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Russell Redman

Executive Editor, Winsight Grocery Business

Articles by
Russell Redman

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Kroger

Consumer group sues to stop Kroger-Albertsons merger

Private lawsuit filed in federal court also aims to terminate the Albertsons’ $4 billion special dividend announced with $24.6 billion deal.

Amazon

Amazon tinkers with its grocery store formula

CEO Andy Jassy: “If you want to have a mass physical-store offering, you need a different offering. And that’s what we’ve been working on with Amazon Fresh.”

Technology

Wegmans pilots clip-on smart cart device at pair of stores

Shopic’s Shop-E technology offers the regional grocer a frictionless checkout solution following the discontinuation of the Wegmans SCAN app.

CPG

Consumers plan food-and-drink spending blitz for Super Bowl

Supermarkets lined up as chief destination for prepared and packaged food purchases for big-game parties, Advantage Solutions poll shows.

Labor

Grocery retail hiring edges up in January

Job additions rise by 1,800 month to month but up by 74,000 year over year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

Topics

BJ’s board member Judy Werthauser to become Walmart U.S. chief people officer

Veteran HR executive joins retail giant after roles at Five Below, Domino’s and Target.

Amazon

Amazon sees brick-and-mortar sales rise, online sales dip in Q4 and fiscal year

CEO Andy Jassy says company making progress “in reducing our cost to serve in the operations part of our Stores business.”

Stores

Check out Whole Foods’ Montana premiere in Bozeman

Whole Foods Market entered its 44th state on Wednesday with the opening of a new supermarket in Bozeman, Montana, its first location in the state. Take a look at the Amazon-owned chain's latest store in this slideshow.

Retailers

Costco keeps up sales pace in January

E-commerce sales decline for third consecutive month, but analyst notes strong growth on three-year stack.

Stores

Food Lion pilots ‘food pharmacy’ concept

Partnership with Novant Health targets the food insecure and consumers with chronic health issues.

Kroger

Kroger launches new Ocado ‘spoke’ in South Florida

Automated fulfillment site expands online grocery delivery coverage in state where grocer lacks brick-and-mortar stores.

CPG

FDA pitches revamp of Human Foods Program

Commissioner Robert Califf said the new structure would set “clear priorities” for oversight of food supply chain and food safety.

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