Amazon and The Winn-Dixie Co. expanded their grocery delivery partnership to the Greater Tampa Bay area, adding six counties and dozens of communities to a service that reaches nearly 100 cities and towns across Florida and South Georgia. Customers in Hillsborough, Pasco, North Pinellas, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota counties can order from more than 15,000 […]
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Market moves, funding, earnings, and financial strategy across the grocery industry.
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Brookshire Brothers Promotes 4 Executives In Leadership Restructuring
Lufkin, Texas-based Brookshire Brothers has announced four executive promotions, elevating longtime company veterans into senior leadership roles across operations, finance, accounting and legal services. Clay Oliver moves from CFO to COO, while Jessica Brown steps up from VP of accounting and treasury to CFO. In addition, Stephanie Cole is the new VP of accounting, and Jeff […]
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ECRS Standardizes Third-Party Access To CATAPULT Platform
ECRS has released updated third-party integration and application programming interface (API) guidance, a formal framework defining how retailers and solution providers can connect with its CATAPULT point-of-sale platform through standardized, reusable API endpoints. The documentation is designed to reduce technical friction for integrators while protecting the platform’s stability across high-volume retail environments. Why standardization matters […]
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Instacart, NVIDIA Build AI Platform to Unify In-Store, Online Grocery Retail
Instacart is building what it calls a “grocery world model” – a continuous learning artificial intelligence system that connects physical store data from its Caper Cart smart shopping carts with its online commerce platform in collaboration with NVIDIA. The initiative represents how it intends to use its scale across 2,200-plus retail banners and 100,000-plus locations […]
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Harps Food Stores To Acquire 18 Stores From Dyer Foods In TN, KY
Harps Food Stores has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 18 stores from Joey and Jeanie Hays, owners of independent grocery operator Dyer Foods, with 17 of the locations in western Tennessee and one in Kentucky. Both parties anticipate completing the transaction by this summer, with store banners, employment and operations continuing with minimal […]
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Meijer To Open 3 New Stores On May 6
Meijer will open three new stores May 6 – 159,000-square-foot supercenters in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, and Brownsburg, Indiana, and a 47,000-square-foot grocery store in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The openings bring Meijer’s Ohio store count to 59, Indiana to 44 and add a third grocery location in Michigan, where it has 125 supercenters and market format […]
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Schuman Cheese Begins Fourth-Generation Leadership Transition
Schuman Cheese has begun a leadership transition, elevating three fourth-generation family members into senior roles 81 years after the company’s founding. Allison Schuman has been named CEO, moving up from her previous role as chief revenue officer. Neal Schuman, who previously served as CEO, becomes chairman. Ian Schuman will serve as president of global, overseeing […]
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HGG Appoints Hinojosa CEO Following National Search
Ontario, California-based Heritage Grocers Group (HGG) appointed David Hinojosa as CEO following a board-led national search. Hinojosa, a 30-year retail veteran with experience across the U.S., Australia and Asia, will lead the 115-store ethnic grocery operator’s next phase of growth. He most recently served as COO at Vallarta Supermarkets, which he joined in 2023. His career includes […]