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Kroger, Albertsons merger should be safe with divestiture: report

    [[“value”:” History says the $24.6 billion Kroger, Albertsons merger should survive any lawsuit, ultimately getting the stamp of approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a new report. A white paper recently released by the International Center for Law & Economics, titled “Food-Retail Competition, Antitrust Law, and the Kroger/Albertsons merger,” says […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Worth Reading:  What Erewhon Does Right

The Hollywood Reporter has a long, New Yorker-style piece in which it looks at how Erewhon has evolved from “a gloomy L.A. health food store” into “the world’s trendiest and most extravagant market.” An excerpt: “It’s up for debate what the true tipping-point moment was that transformed Erewhon from just another L.A. health food market […]
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  1. Department & Category

Rite Aid Targets Sprouts, Earth Fare, and Whole Foods

  In a never ending battle for share of stomach Rite Aid is targeting the ‘better-4-you’ space and it’s preminmum profit subset of ‘better-4-you’ snacks.  According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, “Rite Aid is right on, cherry picking the preminium profit sub-category of ‘better-4-you’ snacks. In case you did […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Whole Foods in New Jersey finally sets opening date after seven years

    [[“value”:” Whole Foods Market is set to open another New Jersey store this fall. The supermarket chain is opening a new 51,156-square-foot store in Jersey City on Thursday, Nov. 9 — the company’s first store in Jersey City and its 24th in the state. Related: Amazon will now sell Whole Foods 365 […]
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Your Views:  Filling A Void

On the subject of how Starbucks and its former CEO, Howard Schultz, handled unionization movements within the company, MNB reader Rich Heiland wrote: Back when I was in my first general manager’s job at a newspaper in 1978 I went to a day-long seminar on how to keep unions out of your business. That may […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Is Amazon Really Good For Consumers?

The Boston Globe has a piece in which it asks the question, does it necessary follow that if you can buy a 55-inch television on Amazon  for $249, that Amazon is necessarily good for consumers? It is a question that certainly complicates any case that will be made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

At S Group, The “S” Stands For Successful

The American Prospect, which to be clear, is described as a “liberal, progressive” publication, has an interesting story about S Group, a Finland retailer that operates “completely unremarkable” grocery stores, “somewhat fancier than Albertsons but less fancy than Whole Foods.” But here’s the context, from writer Ryan Cooper: “The interesting thing about S Market, and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

The Power of “Simple Brands”

Global brand experience firm Siegel+Gale is out with its 10th annual World’s Simplest Brands report, concluding that German grocer Lidl is the world’s simplest brand. Among US companies, Whole Foods Market ranked first, followed by the U.S. Postal Service, Lyft, UPS, and Burger King. According to the report, “64% of people are willing to pay […]
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How Retailers Can Bring Creativity and Originality Back to Private Label Products

Twenty years ago, retailers aiming to launch new store brands to fend off the negative associations created by the “generics era” would say to their design agencies, “Get this as close to the national brand target as you possibly can.” Call it the copycat phase of private label development. Mimicking Green Giant or Coca-Cola was […]
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Yes, Chain Restaurants Continue to Stumble over Change

  Once again, Foodservice Solutions®, Grocerant Guru® Steven Johnson stated “The restaurant industry is not an industry known for trying to be first as in fastest to market with an ideation, food or technology advance. In the United States the larger the chain in almost all cases the more slowly they are to adopt something […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway excel in digital ordering: report

TOP TAKEAWAYS In 2023, the average number of shopping trips increased by 16%, while the average order value rose by 25% Customers’ online shopping preference rose for national retailers like Walmart (56% to 59%) and online-only choices like Amazon (26% to 28%), but fell for third-party apps like Instacart (18% to 13%) Digital shoppers like […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

IYKYK: The top text scams of 2022

Texting is cheap and easy, and scammers are counting on the ding of an incoming text being hard to ignore.[1] In 2022, they were right to the tune of $330 million in losses to text scams, as reported to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network, with a median reported loss of $1,000. That’s more than double the 2021 reported losses and nearly five times what people reported in 2019
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FreshTake will Extend and Expand Mitchell Grocery

  Interactive and participatory a new foodservice concept, FreshTake, will feature several foodservice concepts, extensive seating, and multiple entertainment options to entice consumers to stay longer, come back more frequently, and spend more according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Here is a little background, Jackson Mitchell, is a fourth-generation […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

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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  1. Trends & External Forces

Prime Members Could Get New Healthcare Benefits

Business Insider reports that Amazon is considering internal proposals that would integrate its One Medical healthcare services into Prime membership, offering discounted prices that would simultaneously add value to Prime while expanding the One Medical customer base.  Also consideration is creating a new subscription track for One Medical. According to the story, “Internally, the new […]
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  1. Department: Food

Coming Attraction:  Georgia Grocer Hopes To Hit One Long & Straight

MNB often focuses on stores that differentiate themselves through unique products and services, offering a value proposition that seems different from those offered by the competition. That seems to be the pitch for FreshTake, a new grocer scheduled to open next summer in Augusta, Georgia, in a former Whole Foods location, which has been getting […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Instacart’s IPO Raises $660 Million; Grocers Have Skin In The Game

Grocery delivery company Instacart launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday, raising $660 million with a $30 per share price that was at the top end of its offering range.  The price reflects a $10.2 billion valuation;  the company is making less than 10 percent of its shares available. Public trading of Instacart’s shares will […]
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  1. Department & Category

Chicago Could Open City-Owned Grocery Stores

Fox Business  reports that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is saying that “his administration is exploring a city-owned grocery store as a means of promoting ‘equitable’ access to food, though the plan has drawn criticism from skeptics of a government owned and operated store. “Chicago would become the first major U.S. city to implement a municipally […]
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  1. Department: Food

Mitchell Grocery scion plans upscale grocery, restaurant concept in Augusta

    [[“value”:” Jackson Mitchell, a fourth-generation member of the family that owns wholesale distributor Mitchell Grocery, is planning to open an upscale, 42,000-square foot supermarket in Augusta, Ga., next summer that will include a sports bar, a five-hole putting green and several foodservice concepts. FreshTake, which will take over the space previously occupied by […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Sprouts taps James Bahrenburg as new chief technology officer

    [[“value”:” Sprouts Farmers Market has named James Bahrenburg as its next chief technology officer. He brings more than 35 years of retail experience most recently as chief information officer of Good Food Holdings, LLC. The specialty retailer said that Bahrenburg will report directly to Sprouts’ chief executive officer Jack Sinclair, and will oversee […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Kroger, Aldi, Sprouts top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, Kroger, Albertsons may sell off stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in anticipation of merger deal. Kroger and Albertsons could be close to selling an undisclosed number to C&S Wholesale Grocers, as a means towards cinching regulatory approval for the […]
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  1. Department: Food

Why Sushi Provides Raw Advantages To Supermarkets

Go figure.  Kroger is the biggest seller of sushi in the US. The Wall Street Journal reported the other day that “the nation’s biggest grocery-store operator sells more than 40 million pieces of sushi in a typical year, in the process helping turn slices of raw fish, real and imitation, and rice into an American […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Whole Foods Is Attracting Extreme Couponers Who Are Sharing Tips on TikTok for Saving Money at the Supermarket Once Known as ‘Whole Paycheck’

Extreme couponers are turning their attention to Whole Foods, sharing money-saving tips on TikTok. TikTok users are combining savings from their Amazon Prime accounts with coupons from third-party apps like Ibotta to significantly reduce their grocery bills at Whole Foods. The supermarket, known for its high-end products, has been working to shed its “whole paycheck”…
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Publix Gains Share of Supermarket Wallet from Kroger

Access chart in Dash. Publix gained nearly 1 point of share of wallet among its customer base from competing supermarket chains in the trailing 12 months according to Earnest credit card data. The popular Florida-based grocer commanded 43.3% of its customers’ supermarket dollars in July 2023, up from 42.3% in July 2022. Unlike a market […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger, Albertsons CEOs tout merger together in new video

In a new video shot inside a King Soopers store, the CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons discussed benefits they say their companies’ pending merger will bring to consumers, employees, farmers, and communities. “The combination of Kroger and Albertsons is about creating more opportunities — more opportunities for our customers to find the food that they […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Greater Amazon-Whole Foods Integration Begins

Last week we took note of a Bloomberg report that Amazon “is launching the biggest overhaul of its grocery business since it acquired Whole Foods Market six years ago – revamping stores, testing new highly automated warehouses and, for the first time, offering fresh-food delivery to customers who aren’t Prime subscribers.  In a move likely […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Another Amazon Prime Day Promotion Set For October

Just weeks after Amazon held its annual Prime Day promotion, the company announced that it will have another one in October, saying that it will take place (on as yet unspecified dates) across 19 countries. The schedule is similar to last year, when Amazon had Prime Days in July and October. GeekWire offers this analysis: […]
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Kroger considers Disney+ perk for grocery delivery members

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