SpartanNash invested $18.3 million in 18 Family Fare stores in Michigan as part of its new “Keeping it Real” brand promises. Family Fare is keeping it real for store guests, with five brand promises: keeping it real local; keeping it real with value beyond price; keeping it real with affordable wellness; keeping it real socially […]
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Walmart E-Commerce Sales Grew Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter
Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce sales grew 37 percent, according to its first quarter 2019 financial results released May 16. Other highlights of Walmart’s first quarter financial report: • Total revenue was $123.9 billion, an increase of $1.2 billion. Excluding currency, total revenue was $125.8 billion, an increase of $3.1 billion or 2.5 percent. • Walmart U.S. […]
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Giant Food Opens Walnutport, Pennsylvania, Store
Giant Food Stores celebrated the grand opening of the new Walnutport store located at 300 S. Best Avenue on May 17. The new 55,000-s.f. store operates 6 a.m.-midnight seven days a week and employs approximately 200 full- and part-time associates. “We are so proud to have joined the Walnutport community, and our team is ready […]
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Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7
Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]
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Kroger And Lindsay Goldberg Form PearlRock Partners
The Kroger Co. and private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg have formed PearlRock Partners, a new platform that will identify, invest in and help grow the next generation of leading consumer product brands. PearlRock Partners will be one of the largest data-driven investment vehicles focused on consumer brands. The platform will be a part of Kroger’s […]
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Acme Markets’ Contract Approved By UFCW Local 1776KS
On May 13, Acme Markets employees represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776 Keystone State approved a new four-year contract that improves wages and protects benefits for thousands of Acme members who serve Philadelphia-area customers. The new contract covers 3,300 union members working in more than 40 Acme Markets locations. Negotiations began in […]
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Will Expanding Grocers Learn From The Decline Of Department Stores?
by Andrew McQuilkin, BHDP Architecture Each year seems to bring with it a new headline on how one of our most frequent shopping experiences—buying groceries—will be forever changed. Curbside pickup. Driverless cars delivering to our homes. Automatic checkouts. The technological rush shows a willingness by the largest chains to ensure they outmaneuver online upstarts and […]
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Free NextDay Delivery Available At Walmart Without Membership Fee
Walmart now is offering free NextDay delivery to customers without a membership fee. “We’re adding free NextDay delivery on a wide range of general merchandise from Walmart.com, without a membership fee,” said Walmart E-Commerce U.S. President and CEO Mark Lore. “NextDay delivery will be available first to Walmart.com customers in Phoenix and Las Vegas and […]