Walmart reported today that it continued to gain traction in both food sales and its e-commerce business in its second quarter. Walmart U.S. traffic increased 1.3 percent and comparable-store sales grew 1.8 percent. It marks Walmart’s 12th consecutive quarter of positive comp sales. “The grocery business continued to improve as food categories delivered the strongest […]
Category: Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market, founded in 1980 by John Mackey, Renee Lawson Hardy, Craig Weller, and Mark Skiles, originated in Austin, Texas. As a pioneer in the natural and organic foods movement, the brand has evolved into one of the world’s leading retailers of natural and organic foods.
The company’s business model revolves around offering high-quality, responsibly sourced products that promote health and well-being. The brand distinguishes itself by maintaining strict quality standards, including bans on artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives in its products. With a commitment to sustainability, the chain supports local farmers and suppliers, prioritizing organic and non-GMO options whenever possible. Whole Foods Market operates over 500 locations across North America and the United Kingdom.
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Urban Grocery Study Reveals Growing Food Deserts, Significant Shift To Small-Format Stores
According to Mid-America Real Estate Corp.’s biennial Urban Grocery Study published this month, the Chicago grocery sector showed a net loss of nine stores from 2015-17, totaling a loss of 544,512 s.f. of operating or to-be-opened inventory. The average store size continued its downsizing trend as evidenced by the fact that the average size of closed stores over […]
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Coffee Brands Ranked Top Selling On Amazon Grocery
One Click Retail data and sales measurements find that three out of five of the top selling brands on Amazon Grocery are coffee. According to One Click Retail’s, the top 5 highest-selling grocery and food brands on Amazon are: 1. San Francisco Bay Coffee (~2 percent of Amazon grocery and food share) 2. KIND (~2 percent of […]
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Family-Owned GES Has A Hit With Edwards Cash Saver
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest When the ownership of longtime community grocer Knight’s Super Foods in Beebe, Arkansas, changed hands from one family to another early this year, there likely was some apprehension in the community. The Knight family had been very active in Beebe. People knew and trusted them. Paul Rowton was sensitive to those feelings. […]
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Campbell Soup Accelerating E-Commerce Plans
Campbell Soup Co. has appointed VP Shakeel Farooque to lead an accelerated plan for its Digital and E-Commerce Division. The company plans to accelerate its digital and e-commerce capabilities by forming an e-commerce unit, representing all three Campbell divisions in North America. Campbell has a goal of generating $300 million in e-commerce sales over the next five years. […]
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Insights: Coborn’s Succeeds As E-Commerce Differentiator
How can an independent grocer succeed in an increasingly crowded e-commerce market? For St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Coborn’s, the winning formula includes boosting its e-commerce investment, differentiating from competitors, training delivery drivers to engage consumers and even making friends with customers’ dogs. Recent National Grocers Association (NGA) research underscored the importance of boosting e-commerce strategies. The […]
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Report: Grocery E-Commerce Growing, But 97% Of CPG Dollars Still Spent In Store
Since the first modern-day supermarket opened nearly a century ago, there had been little change in the grocery retail space—at least until recently with the emerging popularity of e-commerce. While other online retail had seen growth early on, the trend took longer to make its mark on grocery, as new research and insights from Acosta show that […]
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Roche Bros. Joins Other Grocers In Unata’s ‘Unified’ Shopping Experience
Roche Bros. has joined three other retailers, including Lunds & Byerlys, in Unata’s omni-commerce strategy called Unata’s Unified Experience. The Unified Experience interconnects three distinct types of shopping modes—in-store list-planning, delivery and click and collect—into one experience. According to Unata, most retailers have these experiences split among different websites. Unata’s Unified Experience prompts shoppers to select their desires, after which […]