Lawmakers in California want to put some checks on the use of self-checkout. As a recent Wall Street Journal editorial noted, the state’s Senate has just passed a bill that would limit self-checkouts at supermarkets and drugstores. The legislation would change the current system —...
Australia is reportedly stepping up efforts to regulate its supermarket sector. A new government study, the subject of a Monday (April 8) report by The Guardian, warns of the need to reverse a “heavy imbalance in market power between suppliers and supermarkets in Australia’s heavily...
British grocer Sainsbury’s is planning to slowly but surely phase out its banking business. The move follows a strategic review of the company’s banking arm, the supermarket chain said in a statement Thursday (Jan. 16), which noted Sainsbury’s is weighing several options on how to proceed with its exit from...
As supermarkets look to provide one-stop shopping, Wegmans is pushing beyond the typical grocery format to open a hybrid supermarket/food hall in New York City. According to Time Out New York, the new Manhattan location, set to open Wednesday (Oct. 18), will be set up...
September 20, 2017
Could the secret to winning the grocery wars lie not in groceries, but in adjacent brands and services? That’s the strategy Hy-Vee is investing in, and the latest move along the trajectory has been a partnership between the Iowa-based supermarket chain and two unlikely comrades: OrangeTheory Fitness and Wahlburgers restaurants. According to Supermarket News, Hy-Vee […]
July 13, 2017
Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so it only makes sense that the company would strive to stay at the forefront of the...
August 14, 2024
There’s a battle brewing over shelf space in America’s grocery stores. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Aug. 14), this conflict is being driven by a shrinking amount of real estate in grocery aisles as stores begin to include more of their own lower-cost products. Supermarkets are reducing both the number of items they stock […]
June 02, 2024
Lawmakers in California want to put some checks on the use of self-checkout. As a recent Wall Street Journal editorial noted, the state’s Senate has just passed a bill that...
April 08, 2024
Australia is reportedly stepping up efforts to regulate its supermarket sector. A new government study, the subject of a Monday (April 8) report by The Guardian, warns of the need...
January 18, 2024
British grocer Sainsbury’s is planning to slowly but surely phase out its banking business. The move follows a strategic review of the company’s banking arm, the supermarket chain said in a statement Thursday (Jan. 16),...
