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Grocery, Supermarket and Retail Food Industry News

Retailers

Hy-Vee’s SNAP/EBT Customers Can Now Pick Up Online Orders

All Hy-Vee stores offering Aisles Online will now accept SNAP benefits as payment when the customer arrives to pick up the order.

Fresh Food

Hy-Vee, Harris Teeter Hit Home Runs in Produce

The pandemic pulled the plug on sampling, but these grocers found a way to promote fresh.

Retailers

Price Chopper Resumes Single-Use Bag Ban

By Kat Martin on Aug. 03, 2020

The retailer reinstated its ban of single-use plastic bags on Aug. 1, in accordance with a state ordinance that began March 1 but has been delayed.

Retailers

Pandemic Accounts for $1.5B Boost to Publix Q2 Sales

By Kat Martin on Aug. 03, 2020

Overall sales for the period were up $11.4 billion, a 21.8% increase from the previous year.

Retailers

Festival Foods Offering Hemp Chews for Dogs

By Kat Martin on Aug. 03, 2020

The Wisconsin-based retailer expands its hemp offerings to the pet aisle in all but two of its locations.

Retailers

Empowering Workers to Enforce Mask Mandates With a 'Smile'

By Kat Martin on Jul. 31, 2020

How can employees avoid heated confrontations when asking customers to wear masks in-store? An expert shares training tips and best practices.

Special Reports

3 Ways to Maintain Customer Interest in Grocery Offerings With New Recipes, Products and More

Sponsored content from our partner Schuman Cheese on Jul. 31, 2020

When restaurant dining rooms closed earlier this year, consumers turned to takeout and delivery to fill the gap.

Retailers

Meijer Shifts Internships to Virtual

By Kat Martin on Jul. 30, 2020

78 college students will still complete their mission to learn from the retailer.

Retailers

Schnucks Expands Restaurant Partnerships

By Kat Martin on Jul. 30, 2020

The retailer is expanding the partnership introduced in April to focus on diversity of the owners.

Retailers

Winsight Live: Trends in E-Commerce, Tech, Meal Kits and Sustainability

By WGB Staff on Jul. 30, 2020

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert explores how retailers are finding success with e-commerce and what customers are buying online; the capabilities of Walmart’s new Ask Sam voice assistant; how Blue Apron has benefited from the pandemic; what packaging companies are doing to address sustainability; and more.

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