by Eric Pereira / content creator Harold Llyod Presents held its 21st annual Supermarket SMARTS conference in a virtual format the week of Jan. 10. The SMARTS event combined education and entertainment for grocery managers, assistant managers and management trainees to learn through interactive seminars and assignments. The Supermarket SMARTS event featured various guest speakers including, […]
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Edwards Brothers Supermarkets Reports Supply Chain Concerns
As the freezing temperatures tighten their grip on the small towns of Maine, business is moving along for Edwards Brothers Supermarkets. And throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Jeremy Edwards’ stores posted sales increases. “People weren’t traveling as far to do their shopping. A lot of the smaller mom-and-pop type shops should have seen a boost […]
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Looking At Inflation And The Past – What Can History Teach Us?
When prices rise slowly, shoppers and the economy can adjust. But when inflation accelerates, as we are seeing in stores across the globe today, what happens then? For many younger store associates, this may be their first time going through a major inflationary period. Certainly, food prices in the U.S. have not seen cost acceleration […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Latest News, Southwest
Relationshop Announces Partnership With University Of Houston
by Eric Pereira / content creator Relationshop, a Houston, Texas-based provider of highly personalized, customer engagement and commerce solutions for supermarkets and convenience retailers, has announced a new partnership with the University of Houston College of Technology to establish a new Retail AI Innovation Lab. “We will be working alongside their consumer and data sciences […]
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Curci To Succeed Grimmett As CEO Of Northeast Grocery Inc.
Schenectady, New York-based Northeast Grocery Inc. – the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets – announced Jan. 19 the upcoming retirement of CEO Scott Grimmett and named former Tops Markets Chairman and CEO Frank Curci to that position. Grimmett’s retirement will be effective in February. Grimmett is concluding a 48-year career in […]
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Warner Named President Of New Raley’s Division
Under the new enterprise structure, Warner will lead Raley’s in California and Nevada West Sacramento, California-based The Raley’s Companies has announced the promotion of Jen Warner to president of the Raley’s operating division. For the past two years, Warner has served as the chief administrative officer for the portfolio of operating companies that comprise The […]
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Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine-Testing Mandate For Private Business
FMI – The Food Industry Association and the National Grocers Association applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Jan. 13 to pause the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 vaccination and testing for private businesses. According to CNBC, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion: “Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the […]
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Amazon, H-E-B, Market Basket Are Top U.S. Grocery Retailers
Chicago, Illinois-based dunnhumby has released the fifth annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index, a comprehensive, nationwide study that examines the approximately $1 trillion U.S. grocery market. In a second year dominated by Covid-19, Amazon cemented its leadership position, with H-E-B following in second place and Market Basket leapfrogging three retailers to take the third spot away from […]