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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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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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Save A Lot sells off the last of its stores

[[“value”:” Longtime discount grocery store operator Save A Lot, based in Saint Ann., Mo., said this week it had sold the last of its stores to a licensee. It will continue to operate as a wholesaler and licensor to the Save A Lot store network. Castle Rock, Colo.-based Leevers Supermarkets, a current Save A Lot […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Save A Lot Finally Out Of Retail Business

The St. Louis Business Journal reports that “Save A Lot, the St. Ann-based discount grocer, has divested its remaining corporate-owned stores, all of which were in the St. Louis area. “The grocer, which previously operated a mix of corporate-owned and licensed stores, began shifting to a model in 2020 in which a majority of its […]
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Tuesday Eye-Opener:  The Power of Subscription

by Kevin Coupe I love subscriptions. I think I’ve made that clear over the years.  I’m a big customer for Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program.  (Tom Furphy tells me that my 60 subscriptions almost certainly puts me among the top S&S customers.  I’m a little astounded by how high that number has gotten.) To be […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Wearable safety technology is making workplaces safer

Wearable technology has made waves in health and fitness, enabling everything from more personalised fitness training to doctors monitoring their patients remotely. Now wearable tech is helping to make improvements to workplace safety, with several trends helping to improve safety and reduce serious incidents. Wearable safety devices include a range of products that use tech […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Save A Lot, Food 4 Less are the best-positioned grocers to serve SNAP shoppers, report finds

Dollar General, Winco and Grocery Outlet rounded out the top five grocers Dunnhumby concluded are most likely to serve financially stressed shoppers while also having reputations for offering low prices.
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Save A Lot Replaces A Whole Foods In Chicago.  Not All Are Thrilled.

The Chicago Sun Times reports that a new Save A Lot store has opened in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, just one week after “a contentious community forum during which residents said they did not want” the store there. The store is owned and operated by franchisee Yellow Banana, which took over a Whole Foods […]
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