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Family Dollar Partners with Uber Eats for Delivery from 5,000 Locations Nationwide

Family Dollar will now offer its products on the Uber Eats platform, allowing shoppers to access on-demand or scheduled deliveries from more than 5,000 Family Dollar stores across the country. The discount retailer offers a wide range of everyday items including cleaning supplies, pantry staples, beauty and baby care products. To mark the launch, Uber […]
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FreshDirect Taps Uber Eats to Expand Grocery Delivery Reach

FreshDirect is partnering with Uber Eats to expand its delivery reach in New York City. This is the online grocer’s first entry into on-demand delivery via a third-party app. FreshDirect works directly with local farmers, fishermen, growers, distillers and food manufacturers to streamline the supply chain, ensuring products reach customers faster — up to seven […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

GIANT Co. names MacDonald VP of Marketing

CARLISLE, Pa. – GIANT Co. has named John MacDonald vice president of marketing, effective immediately. He will report directly to GIANT president John Ruane. “John is a passionate and talented marketer, with a knack for building dynamic teams that deliver creative and strategic marketing initiatives to drive results,” Ruane said. “With his extensive knowledge of […]
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Category buyer Q&amp;A: FreshDirect gets value from perishables

SN recently spoke with Ali Pugliese, VP of merchandising strategy, FreshDirect, about trends in fresh categories at the online retailer, a New York-based division of Ahold Delhaize U.S. Supermarket News: The overall trend in many fresh categories has been higher dollar sales, but a decline in units. How has that trend played out in the […]
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Instacart share price dips below IPO price for the first time

    [[“value”:” The excitement of Instacart’s initial public offering has died down significantly, as, for the first time since it arrived on the NASDAQ scene, the grocery delivery app service’s share price was lower than at its debut. On Tuesday, Instacart shares finished at $29.89, slightly below the grand opening price of $30, according […]
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Instacart stock languishes after IPO

Instacart saw its share price erode in the two days following its initial public offering, after it rose 12.7% in its first day of trading on the NASDAQ exchange. The stock settled down to just slightly over its IPO price of $30 per share on Wednesday, its first full day on the exchange, then ranged […]
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Daily QuickWit 5.06 – Yesterday’s top stories

Beyond Meat Inc on Thursday reported a wider quarterly loss than expected, due to higher transportation costs, new product innovation, and slowing sales to restaurants. Kellogg’s net sales rose 5.1% YOY to $3.58 billion in their latest earnings release. Strong demand for its snacks helped drive the quarter’s sales growth. In North America, Kellogg saw […]
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Week in Review: Instacart CEO heads to OpenAI

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got lots of news for you this week: There were CEO shake-ups at Instacart and 11x; the web series is back — kind of; Threads is getting video ads; and much more. Let’s get to it! Big move: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will become OpenAI’s CEO for Applications, […]
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What’s next for Instacart as CEO Fidji Simo announces decision to join OpenAI as head of applications?

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is departing the grocery technology company to join OpenAI as its Chief of Applications. In an email to employees, she said: “Let me start by saying this was an incredibly hard decision because I love this company. We are operating incredibly well as our last earnings results have shown. Our strategy […]
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Personalized Disruption: Grocery’s Secret to Breaking Old Habits

There’s no shortage of talk about technology that’s going to redefine, dominate, or transform retail this year. Much of this language boils down to marketing speech, and often, true industry disruption fails to materialize. There is no shortage of tech hyperbole in retail. But then there’s the occasional exception — a technology that genuinely does […]
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[Week of May 9] Timely insights on consumer behavior, pricing, and retail trends This weekly snapshot highlights the most relevant signals shaping where and how consumers are spending—from e-commerce and inflation shifts to essential vs. discretionary demand. What you’ll get from this week’s report: Cross-border e-commerce slowdown: Learn how tariff pressures are reshaping sales trends […]
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