By Nate Delesline III Source: Grocery Dive Rite Aid is in negotiations with creditors over a plan to liquidate up to 500 of its approximately 2,200 locations in 17 states as part of a possible Chapter 11 filing, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The move would shrink the company’s [...]
By Neco Payne Source: ABC News 30 Fresno The Central California Food Bank has opened the doors at the first free grocery store in the Central Valley. First Fruits Market is designed to provide a dignified shopping experience to people experiencing hunger. "Individuals accessing the market will not need to [...]
By Peter Jacobsen Source: Fee Stories Chicago's new mayor, Brandon Johnson, is experimenting with a surprising new city policy— government-run grocery stores. The policy idea was announced by Johnson earlier this week. "I am proud to work alongside partners to take this step in envisioning what a municipally owned grocery [...]
By Eric Neugeboren Source: The Nevada Independent Standing in a small room in Las Vegas earlier this month, Abraham Camejo had a message for Nevada’s attorney general: A merger between Kroger and Albertsons could make it harder to put food on his family’s table. Camejo, a construction safety manager, is [...]
By Bill Wilson Source: Supermarket News On Friday, Kroger and Albertsons Cos. agreed to sell over 400 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers. The move could help convince the Federal Trade Commission to approve the proposed $24.6 billion Kroger, Albertsons merger deal. So, is the deal with C&S Wholesale Grocers good [...]
By Casey Grove Source: Alaska Public Media The two biggest grocery store chains in the country, and Alaska, are moving forward with their multi-billion-dollar merger, and they’ve announced a plan to sell more than a dozen stores in Alaska to a third company. That proposal by Fred Meyer parent company [...]
By Alarice Rajagopal Source: Supermarket News The majority of grocers believe Instacart’s decision to go public is the right strategy, (59% of all grocers and 72% of grocers that use Instacart). However, 84% of grocers also believe their own digital strategies will be able to compete with third-party apps, according [...]
By Kareem Gouda Source: Country105.com Over 3,000 Sobeys employees across 40 Lower Mainland Safeway stores have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike if bargaining talks break down in the weeks ahead. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518, which covers Sobeys’ employees from Whistler to Hope, says members voted 98 [...]
Source: Financial Assets Experts and union representatives say their new collective deal raises the bar for grocery store workers across the country. We apologize for the inconvenience, but this video has not been loaded. Tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Metro strike [...]
By Rebecca Robbins Source: The New York Times The grocery chain Kroger said on Friday that it had agreed to pay about $1.2 billion to states, local governments and Native American tribes to settle claims that its retail pharmacies played a role in fueling the opioid crisis. Kroger, which was [...]