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Jon Springer

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Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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Jon Springer

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Retailers

Retailers Ask the $100 Billion Question

Ad spend in the digital age is moving closer and closer to the customer, and getting more and more enticing for grocers as a result.

Retailers

Meet the World’s Best Omnichannel Grocers

The leaders in grocery are now growing digital revenues at five times the rate of laggards, as the post-COVID shopping world comes into focus in the third annual Digital Benchmark Study from Incisiv.

Wholesalers & Distributors

UNFI Adds DoorDash to Services Suite

UNFI said it was the first wholesaler to strike a deal with DoorDash, behind a new service bringing online ordering and delivery to its independent retail customers.

Industry Partners

Online Grocery Rings $8B in September Sales Behind Pickup/Delivery

Pickup and delivery continues to gain share vs. ship-to-home, according to September’s Brick Meet Click survey.

Retailers

Stop & Shop Joins Instacart Convenience Platform

Stop & Shop said it's teaming with Instacart to offer a 30-minute delivery service known as Stop & Shop Express, the first such option in the Northeast U.S.

Retailers

Kroger to Enter Northeast With Ocado, ‘Zoom’ Into South Florida

Despite indicating further expansion was on hold, Kroger and Ocado this week revealed plans to build five new robotic warehouses, eyeing a delivery debut in the Northeast, expanded delivery in California and a 30-minute automated "Zoom" offering in Florida.

Stores

Save A Lot Cuts the Ribbon on $2M Philadelphia Refresh

Leevers Supermarkets, which acquired 17 stores from Save A Lot's parent earlier this year, this week marked a grand reopening under its spiffy new format and decor.

Retailers

Sam’s Skates Into Heavy Holiday Promos

Walmart's warehouse club is moving to new merchandise and attractions, in-store and online, as the holiday shopping season gets underway now.

Wholesalers & Distributors

Kehe Readies New Distribution Center Near Phoenix

The distributor said the new 500,000-square-foot warehouse would serve Sprouts, Albertsons and other customers in the Phoenix and Las Vegas areas.

Technology

What Personalization Tastes Like

Solving the perils of online grocery efficiently—recommendations, discovery and especially substitutions—is testing technology’s ability to better understand food.

Industry Partners

Q&A: Can the Last Mile Be Sustainable?

Writer and delivery driver Daniel Gray maps out sustainable gig delivery in the Breakroom.

Technology

Customer Loyalty to Instacart is Waning, New Survey Shows

New research updating Barclays' influential 2019 survey shows that 'addiction' has become a 'hangover' for Instacart amid new competitors that rate better in experience, and stores that serve their own.

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