By Evan Haddad Source: Reno Gazette Journal A supermarket chain with five stores in Reno-Sparks will be shutting down its pharmacies next week. Save Mart Supermarkets, a grocery chain that was acquired in March by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management LP, has announced the shuttering of all its pharmacies [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: The Modesto Bee The little white robots that had become part of Modesto’s landscape as they rolled around town delivering groceries are no more. Save Mart Supermarkets officials have confirmed their autonomous, touchless delivery fleet has been grounded by their San Francisco-based partner, Starship Technologies. Read the [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8-Golden State has ratified new labor agreements for grocery workers at Safeway, Vons, Save Mart, Lucky and Food Maxx supermarkets in Northern and Central California. UFCW 8GS said the three-year contracts with Albertsons Cos. (Safeway and Vons) and [...]
By Bridget Goldschmidt Source: Progressive Grocer Following extensive bargaining sessions, UFCW 8-Golden State has arrived at tentative contract agreements covering its membership at Save Mart Cos. locations throughout Southern, Central and Northern California. The new agreements cover 8,000 members working at all unionized Save Mart banners in UFCW 8-Golden State’s [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: Modesto Bee Despite its proximity to Silicon Valley, Modesto doesn’t get to be on the leading edge of many technological trends. But in 2020, Save Mart Supermarkets launched new grocery delivery robots, making it the first retailer in the nation to use the technology. Now, as [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Save Mart Companies announced Shane Sampson as executive chairman. Sampson brings four decades of retail grocery experience to Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart, including various executive positions at Albertsons, Sam’s Club, Ahold USA, Shaw’s/Star Market and Jewel-Osco. Most recently, he served as chief merchandising [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: The Sacramento Bee Modesto-born Save Mart Supermarkets has been bought by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, ending 70 years of Central Valley ownership of the popular grocery chain. The Save Mart Cos. — which includes Save Mart, Lucky California, and FoodMaxx grocery stores — was [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Save Mart Cos. has kicked off robot-powered online grocery delivery at its flagship Lucky California store in Pleasanton using autonomous vehicles from Starship Technologies. Save Mart said Wednesday that the program makes the Pleasanton Lucky California the first San Francisco Bay Area supermarket [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Save Mart Companies plans to test Simbe Robotics’ Tally shelf-scanning robot at seven California stores to help reduce out-of-stocks and ensure products are where they should be in the aisle. Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart said Friday that it will deploy Tally at three [...]
The Save Mart Cos. has partnered with Starship Technologies to launch an on-demand grocery robot delivery service at the supermarket operator’s flagship store in Modesto, CA . The robots, motorized carts each capable of carrying up to 20 pounds of groceries or the equivalent of about three shopping bags, can travel [...]