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Southeastern Grocers is not selling any shares in the offering and will not receive any net proceeds from the sale of its common stock by the selling stockholders. Last June, the company sold 62 of its BI-LO and Harveys Supermarket stores to Food Lion , all of which will eventually carry the Food Lion banner.
A consortium of private investors led by the current CEO and President of Southeastern Grocers Inc. along with C&S Wholesale Grocers , has acquired Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners. Financial terms of the current deal were not disclosed.
While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. Local grocers also have invested heavily in regional product arrays to differentiate their shopping experience.
“We’ve come a long way in our digital journey by launching our app and website powered by Instacart Storefront,” said Alexis Canseco, Manager of Operations at Canseco’s Market in a statement. “As
The fresh grocery platform will assist with demand forecasting, in-store production planning, food traceability, recipe management and cut test management across all fresh departments. Interest in fresh food is on the rise, and while this has led to higher sales for grocers it also has increased labor costs.
Food Lion will acquire 62 BI-LO / Harveys Supermarket stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers. The grocery retailer expects to hire more than 4,650 associates to keep the new locations staffed.
The Afresh Technologies predictive ordering platform will power forecasting, inventory and storeoperations, providing department managers with easy-to-use ordering tools that leverage real-time insights.
We see the value Carrot Tags offer as they help Instacart shoppers to be more independent when fulfilling online orders, allowing our associates to focus on storeoperations and providing excellent customer service,” said Scott Patton, VP at Aldi in a statement. locations in August 2024.
store total to more than 2,400 by the end of 2023 and will span the entire continental U.S., The store growth builds on the 139 locations opened or remodeled in 2022 , which Aldi credited as contributing to the 9.4 million new customers the grocer attracted that year. both new markets for the grocer. in a statement. .
Gopuff has partnered with Misfits Market , an online grocer dedicated to reducing food waste that delivers to Gopuff’s microfulfillment centers nearly every day, while Grubhub will work with Mercato , an online marketplace for independent grocery stores with more than 950 retailers across the country. .
Grocery storeoperators are asking brands to justify higher prices before accepting them. “We We want a justification for it, and what we then do is validate,” said Stuart Aitken, chief merchant and marketing officer at Kroger.
The tie-up aims to improve storeoperations, drive greater efficiency for staff and provide shoppers with more efficient and effective service. Sainsbury’s has signed a new five-year partnership with Microsoft, which will see it use AI and machine learning capabilities to accelerate its Next Level Sainsbury’s strategy.
In an effort to speed up the merger, which would create a 4,500 -store entity,Kroger and Albertsons announced plans in September 2023 to sell 400+ stores, eight DCs and five private label brands to C&S Wholesale Grocers. Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.
billion merger, Kroger and Albertsons have increased the number of supermarkets they plan to divest by 166 , for a total of 579 stores. The retailers also have increased the corporate and office infrastructure they would sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers , as well as additional private label product lines, for a total of approximately $2.9
Kroger and Albertsons will sell 413 stores across 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with eight distribution centers, two offices and five private label brands, to C&S Wholesale Grocers for approximately $1.9 billion in cash.
We are excited to collaborate with such an innovative retailer, setting an example to other grocers of how to enable an exceptional shopping experience.”
At the time, the retailers earned regulatory clearance by selling 146 stores to regional grocer Haggen , which filed for bankruptcy several months later and blamed the new stores for its demise. Albertsons was then able to buy many of the stores back.
Essential grocery store workers would also suffer under this deal, facing the threat of their wages dwindling, benefits diminishing and their working conditions deteriorating.” billion , but the FTC has criticized the divestment as inadequate.
While Dollar Tree is trimming its store fleet, several other retailers have announced expansion plans over the past few weeks: Burlington Stores plans to open 100 stores in 2024; Discount grocer Aldi plans to open 800 U.S.
“Our commitment to customers is that products at the no name store will be up to 20% less than the regular retail price on a comparable product at any of the four main discount grocers in that local area,” said Melanie Singh, President of Loblaw’s Hard Discount Division in a statement.
Grocers, like Morrisons in the UK, used Amazon Connect to immediately respond to the challenges of the pandemic. For example, AWS works with Parkland , a leading fuel and convenience storeoperator that completes over one million transactions every day. As their customers evolve, it is imperative that retailers keep pace.
also previously served asSenior Director of Multichannel Retail at Walmart, where his teams were responsible for the pilot and expansion of many programs we all use today, such as home delivery and curbside, alternate pickup and pickup today.
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Paul area since 1983, offering naturally raised meats, locally sourced organic produce, hard-to-find specialty products, and more from all 11 locations; Mar-Val Food Stores : A family-owned grocer focused on supporting rural communities across California, Mar-Val Food Stores offers delivery from its nine locations; Geissler’s Supermarket : A family-owned (..)
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Since its inception, Save A Lot has filled an important need as a discount, high-quality hometown grocer in each community it serves. The time was right for us to step fully into our role as a licensed wholesaler and put all operations in the hands of our dedicated retailers.”
Hudson will open nearly 10,000 square feet of travel convenience and specialty retail shops, including: Chelsea Outpost , celebrating the famous Chelsea Market along Manhattan’s High Line, will offer travel essentials and news items as well as unique local products like aromatherapy blends from Madison + Green ; City Square Supply , inspired by the (..)
M&S has named Morrisons retail operations boss Jayne Wall as its new director of central storeoperations. Wall, who said last month she would be leaving the supermarket after over a decade, will take up her new role at the high-street giant in August.
Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout.
Discount grocer Aldi will invest more than $9 billion over the next five years on its national expansion plan, which includes adding 800 stores to its U.S. Aldi’s growth plans include beefing up its presence in the Northeast and Midwest, with plans to add nearly 330 stores across both regions by 2028. fleet by the end of 2028.
With retailers facing continued supply chain disruption – from the long shadow of covid-19 to Russia’s war on Ukraine and climate change – shoppers are reporting increased levels of out-of-stock products, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of storeoperations execution software.
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The Bristol Farms location also will have access to FoodStorm Department Orders, an order management system that helps grocers manage customer orders for items like baked goods, hot items and deli sandwiches.
Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.
stores, giving the company more individual points of produce distribution than any other mass retailer or grocer in the country. Dollar General (DG) now offers fresh produce in more than 5,000 U.S.
Brian Brinkmann is the Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Agilence , a leading loss prevention and operational analytics provider for retailers, grocers and restaurants.
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Now processing over 10% of the global grocery sales data, Retail Insight , the leading provider of in-storeoperations execution software, is targeting its next growth phase, consolidating its position as a global technology leader, while expanding into new territories, supported by a series of senior hires.
One retailer has recently come under scrutiny for its automated payment technologies across storefronts, leading experts and consumers to question just how intelligent their smart stores are. And a grocer has dealt with mixed reviews from consumers, employers and the media since the 2019 launch of its fleet of robots that roam storefronts.
Bashas’ had 113 storesoperating in Arizona, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. CEO Edward Basha said that some of the challenges the grocer has faced during the pandemic led it to believe that combining with a like-minded business in Raley’s would be a benefit going forward.
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Three of the country’s largest grocers, Kroger , Hy-Vee and Publix , have become the latest retailers to relax mask requirements. All of the retailers are continuing to comply with state and local mask mandates on a store-by-store basis.
The growth of self-checkout technology is nothing new, but the rate of implementation is gaining a lot of attention — especially among grocers. . With so much focus on digital sales and online shopping, most people think that the days of brick-and-mortar stores are over. grocery sales were in physical stores.
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