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The 7 Undercurrents Driving Grocerant Niche Adoption in 2025

  The evolution of Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh food has surged over the years, with 2025 proving to be a landmark moment for the grocerant niche. These retail food solutions cater to time-starved consumers seeking convenience, quality, and value. Steven Johnson, Foodservice Solutions® Grocerant Guru®, based in Tacoma, WA identifies seven powerful undercurrents driving this […]
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Save A Lot Creates Test-and-Learn Colorado Supermarket Catering to Hispanic Shoppers

Save A Lot has partnered with Leevers Supermarkets to launch Ahorra Mucho, a new discount grocery store and innovation center in Aurora, Colo. that will feature unique Hispanic product assortments — part of the store’s mission of testing how new products and shoppers could strengthen shopper loyalty among this consumer set. The Ahorra Mucho (which […]
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Emergency pizzas and autonomously farmed parsnips: this week’s coolest retail technology plays

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including Evri, Tesco, Dunelm, EE, OnBuy, Save A Lot, Domino’s, M&S, Sodexo, Instacart, Walmart, and Dorel Home. Waitrose and Just Eat In the coming weeks, millions of Just Eat Takeaway.com customers will be able to order […]
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Save A Lot makes first move into on-demand, online grocery delivery warehouses with Fabric and Uber tie up

Save A Lot, a discount grocery chain in the US, and Fabric, an automation solutions specialist, have announced a new partnership to provide on-demand grocery delivery with the opening of a Brooklyn-based micro fulfilment centre. This is part of a larger expansion, which includes a push into New York to enhance last mile delivery options. Orders […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Michaels Expands Delivery Options via DoorDash and Uber Eats

Michaels will expand same-day delivery from its 1,200+ stores through new partnerships with DoorDash and Uber Eats. The arts and crafts retailer has offered same-day delivery via Instacart since April 2021. Additionally, Save a Lot now has 400 of its supermarkets live on the DoorDash Marketplace, offering deliveries in under one hour, on average. The […]
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Harps Food Launches In-Store Retail Media via Grocery TV Network

Arkansas-based grocer Harps Food Stores is adding its 145 stores to the Grocery TV in-store retail media network. Harps will leverage Grocery TV’s end-to-end in-store retail media solution to engage shoppers with digital displays throughout its stores in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Oklahoma. The Harps team also will be using Grocery TV’s Content Management System to launch and track in-store digital […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Lidl Names New Chief Commercial Officer and First-Ever Chief Customer Exec

Discount supermarket retailer Lidl U.S. has named four executives with extensive retail experience to top posts, including naming Frank Kerr as the company’s first-ever Chief Customer Officer. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S., where he was one of the first 50 employees, and he’ll be responsible for driving a holistic customer […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

NGA Unveils Creative Choice Award Winners

The National Grocers Association (NGA) has revealed the winners of the annual Creative Choice Awards, which “recognizes the best marketing and merchandising programs among independent grocery retailers.” The following are the 2024 Creative Choice Awards recipients: •  Connections Through Omnichannel Smaller operator (1-15 stores) Winner: Trig’s Cheese of the Month  Honorable Mention: Pay-Less Supermarkets Explore […]
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Save A Lot Names Interim CEO Fred Boehler to Permanent Role

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced that its Board of Directors has named interim CEO Fred Boehler to a permanent role as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Boehler has been serving as interim CEO since October 31, following the departure of former CEO Leon Bergmann. […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Piggly Wiggly could see big growth again in Texas

    [[“value”:” Piggly Wiggly is showing signs of a comeback in the state of Texas — and the growth is being attributed to both the recent C&S acquisition deal, as well as the efforts of one independent grocer, reports the Dallas Morning News. Local Texan Fernando Soto owns three Save A Lot stores. He […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN top 10: Save A Lot, Publix, Kroger, Albertsons top the week's headlines

  [[“value”:”In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, Save A Lot sells off the last of its stores ranked as the week’s top story. Longtime discount grocery store operator Save A Lot, based in Saint Ann., Mo., said this”]] 
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1-800-Flowers still leads in US, FTD is gaining share 1-800-Flowers is the largest flower service by sales headed into Valentine’s Day 2025, according to Earnest credit card data. However, the industry stalwart is likely to lose share this season if recent trends continue. Access chart in Dash. 1-800-Flowers commanded 37.0% of Valentine’s Day flower sales […]
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Shoppers believe best holiday deals are after holidays

A good number of consumers, over 77%, believe there are better deals available after the holidays, and nearly 51% plan to take advantage by making a large purchase in late December and January. Those are top findings from a Holiday Green survey, from CouponCabin, regarding consumer habits in the post-holiday time frame. When it comes to post-holiday […]
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IAB’s 2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth offering an early glimpse into ad spending trends for the coming year. The report is a must-read to gain and understanding of brand and agency buyers’ growth strategies and the challenges they foresee. The report covers: 2025 projections for the market overall […]
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AI at the retail edge: What’s possible now

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) and how these technologies are going to revolutionize retail. But the retail revolution can’t be accomplished with sweeping generalizations about putting more technology into stores. Successful retail outcomes are built using technology to solve specific challenges, expanding on wins and […]
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