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Grocery Outlet to Try Out E-Commerce with Instacart

 By WGB Staff on Oct. 21, 2021

Grocery Outlet is wading into the e-commerce waters with the announcement that it will offer same-day delivery from dozens of stores in California through a pilot program in partnership with Instacart...

Retailers

Dollar Tree Seeking Thousands of Permanent and Seasonal Workers

By Christine LaFave Grace on Oct. 15, 2021

On-the-spot interviews will be conducted at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores and distribution centers as the discounter strives to ramp up hiring.

Retailers

Dollar Tree Expanding Multi-Price Departments, Will Test Higher Retails at Legacy Stores

By Jon Springer on Sep. 29, 2021

The company, which has lost ground in the discount wars to competitors with greater variety, and whose single-price-point approach is facing intense pressure from cost inflation, said 5,000 more “Plus!” stores are on the way.

Retailers

Dollar General to Build 1st Unit in Idaho

By Jon Springer on Sep. 27, 2021

The new store, set to open next spring in Athol, Idaho, would leave only Montana, Hawaii and Alaska as U.S. states without the little yellow discounter.

Retailers

Save A Lot Offloads 32 Corporate-Owned Stores

By Christine LaFave Grace on Sep. 07, 2021

The sale represents an opportunity to invest in underserved communities in three major Midwestern cities, the founders of the stores' new owner say.

Stores

Mere is Here: Inside the Russian Discounter's UK Debut

By Jon Springer on Aug. 27, 2021

U.K. grocery analyst Steve Dresser provides exclusive photos of the bargain retailer's store that opened this month in the northern England city of Preston.

Retailers

Discount the Hard Way, from Russian Retailer Mere

By Steve Dresser on Aug. 27, 2021

Newly opened in the U.K., and now reportedly eyeing expansion to the U.S., Mere brings old-school discounting with plenty of trade-offs, the author says.

Retailers

Cost Pressures Testing Strength of Dollar Formats

By Jon Springer on Aug. 26, 2021

Dollar General touts progress in food; Dollar Tree reviews freight woes, as they separately reported financial results.

Retailers

Inside Save A Lot’s New Branding Campaign

By Jon Springer on Aug. 18, 2021

Save A Lot is stepping out from years of quiet reinvention with an energetic and distinct new message that customers like “like, a lot a lot,” Marketing SVP Tim Schroder says.

Retailers

Pandemic Trends Continue to Challenge Grocery Outlet

By Jon Springer on Aug. 11, 2021

The discounter said it would test e-commerce, and emphasize assortment evolution, as pandemic shopping and spending trends exposed its vulnerabilities in its fiscal second quarter.

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