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Retail Foodservice

Retailers

Target, Walmart and The Fresh Market cook up holiday meal solutions

 By Russell Redman on Dec. 05, 2023

Value- and occasion-focused dinner packages—many leveraging private label—include all the fixings and bring revelers convenience plus savings.

Kroger

Kroger shuts down its Kitchen United food halls

 By Heather Lalley on Nov. 28, 2023

The unexpected move comes little more than a year after Kroger was part of a $100 million investment round in the ghost kitchen operator.

Retail Foodservice

Sobeys teams up with homemade meal marketplace Cookin

By Russell Redman on Nov. 21, 2023

Service offers fast delivery of ready-to-eat cuisine from home cooks, chefs and food creators in greater Toronto area.

Retail Foodservice

FMI: Retail foodservice and prepared meals surge in 2023

By Timothy Inklebarger on Nov. 17, 2023

Shoppers are also cooking at home more often and creating “hybrid meals” that combine premade items with those made from scratch, the industry association's report found.

Stores

Circana predicts modest food, beverage growth in 2024 after 3-year decline

By Chuck Ulie on Nov. 08, 2023

The consumer behavior research firm's outlook expects beverage, deli categories to perform best.

Retail Foodservice

Study: Consumers turning to restaurants to feed their families

By Russell Redman on Nov. 07, 2023

Convenience, cost and high grocery prices, among other factors, are steering households with kids toward foodservice, new research from TransUnion reveals.

Stores

Gelson’s opens 1st store in West Los Angeles

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 06, 2023

The modern 33,000-square-foot space is the 28th location for the upscale Southern California grocer.

Retail Foodservice

Home Chef unveils Tempo ready-to-heat meals for busy consumers

By Russell Redman on Oct. 04, 2023

Meal solution provider’s first-ever brand launch brings individual microwaveable meals ready in minutes.

Retail Foodservice

Kitchen United to lean into grocery and catering under new CEO

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 02, 2023

Atul Sood sees a lot of opportunity in the company's partnerships with Kroger and Circle K, but not so much in its stand-alone ghost kitchens. “You’ll probably see less of those,” he said.

Retailers

ShopRite expands Fresh to Table concept to Warminster, Pennsylvania

By Diane Adam on Oct. 02, 2023

The retail foodservice offering brings the convenience of a store-within-a-store meal center for on-the-go shoppers with an assortment of prepared and ready-to-eat meals, the grocer said.

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