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Amazon Walks Away From Just Walk Out Technology
E-commerce giant Amazon (Seattle, WA) announced it will discontinue its autonomous “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology from most of its locations. “We’ve invested a lot of time redesigning a number of our Amazon Fresh stores over the last year, offering a better overall shopping experience with more value, convenience, and selection—and so far we’ve seen […]
Whole Foods Market Debuts New Daily Shop Format
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX) announced a new shop format designed to provide a more convenient shopping experience for customers in urban areas. The new format, called Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, will launch at 1175 Third Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2024. Other locations in New York City will soon […]
Natural Grocers Debuts Free Personalized Shopping Experience with Nutritional Health Coach
Natural Grocers has announced its Personalized Shopping Experience at select stores. This free service provided by Natural Grocers is designed with the customer in mind. The Nutritional Health Coach (NHC) will customers them as they shop, offering expert product knowledge and recommending products to support their personal goals, the company stated. During a free one-on-one Personalized […]
Earth Fare’s Fresh Forum Webinar Series Continues With Heart Health Awareness
This February once again marks American Heart Month, and Earth Fare is offering resources to help its shoppers learn more about heart disease—the leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the natural and organic grocery store’s second installment of Fresh Forum, a free […]
The New Year Marks Debut of Earth Fare’s Monthly Webinar Series
This January, as millions of people around the globe recommit to their health goals, retailer Earth Fare will said it would recommit to its promise to help its shoppers lead healthier lives. The natural and organic grocery store with locations around the Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic will debut a free monthly webinar series aimed at […]
2021 Supermarket Plastics Ranking from Greenpeace
Greenpeace has ranked 20 major U.S. grocery retailers based on their efforts to reduce their reliance on plastics and tackle the pollution crisis. Every minute, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the oceans. That plastic can kill whales, seabirds, turtles and fish. It is overwhelming communities, impacting human health and fueling the climate […]
Lucky’s Market Closing Most of Its Stores
The regional grocery chain Lucky’s Market is closing most of its stores and laying off thousands of employees in a matter of weeks, the Sun Sentinel reported on Jan. 21. The 17-year-old company has about 39 stores in 10 states. Lucky’s plans to close 32 of those stores by Feb. 12 and lay off about 2,500 employees, […]
Amazon Drops Grocery Delivery Fee as Competitors Close in
Amazon.com, Inc. (Washington) is eliminating its grocery delivery service fee for Prime members in the United States and making shopping easier by combining AmazonFresh and Whole Foods Market (Texas) ordering on a single site, in a bid to fend off rival grocery sellers like Walmart Inc. (Arkansas) and Kroger Co. (Ohio). Amazon is dropping its […]
A Quarter Century of Retail Success
Organic Marketplace (Gastonia, NC) Organic Marketplace (OMP) has been a retailer for 25 years, and during that time, the size of the store has adapted and grown, along with its business strategies. “We started in 800 square feet doing supplements only, [and] over the years people needed food to support their health programs—the grocery stores […]
Albertsons Believed to Weigh Merger With Sprouts
Bloomberg.com reported that Idaho-based Albertsons Cos., the grocery-chain operator backed by Cerberus Capital Management, has held preliminary talks to merge with Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. The discussions, which took place in recent weeks, are at an early stage and may not lead to a deal, said sources who asked not to be named. The […]
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