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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ahold Delhaize USA will make the DoorDash on-demand grocery delivery marketplace available across its five supermarket banners: Food Lion, Hannaford, Giant Food, The Giant Company and Stop & Shop. In June 2023 a top DoorDash exec discussed the company’s plans to move beyond restaurant deliveries to become the “local commerce company.”

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APRIL 3, 2024

very intentionally draws its design and merchandising inspiration from supermarkets rather than pharmacies. Joyleaf, which opened in late 2023, is organized and merchandised by type of product rather than by brand: all the edibles, for example, are grouped together as a category, as they would be in a supermarket.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

DoorDash , best known for restaurant deliveries, is expanding further into the supermarket vertical through partnerships with Meijer , Fresh Thyme and Smart & Final , with plans to add Hy-Vee and Gristedes / D’Agostino “in the coming weeks,” wrote Mike Goldblatt, Head of Grocery and Convenience Partnerships at DoorDash in a blog post.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Alibaba has opened 12 new Freshippo supermarkets in eight Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Freshippo combines physical and digital commerce in its 300+ stores throughout the country.

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APRIL 19, 2023

parent company of the Loblaws supermarket chain, will invest $2 billion Canadian (approximately $1.49 billion ) to improve its network of 2,500 stores in 2023. These capital investments will include 38 new and/or relocated stores and conversions or renovations to nearly 600 more. Loblaw Companies Ltd.,

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Some 10,000 grocery workers in the greater Denver area went on strike against 77 of the regions 121 King Soopers stores on Feb. The retailer plans to keep affected stores open despite picket lines, but operating on reduced hours during the work stoppage. 6, according to the AP and other media outlets. Stay Strong.

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JULY 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has done little to slow Aldi ’s growth: the low-price supermarket chain has opened its 2,000 U.S. store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. The new DC also will support Aldi stores in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. in a statement.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We get a lot of notice of when our schedule is posted, and it really allows us to plan our lives at this time of year. I’ve worked in retail jobs where they’ll post the schedule on Sunday for the week that starts the next day, and [that] makes it impossible to plan. “We Unfortunately our COVID honeymoon is over.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After opening a net 23 new stores in 2023 for a total of over 400 locations, Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open 35 new locations this year, all in its new smaller-store format. Sprouts committed to shrinking its stores’ square footage by 23% as a way to reduce environmental impact in June 2023.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Preliminary supermarket competition concerns have been raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over Woolworths’ plan to acquire the Supa IGA in Karabar and its associated liquor store, Liquor Boss. Further reading: ACCC clears Woolworths’ acquisition of MyDeal.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Manager of Digital Strategy & Innovation, General Mills Jennifer Lambert, SVP of Strategy & Planning, Hy-Vee, Inc.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

“The number one driver of job satisfaction is an associate’s manager, and we believe that you — our front-line leaders — are the best in retail,” wrote Cedric Clark, EVP, Store Operations, Walmart U.S. in a blog post. A strong labor market has many retailers raising wages and improving benefits for workers at multiple levels.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Zhang, who had been named CEO in May 2015 , recently narrowed his responsibilities to focus on leading the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, which Alibaba plans to spin off under a separate management team to be appointed at a later date. Alibaba ’s former Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang has stepped down from his roles with the company.

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JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology also has been deployed by other brands, including select Panera Bread locations.

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MARCH 25, 2025

The 570 -store Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee will expand its partnership with Instacart by adopting the platforms Carrot Ads solution. This new integration will give Hy-Vee RedMedia access both to Instacarts ad technology and its CPG advertising ecosystem, which delivers advertiser demand from more than 7,000 brands.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Much depends on the retailer’s ability to roll out a new store format in Japan, and improve profit margins overseas, analysts and industry insiders say. Seven & I plans to split off its supermarket operation and some 30 other “non-core” units into a holding company, York Holdings.

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MARCH 21, 2023

store locations in Florida, Texas, Colorado and California. The retailer plans to expand the 7Charge network into Canada as well as other U.S. 7-Eleven had announced plans in June 2021 to install 500 EV ports at 250 stores in the U.S.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

“This is a test and learn project, and we’re planning to listen and adjust quickly. The pilot is unchartered territory and while success isn’t guaranteed, our commitment to creating value and meeting customer needs remains unwavering.”

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MARCH 7, 2024

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.

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APRIL 22, 2024

billion merger, Kroger and Albertsons have increased the number of supermarkets they plan to divest by 166 , for a total of 579 stores. The revised plan maintains the sale to C&S of the QFC, Mariano’s and Carrs banners and adds the Haggen banner. Facing regulatory challenges to their proposed $24.6

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Save A Lot has relicensed its 18 remaining corporate-owned supermarkets, completing its strategy of shifting ownership and operations of all locations to independent licensed ownership. Save A Lot operates more than 800 stores in 32 states.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons has faced pushback from federal regulators, state Attorneys General and labor unions practically from the moment it was first announced in October 2022. Top execs from both companies defended the merger in testimony to a U.S.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

That aligns with Couche-Tard’s recent moves to beef up its store count in the U.S., including its acquisition of 112 Mapco Express convenience stores in May 2023. In March 2024 , Couche-Tard also deployed a unified supply chain and planning system from Relex across its North American store footprint.

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JULY 25, 2024

Additionally, Save a Lot now has 400 of its supermarkets live on the DoorDash Marketplace, offering deliveries in under one hour, on average. The retailer plans to support SNAP/EBT payment capabilities on DoorDash later this year for on-demand delivery of SNAP-eligible groceries.

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JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. 26, 2023, comes despite Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s February 2023 announcement that the retailer would halt expansion of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store footprints.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

During the upcoming Retail Strategy & Planning Series , experts will explore these trends further to identify top tips and tactics for driving holiday sales results. data indicates that consumers are increasingly visiting multiple supermarkets to complete their shopping lists. In the key grocery category, Placer.ai

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019. The store will continue to be staffed with Sainsbury’s employees who will answer shopper questions, check IDs for alcohol purchases and restock shelves.

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MARCH 7, 2025

Even though more than half ( 56% ) of retailers surveyed by KPMG completed a major payments modernization program within the past year, even more 83% already are modernizing their payment infrastructure, or are planning to do so in the new future.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

billion Kroger acquisition of Albertsons , calling the deal — the largest supermarket merger in U.S. This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years,” said Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC in a statement.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Giant Eagle will upgrade its category management capabilities across its 216 supermarkets and 274 GetGo convenience stores, allowing the retailer to make more informed decisions about which products are placed where within its stores.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Kroger will boost the number of local products on its shelves by 10% following the supermarket giant’s planned merger with Albertsons , which is expected to close in early 2024. The increase will add at least 30 new local products in each store. in a statement.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Value supermarket retailer Grocery Outlet will acquire United Grocery Outlet , a 40 -store chain with a similar business model, to gain a presence in the Southeast. operates more than 460 stores in nine Western and Mid-Atlantic states. Grocery Outlet, based in Emeryville, Calif.,

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APRIL 2, 2021

Kroger outlined plans to deliver total shareholder returns of 8% to 10% in 2021 at its virtual Investor Day, held March 31, 2021. Leadership pointed to two core areas for driving that growth: the fresh food segment and digital, which was described as “a growth engine” for the supermarket retailer, one of the nation’s biggest. .

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MARCH 16, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights.

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JULY 13, 2020

the Montreal-based company is sending notices to terminate leases for 82 of its Canadian stores and all 42 U.S. The retailer, which also sells tea and tea-related products in 2,500 grocery stores and supermarkets across Canada, currently operates more than 100 stores in the country. Bankruptcy Code.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. As part of its omnichannel strategy, Coles has expanded click and collect to more than 780 locations and is converting its service desk model stores to a contactless driver pickup experience through carpark collections and lockers.

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