Kamala Harris promises to fight inflation
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | …
Grocery store operators
80% of Americans say grocery costs have increased since pandemic started
A customer shops at a Safeway store on June 11, 2024 in Mill Valley, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The rate of price increases for food has subsided in …
How I started an $8 million/year grocery chain
Gek Teng Pang founded Surrey Hills Grocer in 2021. Success didn’t come easy for Pang Gek Teng. The 35-year-old serial entrepreneur went through five failed business attempts before her efforts …
The American dollar store falls on hard times
A Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Hyattsville, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Dollar Tree Inc. expects to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half …
Proposed Kroger, Albertsons merger will take more time to close
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen testifies about the proposed massive grocery store merger with Albertsons at a Senate Judiciary Committee Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill …
How grocery stores are becoming data brokers
From Facebook and Instagram to Amazon Prime, most U.S. consumers have an online footprint that is growing daily. Email addresses, phone numbers, shopping habits, birthdays and more are all being …
A big AI and robotics idea that has attracted Walmart and Softbank
Symbotic technology in use at a Walmart facility. Courtesy: Walmart Venture-capital giant Softbank notched a $15 billion-plus gain on its 2016 deal to buy Arm Holdings when the artificial intelligence-enabling …
Amazon’s Whole Foods to triple shelf space for vertical farmer Bowery
At Bowery’s indoor farms, arugula, baby butter and other leafy green varieties grow in stacked rows from floor to ceiling. The company also sells rotating offerings, called Farmer’s Selection, based …
Frozen food grocery sales vs. critical cold storage supply chains
Americans love frozen food. Virtually all American households purchase frozen food at least once a year, but without resilient cold storage supply chain infrastructure, the growth and safety of the …