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The latest news and analysis of U.S. grocery, mass, drug, discount and club retailers, including financial, executive leadership and mergers and acquisitions. 

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FreshDirect Sees 46% Bump From Pandemic Back-to-School Sales

The online retailer said sales are up from last year as families expect to prepare more meals at home, while new meal solutions bolster selection.

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Online Menu Planning Tool Clicks Into Kroger

The Dinner Daily, a subscription-based meal planner, addresses customer pain points while helping retailers build bigger and more profitable online baskets, the company says.

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Is Chipotle Teaching Us How To Lose Consumer Confidence?

By Phil Lempert on Sep. 10, 2020

The Lempert Report: The quick-service restaurant has launched sustainable apparel dyed with ink from leftover avocado pits, but the initiative seems to have little to do with being environmentally responsible.

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Walmart Tunes Out ‘Noise’ in Grocery Share

By Jon Springer on Sep. 09, 2020

Short-term compromises in store hours and availability may have blunted near-term food sales growth, but Walmart’s CFO has eyes on growing "mind share" over the longer term.

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Goldbelly Might Hold the Key to Meal Kit Success

By Phil Lempert on Sep. 08, 2020

The Lempert Report: The startup specializes in more interesting, exotic and hard-to-get foods.

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Winsight Live: Inside Food Deserts, Target’s Private Label Expansion and Mask Imagery

By WGB Staff on Sep. 08, 2020

Winsight’s latest live news roundtable, Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, explores Ahold’s new 200,000-square-foot fresh meat facility in Rhode Island; the Catch-22 of food deserts; Target’s Good & Gather line expansion; and the latest contention with face masks.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed Independent Grocers?

By Gus Lebiak on Sep. 08, 2020

Shoppers habits have changed, but the fundamentals, including merchandising and service, are still important for independent grocers, the author says.

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Hashing Out Hazard Pay at Kroger, Safeway, Fred Meyer

By Jennifer Strailey on Sep. 08, 2020

Heading into Labor Day weekend, grocery workers at Kroger, Food 4 Less and Whole Foods Market call for a reinstatement of hazard pay given the continued threat of COVID-19.

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Whole Foods Market Fights Food Waste

By Jennifer Strailey on Sep. 03, 2020

The retailer launches Nourishing Our Neighborhoods, a program designed to rescue food and redistribute it to the communities that need it most.

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Winsight Live: Competitive Moves by Walmart, Instacart and Food Halls

By WGB Staff on Sep. 03, 2020

Winsight’s latest live news roundtable, Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert, offers insights into Walmart’s expansion on Long Island, Instacart’s partnership with c-store 7-Eleven, the measures food halls are taking to reopen safely, ExxonMobil’s Alexa-enabled fuel payment, and more.

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