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Retailers

Retailers Donate to Help Fight Coronavirus

Ahold Delhaize, which announced a $10 million relief package to help in wake of COVID-19, joins other large grocery peers that are stepping up.

Fresh Food

Meat Sales Surge Even Higher: Up 91%

The fresh meat department has powered the perimeter to record-setting levels throughout the month of March as pandemic pantry-building shoppers frantically bought food for family meals for all three dayparts.

Retailers

Walmart to Screen Worker Temps, Provide Masks

By Jon Springer on Mar. 31, 2020

The retailer said it would send home employees with a temperature of 100 or more as it fights the spread of the coronavirus.

Retailers

Hy-Vee Debuts Free Programming to Get Kids Moving

By WGB Staff on Mar. 30, 2020

To help keep children and their parents moving during social distancing, the retailer debuts 15- to 20-minute videos that feature fun, physical activities.

Fresh Food

Brands Donating Fresh Food to Communities

By WGB Staff on Mar. 30, 2020

Sunkist Growers recently announced it is giving three truckloads of fresh citrus fruit to California schools and food banks, while Reed's is stocking up first responders with beverages.

CPG

Consumers Adapting to a 'New Normal,' Studies Show

By WGB Staff on Mar. 30, 2020

A month into the concerns over coronavirus, consumers' “new normal” includes online ordering and pantry stocking.

Retailers

A Price and Promotion Pandemic

By Jon Springer on Mar. 27, 2020

COVID-19 has delivered a big but delicate sales boom that has highlighted emotions—and will pressure retailers to adjust when the crisis subsides.

Retailers

Kroger, H-E-B, Tops Hire the Clean Team

By Jennifer Strailey on Mar. 27, 2020

Grocers are creating new sanitation ambassador and social distancing director positions for in-store employees.

Retailers

Hy-Vee, Piggly Wiggly Offer Seniors Free DoorDash Delivery

By Jennifer Strailey on Mar. 27, 2020

DoorDash, alongside e-commerce grocery solutions Mercato, Rosie, GrocerKey and Freshop, is offering free grocery delivery to shoppers 60 and older during the coronavirus crisis.

Retailers

Rhode Island Issues State-Mandated Social Distancing Rules

By Kat Martin on Mar. 27, 2020

In effort to enforce social distancing standards, grocery stores will have to limit the number of customers to 20% of the store’s stated fire capacity.

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