Welcome to The Scan for Friday, April 1! We’ve got the jobs report, inflation, board happenings at FMI- The Food Industry Association and Kroger, and Save Mart’s new owner. Thanks for watching!
Grocery Hiring Accelerated as Unemployment Fell to 3.6% in March
Kroger Responds to Icahn's Board Challenge
Seen and Heard: FMI 2022 Midwinter Executive Conference
Hy-Vee’s Randy Edeker Retains Role as Chairman of FMI’s Board
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The stresses of the ongoing pandemic, coupled with mounting economic uncertainty, social unrest and more have fueled a pressure cooker for grocery and convenience store customers and their employees.
U.S. consumers in 2022 were nothing if not channel surfers. Tuned into a widening lineup of local retailers offering fresh food, consumers were willing to shop around and try new retailer categories as they sought to ease the pinch of grocery inflation, which stood at 11.8% in December.
New store updates are important to our readers, so we’re adding a monthly feature to highlight them and demonstrate supermarket growth trends around the country.
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