IGA co-creates retail media platform for independent retailers

The free-to-use, CPG-funded network combines thousands of retailers on one platform and aims to provide measurable feedback while improving the customer experience.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 23, 2023

Target plans $100M investment to expand next-day delivery

The retailer will add more than six new sortation facilities as it builds out its stores-as-hubs strategy.

By Sarah Zimmerman • Feb. 22, 2023

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Grocery continues to power growth for DoorDash

The company’s convenience and grocery delivery business expanded 60% in Q4 as more people sign up to place orders from establishments other than restaurants.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 21, 2023

Walmart issues cautious forecast amid ongoing high food inflation

While its Q4 sales were higher than expected, declines in general merchandise sales and the ongoing impacts of high food prices are prompting a conservative outlook for the year ahead, executives told investors Tuesday.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 21, 2023

The Friday Checkout: Instacart faces growing pushback from retailers

The announcement by Heinen’s this week that it will stop working with the e-commerce company highlights the moves grocers are making to take control over their online operations.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 17, 2023

Heinen’s calls it quits with Instacart

The family-owned regional supermarket chain announced it is rolling out a new mobile app and upgraded shopping platform next week.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 16, 2023

Firework and The Fresh Market expand partnership with shoppable videos

The new retail media platform, which lets brands sponsor video ads across the retailer’s ongoing livestream series, is a first for the industry, according to the companies.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 16, 2023

Wegmans adds e-commerce features, starts accepting SNAP benefits online

The East Coast grocery chain’s new "Feel Your Best” tools help shoppers plan balanced meals and build healthy eating habits.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 15, 2023

Ahold Delhaize posts better-than-expected results for 2022

The Dutch retailer was more profitable last year than it had anticipated, but digital sales lost momentum even as comparable-store and net sales increased for the full year and fourth quarter.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 15, 2023

Consumers believe inflation is much higher than it really is

U.S. shoppers assume food-at-home prices are going up at twice their actual pace and overestimate grocers’ profitability, per Dunnhumby’s latest Consumer Trends Tracker.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 15, 2023

Mass merchants continue to gain steam in online grocery

Retailers like Walmart and Target are seeing a growing number of active users along with high satisfaction rates, according to the latest Brick Meets Click research.

By Jeff Wells • Feb. 15, 2023

Walmart shuts the door on e-commerce-only stores

The retailer is closing locations in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Lincolnwood, Illinois, that offer only pickup and delivery service this week, marking the end of a pilot that started nearly a decade ago.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 14, 2023

The Friday Checkout: Top takeaways from the latest online grocery reports

Consumers surveyed by both Chicory and Pymnts.com cited convenience and deals as top factors pushing them toward grocery e-commerce. 

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 10, 2023

Could grocers and fast food restaurants join forces for online ordering?

Micro-fulfillment vendor Takeoff Technologies is working with an unnamed retailer to allow shoppers to order groceries and McDonald’s food at once, a senior company official said.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 9, 2023

NGA shares top priorities for 2023 farm bill

The association’s chief concerns center on expanding access to SNAP in grocery stores, protecting retailers from fees and regulations and supporting healthy food purchases.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 3, 2023

The Friday Checkout: Walmart pokes fun at Amazon over grocery delivery fee

The companies’ competition in online grocery might be defined in terms of billions of dollars, but for a moment this week, their rivalry came down to the cost of a delivery.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 3, 2023

Kroger expands digital farmers market pilot

Following a test that began in Atlanta last June, the grocery company brought the e-commerce marketplace tie-up with Market Wagon to Knoxville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, in January.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Updated Feb. 2, 2023

Online grocery sales will increase at 12% annual rate over 5 years, report says

By 2027, e-commerce will account for 13.6% of overall grocery spending, according to a new forecast by Brick Meets Click and Mercatus.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 31, 2023

H-E-B reclaims top spot in Dunnhumby grocery retailer index

The Texas supermarket chain displaced Amazon in the rankings as consumers placed less emphasis on e-commerce and paid more attention to areas like price and quality.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 31, 2023

What’s ahead for retail media in 2023?

Grocers are eager to ramp up and offer more engaging content, but they have work ahead of them to satisfy suppliers and keep up with industry innovation, experts say.

By Peyton Bigora • Jan. 30, 2023

Amazon Fresh raises its threshold for free delivery to $150

The move, which takes effect Feb. 28, reflects the difficult economics of online grocery fulfillment amid the company’s push to win over food shoppers.

By Jeff Wells • Jan. 27, 2023

ShopRite adds online filters to help shoppers choose products and recipes

The improvements are intended to make it easier to find items meeting specific criteria, such as dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 26, 2023

Ahold Delhaize USA pulls back the curtain on data

Rom Kosla, chief information officer for the grocer’s Retail Business Services arm, shares how the company collects and stores information and turns it into actionable insights.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 26, 2023

H-E-B expands college delivery service

The grocer’s partnership with the University of Texas at Austin, which provides delivery to select on-campus locations, builds on other recent tie-ups with higher education institutions.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 25, 2023

Recapping grocery news from the National Retail Federation’s ‘Big Show’

The state of the industry and the key trends to watch took up ample stage time at this year’s annual conference, with keynotes from prominent C-suite executives as well as new technology on the expo floors.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 23, 2023