Rapidly rising food prices may give restaurants an edge—here’s why
Erick Williams, chef/owner of Virtue restaurant in Chicago’s Hyde Park, preps a beet salad on Feb. 4, 2021. Jose M. Osorio | Chicago Tribune |...
Grocery store operators
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Empty grocery shelves return as sick employees, supply chain delays collide
Bread aisle shelves at a Target are seen nearly empty as the U.S. continues to experience supply chain disruptions in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2022....
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Walmart drew one in four dollars spent on click and collect — with room to grow in 2022
One in every four dollars that Americans spent on online purchases retrieved through either curbside pickup or inside of stores this year went to Walmart,...
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Kroger to take away paid Covid benefits, add insurance surcharges for unvaccinated employees
Kroger employees put groceries and other goods into plastic totes. Those totes are gobbled up by a grid where robots help retrieve items for customers’...
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Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen says new cooking skills, bigger holiday gatherings are lifting grocery sales
More Americans may have returned to the office, classroom and restaurants, but Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said sales in recent months prove some stay-at-home trends...
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Here’s how Kroger is using robots to get groceries to customers’ doors
Kroger is opening automated warehouses around the country to build a larger and more profitable online grocery business. Kroger GROVELAND, Fla.— Inside of a giant...
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Kroger is taking on Publix in Florida without opening a single grocery store — and building a blueprint for its future
Kroger’s delivery vans double as a billboard. The company is using them to get out the word that it’s now offering grocery deliveries in Florida....
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Food companies could see $3 billion in monthly sales vanish, as low-income households get squeezed
A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City. Scott...
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Empty shelves, gasoline shortages and sky-high energy prices? Britain is facing a ‘difficult winter’
Empty shelves that usually stock bottled water at Sainsbury’s supermarket, Greenwich Peninsular, on September 19, 2021 in London, England. Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images...
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Kroger CEO says finding talent is grocery operator’s greatest challenge, as it teams up with Instacart
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said Tuesday that one of its biggest challenges is a shortage of staff. The grocer currently has about 20,000 job openings,...
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Kroger gets hit by higher costs, theft—even as shoppers fill up grocery carts
Kroger on Friday said shoppers filled up large baskets of groceries in the fiscal second quarter. They bought bigger items, such as 24-packs of toilet...