Corporate Operations: Page 41

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    Target is adding holiday grocery gifts from British retailer Marks & Spencer

    The products, including drinking chocolate and festive biscuit tins, are aimed at gifting and entertaining, rounding out Target’s holiday shopping experience.

    By • Oct. 28, 2022
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    New York Trader Joe’s workers vote not to unionize

    The decision by employees at a store in Brooklyn follows earlier votes by workers at two other locations in the grocery chain to join the labor group Trader Joe’s United.

    By • Oct. 28, 2022
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Grocery Dive

    Top stories from Grocery Dive 2023/2024

    By Grocery Dive staff
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    Shipt sued by DC, Minnesota attorneys general over worker classification

    Both suits allege the Target-owned delivery company has misclassified its workforce to circumvent labor costs. 

    By • Updated Oct. 28, 2022
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    Aldi developing its own online grocery platform

    The discount supermarket chain is working with German e-commerce technology company Spryker on a service that reduces its reliance on Instacart.

    By • Oct. 27, 2022
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    PCC Community Markets hires three new executive leaders

    These new positions include a new role and officially mark the co-op grocer’s leadership team being two-thirds female-run.

    By • Oct. 26, 2022
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    Schnucks starts 30-minute convenience delivery

    The Midwestern grocer is offering the service across all of its markets in conjunction with Instacart.

    By • Oct. 25, 2022
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    Sprouts prepares to debut its first in-store coffee bar

    The specialty grocer is working with Press Coffee to roll out the concept at a location in Phoenix this fall and is considering opening additional coffee bars in the future.

    By • Oct. 24, 2022
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    Instacart's Road to IPO

    Instacart reportedly pauses IPO plans for 2022

    After taking steps toward going public, the grocery technology company has halted those plans for this year amid concerns about market turmoil, according to The New York Times. 

    By • Oct. 21, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Grocery theater take center stage

    Grocers like Hy-Vee, Whole Foods and Sendik’s are rolling out stores focused on transparency, education and creating community gathering spaces.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 21, 2022
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    Job cuts continue as Gopuff restructures

    The recent layoffs, which hit the customer service team, are part of the convenience e-tailer’s previously announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 10%.

    By • Oct. 20, 2022
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    Ahold Delhaize USA brings retail media in-house

    After nearly five years spent relying on a third-party media firm, AD Retail Media is staffing up and launching new tools like a unified on-site and offsite ad platform.

    By • Oct. 19, 2022
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    Albertsons reports strong earnings in the shadow of merger announcement

    The grocer’s identical sales increased 7.4% while its loyalty program membership grew to more than 30 million consumers.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
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    Shipt makes two c-suite changes

    The delivery company announced Monday it hired a new chief marketing officer as well as promoted a current employee to chief product officer.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
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    DoorDash expands self-service ad tools for CPG brands

    PepsiCo and Clorox are embracing the platform’s ad push to support goals like building out their in-house ad platforms and acquiring new customers. 

    By Sara Karlovitch • Oct. 17, 2022
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    Column // Kroger-Albertsons merger

    The Friday Checkout: Kroger and Albertsons merger by the numbers

    In announcing the $24.6 billion deal, Kroger outlined how the combined company will improve efficiency and expand service across numerous parts of the business, from private label development to retail media.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 14, 2022
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    Suit alleging Morgan Stanley drove Tops into bankruptcy can proceed, judge rules

    The lawsuit, which claims $375 million in damages, alleges the regional grocer’s former owner treated the company “like a piggy bank” to pay out lavish dividends.

    By • Oct. 14, 2022
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    Kroger, Albertsons in talks to merge, Bloomberg reports

    The combination, which has not been finalized and may not come to fruition, would create a grocery retailing giant able to rival Walmart and Amazon.

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
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    The Fresh Market hits 1 million loyalty members

    The grocer achieved this milestone just seven months after launching its Ultimate Loyalty Experience rewards program. 

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
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    Gopuff raises delivery subscription monthly fee for the first time

    The increased fee will begin on subscribers’ next renewal dates, and brings its delivery subscription cost closer to its competitors.

    By Brett Dworski • Oct. 12, 2022
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    BJ’s moves to new headquarters

    The wholesaler’s new home base can house over 1,000 team members and puts the company in a more urban setting. 

    By • Oct. 12, 2022
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    California becomes first state to ban single-use pre-checkout plastic bags

    As of Jan. 1, 2025, grocers in California will not be permitted to provide customers with any bags that are not compostable or made from reusable paper.

    By • Oct. 11, 2022
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    Kroger wants people to ‘discover a career’ as it embarks on another hiring spree

    As the grocer launches its campaign to fill “thousands” of jobs ahead of the holidays, it’s positioning these roles not as seasonal opportunities but as the first step toward long-term employment.

    By • Oct. 11, 2022
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    5 retailers focusing on made-to-order meals

    Schnuck Markets’ addition of a popular St. Louis barbecue restaurant to one of its stores comes as grocers are looking to enhance their foodservice options.

    By • Oct. 10, 2022
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    Grocery job creation loses steam in September

    Food and beverage stores added fewer than 3,000 new positions last month, a multi-month low, according to preliminary figures published Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    By • Oct. 7, 2022
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    The Friday Checkout: Sustainability transparency is messy in the grocery industry

    Measurements and self-disclosures around eco-friendly targets vary widely among food retailers — if they share that information publicly at all. 

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 7, 2022