Store Operations: Page 10

  • Several grocery items such as pies, ham and frozen broccoli bags.
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    Kroger, Lidl roll out Easter deals

    Kroger’s meal for the holiday costs less than $6 per person, while the discounter is serving up spiral ham for 80 cents less than last year.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    Retrieved from Target on April 04, 2025
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    Target serves up Easter meal at last year’s price

    The retailer is also highlighting seasonal dessert options and deals on select items like private label treats.

    By • April 7, 2025
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    Grocers have the meats

    Meat department sales hit record highs in 2024, but there’s room for more innovation and personalized messaging to continue motivating shoppers, according to a report from FMI.

    By • April 7, 2025
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    NRF expects ‘slower trajectory for consumer spending’ in 2025 as tariffs fuel uncertainty, inflation fears

    Retail sales could grow 3.7% at best as many consumers reach the limits of their spending power, according to the trade group.

    By Daphne Howland • April 4, 2025
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    Trump installs 10% baseline tariff, country-specific duties

    FMI – The Food Industry Association and the National Grocers Association raised concerns about how the additional tariffs will impact consumers and retailers.

    By Phil Neuffer • April 3, 2025
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    Kroger adds ‘trendy’ private label products, looks to launch 900 items

    Mushroom tea and kettle-style tortilla chips in a Hatch chile flavor are among the grocer’s new items.

    By • April 2, 2025
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    Albertsons unveils limited-time private label items

    The grocer launched a collection of lemon-inspired products, including cookies, pretzels and popcorn, available through May 9.

    By • April 1, 2025
  • Ribbon cutting ceremony of Woods Supermarkets' first Colorado location
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    Woods Supermarket debuts first out-of-state location

    Along with groceries and liquor, the Colorado store includes nearly a dozen restaurant concepts, a tap room with live music and more.

    By • April 1, 2025
  • Signage showcasing low prices of produce at a store.
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    Walmart adds AI partner for produce crop monitoring

    The retailer is working with Cropin to improve yield forecasting, monitor crop health and better predict seasonal transitions for fresh foods.

    By • March 31, 2025
  • A Walmart storefront showcases its refreshed brand identity, with a new typeface and the spark logo set apart as a standalone asset.
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    Walmart drops eggs from its Easter meal deal

    The bundle, which is priced at about $6 per person, includes ham, potatoes and asparagus, and costs less than what the retailer charged for a similar promotion last year.

    By • March 27, 2025
  • Beer and wine section at The Giant Company store in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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    Utah law clears the way for shoppers to include beer in grocery pickup orders

    The revision to the state’s liquor bill builds on a growing trend of states easing up on alcohol-sale restrictions.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    How grocers can reel in more customer seafood spend

    Food retailers have an opportunity to convert customers into “occasional or frequent” seafood shoppers by highlighting seafood’s affordability, health benefits and more, FMI found.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    Sponsored by Kwik Lok

    Consumers seek science-backed eco-labels

    A plethora of claims creates confusion among both consumers and brands.

    March 24, 2025
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    Are you ready to maximize the sweet opportunities ahead?

    For grocers, smart product placement and curated seasonal selections can help turn these trends into bigger basket sizes and stronger profits.

    March 24, 2025
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    Sam’s Club offers digital ‘all-day grazing experience’ for Easter

    The Walmart-owned club retailer has curated its meal offerings online in response to feedback from its members.

    By • March 21, 2025
  • Grocery items including quiche, orange juice, a floral bouquet and sweet kale, on a table at a grocery store.
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    Kroger keeps an eye on produce tariff exposure

    The supermarket chain is also identifying opportunities to diversify its sourcing base for other commodities.

    By Kelly Stroh • March 20, 2025
  • Jars of Rao's pasta sauce at a Washington, D.C. grocery store.
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    Consumers worry tariffs will hit grocery prices the hardest: report

    New findings from Intuit Credit Karma show half of U.S. consumers have changed their spending habits in anticipation of tariffs, led by Gen Z and millennial shoppers.

    By • March 20, 2025
  • A Walmart storefront showcases its refreshed brand identity, with a new typeface and the spark logo set apart as a standalone asset.
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    Walmart links with chain to open made-to-order pizza restaurants

    Nozzleman Pizza plans to debut locations inside more than a dozen of the retailer’s stores this year.

    By • March 19, 2025
  • A person stands in front of a glass door containing eggs at a grocery store
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    Egg wholesale prices and consumer demand drop significantly

    The USDA’s latest weekly report on the egg market noted, however, that retail egg prices do not yet reflect these trends and demand is expected to remain under pressure until that happens.

    By • March 19, 2025
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sitting with his name printed in front of a microphone in front of him with his arm extended besides him while speaking in a room with government officials in the background.
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    RFK Jr wants to close a ‘loophole’ in food additive regulation

    The Health and Human Services Secretary directed the FDA to consider eliminating a pathway that allowed companies to "self-affirm" whether their ingredients are safe for consumption.

    By Sarah Zimmerman • March 17, 2025
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    How grocers can better cater to Latino shoppers

    Grocers need to improve their merchandising with authentic, relevant initiatives to connect with these shoppers, who have buying power of nearly $4 trillion, sources say.

    By • Updated March 18, 2025
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    Catherine Douglas Moran/Grocery Dive
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    Opinion

    How grocers can put the cool in frozen food

    Retailers and brands can adopt merchandising tactics like upcycling and education campaigns to show reluctant consumers the value of frozen products, writes Dr. Sophie Attwood of Behavior Global.

    By Dr. Sophie Attwood • March 13, 2025
  • View of The Fresh Market's center store area, including produce area and Fresh For You department
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    Younger shoppers are shaking up produce aisles

    With a third of shoppers discovering fruits and vegetables on social media, grocers should change up their merchandising tactics to stand out, FMI — The Food Industry Association suggested.

    By • March 13, 2025
  • Produce section of Safeway store at 415 14th Street, SE, Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2020. Store opened Aug. 12, 2020.
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    Grocery prices hold steady as overall inflation declines

    Food-at-home prices rose at a 1.9% annual clip in February, well above the pace just a few months ago

    By • March 12, 2025
  • Inside The Fresh Market's Spirits & Wine store in Ponte Vedro Beach, Florida.
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    The Fresh Market opens first-ever alcohol outlet

    Located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the 7,000-square-foot store allows the grocer to offer a large selection of beer, wine and liquor all under one roof.

    By • March 10, 2025