Breaking: Kroger will cut its corporate workforce by approximately 3,000 jobs over the course of three years, the company confirmed on Monday. CEO Greg Foran said in an internal memo that the company is looking to simplify its operations and take advantage of technology to reduce duplicative work. This is a developing story. Read more on our website for live updates. https://lnkd.in/eDR4rWxk
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Grocery Dive provides in-depth journalism and insight into the most impactful news and trends shaping grocery and food retailing. The daily email newsletter and website cover topics such as shopper behavior, omnichannel and e-commerce, delivery and pick-up, pricing and discounting, store formats, product layout, and more. Grocery Dive is a leading industry publication operated by Industry Dive. Our business journalists spark ideas and shape agendas for 13+ million decision-makers in the most competitive industries.
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Breaking: Albertsons Companies confirmed Monday the departure of Brian Monahan, who headed Albertsons Media Collective. The grocer’s retail media division will now report to Chief Marketing Officer Emily Turner. This is a developing story. Read more on our website for live updates. https://lnkd.in/e36C8hyW
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The grocery industry saw unit sales decline across several key categories in August, including produce, meat and seafood, according to Circana data prepared by 210 Analytics, LLC. Produce unit sales declined 6.7% during the month as the recent cyclospora outbreak caused people to think twice about buying salad, leafy greens and other items, Anne-Marie Roerink, principal of 210 Analytics, noted in an email. August was “a very tough month for grocery retailing,” wrote Roerink, and continues the trend of volume declines that have challenged the industry this year. https://lnkd.in/eCMUHWmb
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Food Lion plans to open six more stores across the Carolinas and Georgia before the end of the year. These upcoming locations, coupled with four stores it opened earlier this year, will bring the grocery chain’s new store openings for 2026 to 10. The 10 new stores this year mark significant expansion for Food Lion, which added one net new store in fiscal 2025 and one in fiscal 2024. https://lnkd.in/ewqA9CZb
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's board of directors has unanimously approved converting the company from a Delaware corporation to a Texas corporation. The specialty grocer cited its strong foothold of around two dozen stores in Texas and further plans to grow in the state as part of its reasoning for reincorporating. The company said in an SEC filing that the reincorporation won’t result in any changes in business, jobs, management, properties, office or store locations, or number of employees. The Natural Grocers name will also remain unchanged. https://lnkd.in/eKSKcqSs
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Harris Teeter plans to spend about $253 million during the next three years to upgrade stores and expand its presence in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. The Kroger-ownded grocery chain did not specify the number of stores it intends to update, but said locations slated for modernization include stores in Fort Mill and Rock Hill, South Carolina, as well as Matthews, Huntersville, Concord and Waxhaw, North Carolina. Harris Teeter’s headquarters is in Matthews. Harris Teeter is developing new locations in Kannapolis, North Carolina; and Fort Mill and Lake Wylie, South Carolina, as part of the project. https://lnkd.in/e_HFSkSu
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Price Chopper Supermarkets-Market 32 announced this week that it is lowering prices on over 1,000 everyday items across its entire footprint. The grocer said its new lower prices touch nearly every category in the store, including fresh produce, pantry staples, dairy, frozen and household essentials. The new campaign pokes fun at how competitors all use the same standard neon yellow shelf tags to draw attention to discounted items with prices that “aren’t even that low.” The grocery chain will instead use tags colored “warm chartreuse” — a nearly identical yellow color — to showcase its newly lowered prices. https://lnkd.in/eCe6AQmW
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced over $26 million in available grant funding for the Illinois Grocery Initiative. The funding includes $20.8 million set aside to help open new stores, $750,000 for equipment upgrades and $4.5 million for the Grocery Rescue Program — a new initiative that aims to help reopen grocery stores that closed in the last year. https://lnkd.in/dW3GfvZx
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Harps Food Stores, Inc.'s CEO and Chairman Kim Eskew will retire Jan. 15, 2027, ending his near half-century career with the regional grocer. President J. Max Van Hoose, also the grandson of Harps' founders, was named Eskew's successor. https://lnkd.in/davmJVh7
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Sprouts Farmers Market unveiled a new 180,000-square-foot headquarters sitting on a seven-acre campus includes a new office building, a flagship Sprouts store and additional retail for tenants. The headquarters is the latest investment by the specialty grocer as it gears up for expansion, as well as prepares to welcome its next CEO. https://lnkd.in/e_Y4RUYm
