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Fresh Food

Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Prices Soared in November

Fresh fruits and vegetables saw large month-to-month price increases in November, while beef wholesale prices edged up again after dipping in October.

Technology

Farmstead Adds Walmart, Ahold Veteran to Executive Team

John Shaw most recently was senior director of international sourcing and support for Ahold Delhaize's Peapod Digital Labs.

Retailers

Online Grocery Sales Up 6% Year Over Year in November

Thirty- to 44-year-olds account for more than half of the growth in monthly active users of online grocery shopping in the past year, Brick Meets Click and Mercatus report.

Technology

Instacart President Carolyn Everson to Step Down

Instacart President Carolyn Everson said she will leave the company at the end of the year, four months after joining the San Francisco-based delivery specialist.

Retailers

UFCW Seeks Action from CEOs Amid COVID Surge, Inflation

"Food and retail companies must use record profit margins to increase worker hourly pay and alleviate the impact of inflation," UFCW International President Mark Perrone wrote in a letter to grocery CEOs and other retailers.

Retailers

At 6.8%, November Inflation Topped October's Highs

Grocery prices rose 6.4% on a 12-month basis, a level not seen since December 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Retailers

Walmart Announces Another High-Tech Fulfillment Center

Tennessee will get its first Walmart fulfillment center next fall as the retailer continues to move—and spend—aggressively in its push to dominate omnichannel retail in the U.S.

Retailers

Lots of Love for Grocers in New Customer Experience Survey

Costco was No. 1 with consumers in terms of customer, brand and product experience; Amazon, Kroger, Publix, Aldi and Trader Joe's also made the top 10 in Qualtrics 2022 survey.

Retailers

Walmart Seeks More Sustainability Action from Suppliers

Walmart is hoping to get more of its small and midsize suppliers making meaningful progress on science-based sustainability goals through expansion of a special financing program.

Retailers

Publix Says Second Kentucky Store on Tap for 2024

After announcing plans for its first Kentucky store in September, Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix says a second Louisville location is in development.

Retail Foodservice

H-E-B, James Van Der Beek and the Livestream Before Christmas

Giovanna Dimperio, senior director of digital marketing at San Antonio-based H-E-B, talks about how the grocer's "A Very Texas Holiday" live shoppable event came about.

Technology

DoorDash Gets Into Ultrafast Delivery

San Francisco-based DoorDash is launching 15-minute delivery in New York from its DashMart concept and says it seeks to power ultrafast delivery for other retailers, too.

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