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  1. Technology & Innovation

NexChapter taps Matt Van Gilder to front omnichannel commerce practice for grocery and convenience clients

NexChapter, an advisory firm focused on loyalty, retail media, and digital transformation for convenience and grocery retailers, has appointed Matt Van Gilder as Principal & VP, leading its omnichannel practice. He brings nearly two decades of experience from his early roots in his family’s grocery business, VG’s Food and Pharmacy, to most recently leading enterprise […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger Takes One Step Forward But Some Next Steps Are Unclear

Kroger announced that it has settled the lawsuit filed against it by C&S Wholesale Grocers in the wake of its unsuccessful $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons. Had the deal gone through, C&S was salted to take possession of close to 600 stores that would have been divested because of government antitrust concerns.  When the acquisition […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Two Pictures, Worth Thousands Of Words

Following up on the news this week that C&S Wholesale Grocers has made a $1.77 billion bid to acquire SpartanNash, a deal that, if approved by regulators, would bring together the third and sixth ranked supermarket grocery wholesalers in the country … I commented: I’ve been doing this a long time, and when I started […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Your Views:  “Accepted Differentiation” 

On the subject of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s internal (though not for very long) memo warning that a lot of corporate jobs will be lost to AI, MNB reader Jesse Sowell wrote: I often find myself in disagreement with executive leadership in general, and with Andrew Jassy of Amazon in particular. (I find they tend […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

C&S Bids To Acquire SpartanNash For $1.77 Billion

C&S Wholesale Grocers this morning announced that it will spend $1.77 billion to acquire SpartanNash, a deal that, if approved by regulators, would bring together the third and sixth ranked supermarket grocery wholesalers in the country. The boards of both companies have approved this “definitive merger agreement.”  The announcement maintains that the deal “will enable […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Loblaws Integrates Loyalty Program with DoorDash, Expands Point-Earning Opportunities

Loblaws is expanding its partnership with DoorDash by allowing members of the retailer’s PC Optimum loyalty program to earn points with their DoorDash purchases, whether they are made at Loblaws supermarkets or at restaurants or other merchants’ stores. Program members can earn five PC Optimum points for each dollar spent on eligible orders, but for […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Tuesday Eye-Openers

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  HHS To Ban Synthetic Food Dyes in Food By End of 2026 From the New York Times: “In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes […]
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Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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