Supermarkets sprung to action after Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s now-famous missive to Rolling Stone went viral earlier this month.
One by one, Stop & Shop, Roche Bros., Big Y, Wegmans, Roundy’s, Hy-Vee and others deemed the iconic magazi...
Here’s a secret about the industry’s new focus on collaboration: It’s not really new.
Sure, there are more high-powered initiatives than ever, especially involving the supply chain. But it’s not like collaboration is a new concept. In fact...
If you bought stock in a North American supermarket company on Jan. 1, congratulations! You made money.
For the first time in recent memory, all 24 publicly traded food retail and wholesale stocks tracked by SN showed gains in their share ...
The latest version of SN’s Power 50, our annual roster of the most influential industry players, includes a new element called "The Trending Ten."
This is a sub-list of the most talked about people right now. Two on that list are CEOs of A...
When Albertsons LLC announced last month that it was ending the loyalty card program of stores acquired from Supervalu, the talk was about how this would affect their marketing capabilities.
After all, loyalty programs deliver a rich trove...
It’s a fairly rare occurrence for a major retail company to eliminate a loyalty card program.
But that’s just what’s been happening with Albertsons and its corporate sibling retail banners in the past few weeks. This may be beneficial for ...
Hannaford Bros. has long played an outsized role at Delhaize America.
Although the Scarborough, Maine-based chain numbered only 138 locations at the time of its purchase in the year 2000 by Delhaize — little more than a tenth the size of s...
Whole Foods Markets recently launched a promotion that reminds me of one of the most beloved movies in film history.
Frank Capra’s 1946 drama “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the charming Christmas tale with a timeless lesson: the need for each ...
Summer harvest is here. And retailers and shoppers are equally excited about the bounty of fruits and vegetables.
Somehow, as the country has engaged in heated discussion about nutrition and fighting obesity over the past few years, the un...
Judging by bulky key chains, it would seem supermarket loyalty program participation must be going through the roof.
Except the opposite is true. The total number of memberships in these programs fell about 1% in the past two years, to 172...
