grocery

A store that sells food and household supplies. A grocery store or grocer's shop is a retail shop that primarily sells food. A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Grocery stores also offer non-perishable foods that are packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans; some also have bakeries, butchers, delis, and fresh produce.

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NEW REPORT: The Cutthroat, Consumer-Centric Grocery Price Wars
NEW REPORT: The Cutthroat, Consumer-Centric Grocery Price Wars
September 18, 2018  |  Commerce Connected

  Americans spent some $682 billion on groceries in 2017 alone. The bulk of that spending took place at brick-and-mortar grocery stores and supermarkets, but...

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Walmart Buying Cornershop To Boost Presence In Latin America
Walmart Buying Cornershop To Boost Presence In Latin America
September 14, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart has announced it is acquiring Cornershop, a leading online marketplace for on-demand delivery from supermarkets, pharmacies and specialty food retailers in Mexico and Chile....

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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch
Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch
September 14, 2018  |  Economy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “into every life, a little rain must fall,” a piece of poetry that will become a reality this weekend in...

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Kroger Same-Store Sales Miss Views As It Overhauls Stores
Kroger Same-Store Sales Miss Views As It Overhauls Stores
September 13, 2018  |  Retail

Kroger, the U.S. supermarket chain, posted same-store sales Thursday (Sept. 13) that fell short of Wall Street views, sending the stock lower in trading. According...

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Publix: 88 Years In Grocery And Looking To Grow
Publix: 88 Years In Grocery And Looking To Grow
September 07, 2018  |  Retail

Outside the southeastern United States, Publix is neither a household name, nor an everyday experience. A highly regional grocery store chain, it’s only known in...

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The Challenge Of Culture And Compensation At Whole Foods, Post-Amazon Acquisition
The Challenge Of Culture And Compensation At Whole Foods, Post-Amazon Acquisition
September 07, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has led to higher sales, but changes at the grocer haven’t been well-received by some workers who have noted a...

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Walmart Tests Crowdsourced Delivery Platform
Walmart Tests Crowdsourced Delivery Platform
September 05, 2018  |  Delivery

Walmart announced Wednesday (Sept. 5) that it is testing a new last-mile delivery service dubbed Spark Delivery, which is a crowd-sourced delivery platform. In a...

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Retailers Can Tap Into Mobile Stores With Self-Driving Cars
Retailers Can Tap Into Mobile Stores With Self-Driving Cars
September 04, 2018  |  Retail

Click-and-collect and delivery aren’t the only options for grocers to provide eCommerce ease to their customers: They can also let customers shop through mobile stores...

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Five Unexpected Lessons Of Summer 2018
Five Unexpected Lessons Of Summer 2018
September 03, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The term “thinking outside the box” originates from advice that puzzle management consultants famously gave to clients in the 1970s and 1980s to encourage creative thinking....

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