United Natural Foods

  1. Department: Food

United Natural Foods Natural & Conventional Show Delivers Solutions to Help Grocery Customers Remain Competitive in Macro Environment

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Budget–UNFI wrapped up its Natural & Conventional Spring & Summer Show in Orlando, Fla. this week, hosting over 1,000 brands and more than 2,000 customers.
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Bob Miller joins board at Save Mart Cos.

MODESTO, Calif. — Supermarket industry veteran Robert (Bob) Miller has been named to the board of directors at The Save Mart Companies, a California-based grocer that operates approximately 200 Save Mart, Lucky California, and FoodMaxx stores in the California Central Valley, Bay Area, and Northern Nevada. Save Mart, which is owned by Kingswood Capital Management, […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Your Views:  Caskets & Chuckles

MNB reader Henry Stein sent me an email about last week’s In Conversation piece with Joshua Siegel, COO of the Titan Casket Company: Amazingly educational and provocative interview with Joshua Siegel at Titan Caskets. Clearly a guy and company that recognized an unfulfilled consumer need, satisfied only by a near monopoly. No doubt, Joshua is […]
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  1. Department: Food

United Natural Foods to offer Smart Shelf Tags from Cornerstone for Natural

North American grocery wholesaler United Natural Foods has announced an agreement with Cornerstone for Natural to brings its Smart Shelf Tag programme to UNFI’s suppliers and retailers. Smart Shelf Tags contain ELi QR Codes, pitched as an enhanced, more secure version of a QR code, which can be scanned to provide shoppers with additional product […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Your Views:  Margin Call

Yesterday we quoted a Benjamin Lorr op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times in which he wrote about the Kroger-Albertsons merger: “The supermarket industry is trapped in an unsustainable model, “chasing higher and higher volume to fund cheaper and cheaper prices. Which by necessity means grocers are always looking over their shoulder at their competition. […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Your Views:  Merger Madness

Not surprisingly, lots of email about the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger… An MNB reader weighed in: The pending merger of Kroger and Albertsons has a defined strategy for a spinoff of 100 – 375 stores into what is known as a SpinCo.  SpinCo’s exist for at least two major reasons: 1) To appease the regulatory authorities […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Reports:  Kroger, Albertsons Close To Announcing Merger

There were numerous reports yesterday that Kroger and Albertsons have been negotiating a merger/acquisition agreement that could be finalized as early as today, though the stories also emphasized that a deal could be delayed or abandoned. The exact structure of the deal has not yet been reported, and neither company would comment on the record.  […]
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  1. Department & Category

Is the Frozen Food Court Replacing the Drive-Thru for Breakfast?

  Hand Held food for immediate consumption has driven growth in the fast-food sector for forty years.  Today there are 28.9 restaurants for every legacy grocery store according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Remember yesterday’s blog? Gen Z consumers had 66 fewer visits to restaurants in 2022 than in […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Scott Moses, on How The FTC Should Level The Competitive Playing Field

Content Guy’s Note:  Scott Moses, Managing Director and head of the Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants investment banking practice at Solomon Partners, last week posted on his company’s website an analysis of the Federal Trade Commission’s recent Merger Guidelines Listening Forum videoconference, designed to allow the FTC’s leadership to hear from members of the public about […]
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  1. Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers

SpartanNash creates acquisition interest from a rival and an investment firm

United Natural Foods is said to be exploring a potential acquisition of SpartanNash as is Oak Street Real Estate Capital. SpartanNash operates as a grocery wholesale and owns 145 supermarkets under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market. It also supplies and operates commissaries for the U.S. military.
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Save A Lot names Trey Johnson chief merchant

ST. LOUIS — The discount grocery retailer Save A Lot has appointed Trey Johnson as its new chief merchandising officer. He will report directly to chief executive officer Leon Bergmann. Johnson brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, working with prominent brands and organizations including Albertsons, Big Lots, Family Dollar, Jewel […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Irish convenience store group launches campaign to raise money for Ukraine war victims

Ireland-based convenience store group Musgrave has launched a major fundraising campaign to support people affected by the war in Ukraine. As part of the campaign Musgrave will immediately donate €250,000 (£210,00) to the Irish Red Cross and Unicef. From this week, shoppers in SuperValu, Centra and Donnybrook Fair stores will be able to donate £2 […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Save A Lot taps Leon Bergmann as CEO

ST. LOUIS — Save A Lot has named Leon Bergmann its new chief executive officer. Bergmann will succeed interim CEO Craig Herkert, who will work to ensure a smooth transition in the coming weeks before Mr. Bergmann assumes the role in March. Bergmann brings more than 20 years of experience in the grocery and wholesale […]
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  1. Merchandising

Musgrave to install electronic shelf labels in Northern Ireland stores

Musgrave, the Irish convenience group, is to install electronic shelf labels (ESLs) made by technology specialist Pricer in its SuperValu and Centra stores in Northern Ireland. Its aim is to improve efficiency and the customer experience, enabling the group to centralise pricing and promotions, and to update them in real-time. Michael Devlin, head of IT […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Musgrave deploys Pricer ESLs across store estates in Northern Ireland

Food retail, wholesale and foodservice company, Musgrave, has rolled out an ESL (electronic shelf label) solution from Pricer, across its SuperValu and Centra stores in Northern Ireland. “We needed a pricing automation solution which could dynamically and quickly modify prices in our stores in a synchronised way, while enabling us to be more sustainable with our […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Nisa recruits Northern Ireland boss from Musgrave

Nisa Retail has appointed Nigel Maxwell to head its team in Northern Ireland. Maxwell has 30 years experience in grocery retailing and 20 years of that has been spent with independent retailers. Most recently he was sales director for Supervalu and Centra in Northern Ireland, part of the Musgrave group. This story continues at Nisa […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

UNFI makes deal for DoorDash to deliver for indie grocers

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) has announced an agreement with DoorDash “to bring on-demand grocery delivery solutions to independent retailers nationwide.” The deal is intended to help independent grocers compete for customers who choose to shop for groceries online. “We know demand for this functionality continues to be very strong, and to remain competitive retailers […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

UNFI Signs Deal With DoorDash To Deliver For Its Independent Retailers

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) said yesterday that it signed a deal with delivery solutions provider DoorDash to provide services to its independent retail customers. According to the announcement, “UNFI’s arrangement with DoorDash will give local grocers the opportunity to leverage the DoorDash platform to build an ecommerce and delivery offering that meets the needs […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

UNFI, DoorDash team up on online orders, delivery

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — United Natural Foods Inc. has entered into a reseller agreement with DoorDash with the aim of bringing on-demand grocery delivery solutions to independent retailers nationwide through the DoorDash marketplace. “Our relationship with DoorDash will make it easier for independent retailers to offer online grocery ordering and delivery,” UNFI chief strategy and innovation […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

United Natural Foods Reports Employment Inducement Grant

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (the “Company” or “UNFI”) announced today that on October 12, 2021, it granted to J. Alexander Miller Douglas, its Chief Executive Officer, an inducement time-based restricted stock unit (“RSU”) award covering a total of 17,286 shares of common stock of UNFI and an inducement performance-based restricted stock […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

RIAs 2021 winner: Independent Retailer of the Year – over 6,000sq ft

SuperValu Fruitfield, Richhill, County Armagh, successfully developed its ready meals business last year in response to the growth in eating at home brought about by the pandemic. After its Scullery Restaurant was forced to close, staff were redeployed into the store to work on the ready meals category and the initiative proved so successful, it […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

United Natural Foods, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2021 Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (the “Company” or “UNFI”) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter (13 weeks) and fiscal year (52 weeks) ended July 31, 2021. Fiscal 2021 Full Year Highlights Net sales of $27.0 billion, an increase of 1.5% Net income of $149 million Adjusted EBITDA of $746 million, […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

UNFI, RangeMe accelerate growth between retailers and suppliers

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – United Natural Foods Inc. announced it had reached a new milestone in its relationship with RangeMe, the online platform established to empower retail buyers to efficiently discover innovative and emerging products while streamlining the inbound product-submission process. The evolved relationship between the companies enhances the ability for retailers and emerging suppliers to […]
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Albertsons Redesigns and Expands Open Nature Own Label Line

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