share by 2027

    The average dollar share of store brands is on track to increase 3.3 percentage points in the next two years, FMI noted in a new report.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
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    Column

    The Friday Checkout: The king of private brands turns 30

    Costco’s Kirkland Signature is an industry pioneer that’s both feared and admired by grocers. Here are a few things worth knowing about the label.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Sept. 12, 2025
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    Target’s fall store openings focus on larger formats

    The mass retailer is opening seven new locations in October, with a majority topping its square-foot chain average and featuring spacious grocery sections.

    By Dani James • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Walmart opens perishable distribution center in South Carolina

    The facility is the third of five automation-focused locations the retailer plans to launch for a stronger grocery supply chain.

    By Max Garland • Sept. 10, 2025
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    Amazon’s big year in grocery is not over yet

    The e-commerce giant took key steps in 2025 to more closely integrate Whole Foods Market with the rest of its food retailing operations and expand its same-day grocery delivery service.

    By • Sept. 2, 2025
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    The Friday Checkout: Can Target’s grocery business help revive its luster?

    The retailer’s incoming CEO declared that leveraging its flair for style and design can help it “win across every single category,” including food and beverage. Will that turn out to be the case?

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Aug. 22, 2025
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    Walmart added 30% more grocery price cuts in Q2

    The food discounts were part of 7,400 temporary price reductions during the quarter, company executives told investors.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Grocers’ meat departments show resilience amid economic woes: report

    Sales growth in this key segment of the store outpaced all other fresh food categories in 2024, highlighting its importance to price-sensitive shoppers, according to FMI.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    More than a Store: My dinner at Wegmans

    The grocer’s newly opened Japanese restaurant in Manhattan serves up tasty, unique dishes with a side of experiential dining.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Amazon’s same-day push is already disrupting grocers

    The company’s pursuit of faster delivery is boosting sales in key pantry and general merchandise categories, according to one expert. Can it overcome the “trust chasm” in fresh?

    By • Updated Aug. 18, 2025
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    Amazon’s grocery delivery play doesn’t erase key challenges

    While the retailer’s same-day delivery expansion leverages its enormous reach online, its fractional brick-and-mortar presence remains a central liability, industry analysts said.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    Amazon brings same-day perishable food delivery to 1K cities and towns

    The retailer plans to expand the service, which allows shoppers to buy groceries and non-food products using a single online cart, to more than 2,300 locations by the end of 2025.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Heritage Grocers ushers in predictive tech to revamp prepared foods strategy

    The Hispanic grocery company aims to improve market demand fulfillment while also better serving its multicultural family customers.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Healthy Family Project rallies brand partners to help families prep for back-to-school season

    The cause-marketing organization pairs digital strategies with charitable giving, supporting both healthier eating and industry partnerships.

    Aug. 11, 2025