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Christine LaFave Grace

Editor

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Christine LaFave Grace covers Walmart, Target and other Midwestern grocery retailers as editor at Winsight Grocery Business. Her 15+ years of experience in B2B publishing includes five years spent as managing editor of Putman Media’s Plant Services magazine. At Putman Media, she co-founded the Influential Women in Manufacturing program and the Manufacturing Tomorrow’s Workforce podcast. As a B2B editor and reporter, LaFave Grace has covered the manufacturing/industrial production, healthcare and foodservice industries; she also spent two years covering the fast-casual restaurant industry and the U.K. and Canadian foodservice markets for Winsight-owned Technomic. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University-Bloomington and lives in Wheaton, IL, with her family.

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Retailers

Grocers Added Jobs in June As Unemployment Rate Holds at 3.6%

The labor force participation rate reversed course, inching down to 62.2%, as wages rose 5.1% year over year.

Industry Partners

Instacart Debuts Rewards Program For Order Shoppers

The three-tier Cart Star program will offer incentives, including fuel discounts and childcare assistance, based on shoppers' number of orders filled and their customer rating.

Walmart

Walmart+ Adds In-Home Delivery As Another Plus

Previously a separate membership, Walmart's InHome service now will be an optional add-on for Walmart+ members.

Amazon

Amazon Gives Grubhub a Go

In the latest move in the battle for delivery dominance, Amazon and Grubhub announced a new partnership that could see Amazon take up to a 15% stake in Grubhub.

Retailers

What's Next for Dollar Tree After C-Suite Shakeup?

The dollar store, which raised prices to $1.25 last fall, is under pressure from investors despite higher sales and improved margins.

Retailers

Why H-E-B Wins With Online Grocery Shoppers

An easy-to-use app, convenient delivery options and successful substitutions helped propel the San Antonio-based grocer to the top of dunnhumby's first-ever eCommerce Retailer Preference Index.

Walmart

Walmart Canada Makes Two Executive Moves

"This announcement speaks to our bench strength of talent," Walmart Canada CEO Horacio Barbeito says in naming a new chief people officer and two new additions to the retailer's leadership team.

Walmart

Walmart Adding AR to the In-Store Experience—Including for Grocery

New tech will let shoppers scan store shelves to more easily find what they're looking for.

Walmart

Walmart Expands a Pregnancy Support Benefit

The retailer is extending its doula-service coverage, introduced last year in Georgia, to employees on a Walmart medical plan in three additional states.

Walmart

Walmart Takes Majority Stake in Symbotic

The retailer last month expanded its partnership with warehouse automation specialist Symbotic, which will see its tech implemented in all 42 of Walmart's regional distribution centers.

Kroger

Kroger Adds Hundreds of EV Charging Stations (You Just Have to Find Them)

The Cincinnati-based grocer said it has collaborated with five EV specialists, including EVgo, Tesla and Volta, to install more than 350 vehicle chargers in 10 states, with more to come.

Retailers

Grocery Shoppers Ask, 'Where Are the Deals?'

A good sale is hard to find: As they seek to cope with inflation, consumers say fewer of the items they want are on sale and coupons are harder to come by, new surveys find.

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