Amazon sets deadline for aligning Whole Foods workers’ benefits

The company aims to have all of its corporate grocery employee benefits under one structure by December 2026 after a year-long transition.

By Peyton Bigora • Updated Aug. 28, 2025

Grocery Outlet taps Lidl US executive as chief store operations officer

Frank Kerr’s appointment marks the latest in a string of C-suite hirings by the chain that add expertise from discounters and specialty grocers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 27, 2025

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Albertsons names CEO for new global tech and innovation center in India

Sunil Gopinath will oversee the Bengaluru center, which will focus on developing scalable technology solutions.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 27, 2025

Midwest grocer Harding’s announces 4-store acquisition

The regional chain will transition the Village Market locations it bought to its own banner.

By Peyton Bigora • Aug. 27, 2025

Food Lion and The Giant Company embrace Instacart’s FoodStorm tech

The Ahold Delhaize banners are using the order-management platform to help shoppers purchase made-to-order items like bakery platters, flowers and deli trays.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 27, 2025

Kroger announces corporate layoffs, structural changes

The cuts, which come as the grocer continues to shave costs, impact fewer than 1,000 employees.

By Peyton Bigora • Updated Aug. 26, 2025

Where Kroger is closing stores

The grocer has put at least 39 locations on the chopping block as it aims to revamp its financial performance, a Grocery Dive analysis found.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Updated Aug. 26, 2025

Save A Lot names new CEO

The discounter has promoted Bill Mayo, its chief operating officer, to oversee the grocer through its next growth phase. 

By Peyton Bigora • Aug. 25, 2025

Mapping Aldi’s biggest expansion effort to date

Winn-Dixie conversions are helping the discounter speed ahead with its plans to open more than 200 stores by year end.

By Peyton Bigora • Updated Aug. 25, 2025

Recapping the leadership crisis engulfing Market Basket

The New England grocer recently dismissed a board member who supported its suspended CEO and won a court order barring two fired executives from its stores, local news outlets reported.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 22, 2025

Former Dollar General exec to return for CFO post

Donny Lau is rejoining Dollar General after a nearly three-year absence to replace Kelly Dilts, who is leaving the discount retailer to become the CFO of Nordstrom.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 22, 2025

Stop & Shop cuts prices on thousands of items in 88 Massachusetts stores

The price reductions come as the Ahold Delhaize banner looks to better position itself with consumers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 21, 2025

How much grocery CEOs got paid in 2024

The chief executives of the biggest publicly traded food retailers in the U.S. all earned multimillion-dollar compensation packages last year, with Walmart’s CEO taking home the most.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 20, 2025

Target struggles with turnaround as Q2 sales drop

The retailer needs to move “much faster,” incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke said Wednesday. “I know we’re not realizing our full potential right now.”

By Dani James • Aug. 20, 2025

How grocers are staying laser-focused amid a challenging business environment

Grocers are improving supplier relationships, increasing theft mitigation tech and boosting their private brands to future-proof their operations, writes Leslie G. Sarasin of FMI – The Food Industry Association.

By Leslie G. Sarasin • Aug. 20, 2025

Target CEO Brian Cornell to exit

The executive shaped the mass retailer’s reputation and performance for over a decade. He will be succeeded by COO Michael Fiddelke.

By Dani James • Aug. 20, 2025

Stop & Shop to close 7 e-commerce warerooms

The grocer expects to offer “an even better omnichannel customer experience” after shuttering the facilities, according to a spokesperson.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 19, 2025

H-E-B presses ahead with Dallas-Fort Worth growth

The supermarket chain recently opened a location in Prosper, Texas, as it adds to the list of namesake stores it operates in the metropolitan area.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 18, 2025

SpartanNash expands Hispanic grocery banner to new state

The company unveiled plans to bring Supermarcado Nuestra Familia, which has four stores in Nebraska, to Kansas later this year.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 18, 2025

Hy-Vee rolling out concierge healthcare benefit

The plan, developed with healthcare technology company Oscar, will become available this fall to employees in and around Des Moines, Iowa.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 15, 2025

Publix continues to put its stamp on Kentucky

The grocer, which debuted in the Bluegrass State last year and currently runs four stores there, has signed leases in the cities of Georgetown, Louisville and Owensboro.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 15, 2025

Amazon’s grocery delivery play doesn’t erase key challenges

While the retailer’s same-day delivery expansion leverages its enormous reach online, its fractional brick-and-mortar presence remains a central liability, industry analysts said.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 14, 2025

Walmart expands 10% grocery discount for its workers

Extending its holiday food discount to year-round stemmed from employee requests for simpler, more accessible perks, the retailer said.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 14, 2025

Amazon brings same-day perishable food delivery to 1K cities and towns

The retailer plans to expand the service, which allows shoppers to buy groceries and non-food products using a single online cart, to more than 2,300 locations by the end of 2025.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 13, 2025

FMI says it’s concerned about tariffs’ impacts on consumers

More than half of respondents to the trade group’s U.S. grocery shopper trends survey for August said tariffs were their primary concern related to food costs.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 13, 2025