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The Key To Competing With Digital Retail Is Consumer Loyalty

The best way for food retailers to gain an advantage over digital retailers and other competitors is to have a large, loyal customer base. “To achieve this, it is critical for retailers to take a next-generation approach to customer loyalty and view it in 3D: loyalty as a strategy, loyalty as an outcome of daily […]

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Kroger Releases 12th Annual Sustainability Report

The Kroger Co. has released its 12th annual sustainability report detailing the company’s progress on its “Zero Hunger | Zero Waste” social impact plan as well as its 2020 sustainability goals. “Kroger associates achieved incredible progress on our business strategy and sustainability journey in 2017. We launched our three-year Restock Kroger plan, engaged more deeply with our Purpose: To Feed the […]

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Sprouts Will Host Coast To Coast Hiring Day On July 24

Sprouts Farmers Market will hold a hiring day on Tuesday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. across its more than 300 stores from coast to coast. The grocer aims to fill full- and part-time, non-seasonal positions to meet the demand for its natural and organic products. Walk-in interviews will be held at each Sprouts […]

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Natural Grocers To Open Relocated Centennial, Colorado, Store July 26

Natural Grocers’ newly relocated Centennial, Colorado, store at 11753 East Arapahoe Road will open on July 26 at 8 a.m. with a grand reopening celebration and ribbon cutting. At the reopening, Natural Grocers will host a Grocery Giveaway Sweepstakes in which nine customers will win Natural Grocers gift cards ranging in value from $10 to $100 per week for six months. Customers will […]

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Daily’s Bacon Coming To Retail In Response To Consumer Demand

Daily’s Premium Meats is bringing its bacon to retail with new packaging in response to what it says are hundreds of recent consumer inquiries. After viewing newly redesigned labels, 68 percent of consumers expressed strong purchase intent. According to Daily’s that’s because consumers found the new packaging aligns with what they expect from great bacon: quality, […]

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Recommended: Chef’d Shuts Down Suddenly, Lays Off Workers

Chef’d, a major meal-kit company, suddenly shut down services on Monday. As of Tuesday, customers can no longer place orders on the meal-kit service’s website. According to four sources with knowledge of the situation and an internal email viewed by Business Insider, the company alerted employees that it was immediately ceasing operations on Monday. Chef’d’s […]

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Food Freshness Card Wins Food Safety Award At United Fresh 2018

The Food Freshness Card was again honored with an Innovation Award for “Best New Food Safety Solution” at this year’s United Fresh Show for its new industrial size. “We are thrilled and honored to have received this award voted on by the industry professionals and attendees for a second consecutive year,” said Rick Hassler, director of […]

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FreshDirect Opens New, Larger Campus In The South Bronx

FreshDirect, an online fresh food grocer based in the Northeast, has opened its FreshDirect Campus (FDC), a new facility in New York City’s South Bronx community. FreshDirect says the new facility “reimagines farm-to-fork food distribution and manufacturing, which will provide even higher-quality, fresher food for customers.” It will enable the company to add thousands of […]