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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

Store Fulfillment Boosts Target's Q1 Comps

CEO Brian Cornell says winners are emerging in an omnichannel shopping world.

Fresh Food

Ahold Delhaize Testing Dynamic Discounts to Reduce Waste

At an Albert Heijn store in the Netherlands, chicken and fish prices will change in real time as the retailer looks to reduce unsold food.

Technology

Ocado Takes Stake in Robotic Meal Preparer

Investment in Karakuri, which can build a customizable meal to go in 10 seconds, to support Zoom rollout, partners such as Kroger.

Retailers

How Amazon Haunted Smart & Final

Trading in a post-Amazon world—and a subsequent auction—revealed interest in the discount retailer was lacking, filing shows.

Retailers

Giant to Acquire Ferguson & Hassler Store

Fergie's turned to the Ahold Delhaize unit, acknowledging industry economics can't support single-store operator.

Retailers

Lidl Details 25 Openings, 2 Closures

The discounter aims to surpass 100 stores by year-end 2020, hitting a goal once imagined two years earlier.

Retailers

Just Walking Into Amazon Go

Basket Economics: Everything worked just as it should at the New York debut of Amazon’s futuristic food store. So now what?

Retailers

Grocery, E-Commerce Pace Walmart Q1 Comp Gains

The retailer said U.S. comps improved by 3.4% led by fresh food and private label.

Retail Foodservice

Sprouts Touts Benefits of Deli-Forward Prototype

Improved meal merchandising boosts store productivity and guest experience, interim CEO said.

Retailers

Kroger to Invest in New Product Incubator

The retailer is partnering with a private investment firm to identify and grow new consumer brands as it transforms "from grocer to growth company."

Retailers

Grocery Outlet Sees Opportunity for 4,800 Stores

With discounting a "new normal," the extreme value retailer eyes 10% annual store growth in ambitious IPO filing.

Fresh Food

Cargill Invests in Cellular Meat Producer Aleph Farms

Move builds on Cargill’s other partnerships in alternative protein.