Kroger

Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
February 06, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kroger, the supermarket operator, announced a deal to sell its convenience store business to EG Group, the U.K.-based convenience store retailer. In a press release,...

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Myxx Creates Recipe For Healthy Dinners Through Shoppable Grocery Lists
Myxx Creates Recipe For Healthy Dinners Through Shoppable Grocery Lists
February 05, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers want to provide healthy dinners for their families, but it can be difficult to find the time to plan home-cooked meals. Monica Wood, for...

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Executive Departs Boxed Amid Sales Talks
Executive Departs Boxed Amid Sales Talks
February 02, 2018  |  Retail

As warehouse club-like eCommerce startup Boxed talks with potential buyers, the executive behind its fastest-growing business segment has left the firm. Behzad Soltani, who led...

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33 Percent Of Grocery Customers Would Use Digital Coupons If Retailers Offered Them
33 Percent Of Grocery Customers Would Use Digital Coupons If Retailers Offered Them
January 29, 2018  |  Retail

Grocery shopping is clearly no longer confined to the aisles of the local Kroger or even a superstore like Target or Walmart. With services like...

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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition
Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition
January 29, 2018  |  Retail

Under pressure from an activist investor, JCP Investment Management, convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has reportedly placed an initial bid to acquire grocer Kroger’s...

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Is Amazon’s Next Target Warehouse Clubs?
Is Amazon’s Next Target Warehouse Clubs?
January 26, 2018  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon is reportedly eyeing Boxed.com as an acquisition target, with Jeff Bezos inviting the company’s founder and CEO, Chieh Huang, to Amazon’s headquarters this week....

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Kroger And Alibaba In Early Talks For Partnership
Kroger And Alibaba In Early Talks For Partnership
January 25, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Less than a year after Amazon made headlines with its acquisition of Whole Foods Market, another grocer and eCommerce retailer may be teaming up, CNBC reported....

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App Could Keep Fridges Full, CPG Brands Informed
App Could Keep Fridges Full, CPG Brands Informed
January 24, 2018  |  Retail

Refrigerators are very good at keeping food fresh and cold, but they do not provide much information about the products stored inside. Enter Chefling Inc.,...

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Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
January 22, 2018  |  Retail

Charles Babbage is considered “the father of the computer.” But it was Lord Byron’s daughter, the mathematician Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm that...

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