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Pet product sales surge online for supermarkets and pet retailers

Sep 08, 2020

Online sales of pet food and nonfood products combined will increase to 27% of total category sales in 2020

NACDS, pharmacies get ready for flu season with vaccination campaigns

Sep 08, 2020

Save Mart, Wegmans among supermarket pharmacies making flu shots safer and more convenient amid COVID-19 concerns

SN Top 10: Albertsons’ retail innovation in pictures

Sep 06, 2020

Take a store tour — two tours, in fact — in this gallery that showcases how Albertsons is instituting a next-generation shopping experience in Albertsons and Safeway stores...

After a bumpy spring, floral sales are blooming in supermarkets

Sep 04, 2020

Americans spending more time at home are turning to flowers and plants for a little brightness in the pandemic

UFCW kicks off new national campaign to restore COVID-19 hazard pay

Sep 02, 2020

‘Worker actions’ planned at grocery stores in more than two dozen cities

SN Top 10: Amazon Fresh opens in California; Lidl, Aldi expanding

Aug 30, 2020

Traditional supermarket alternatives Amazon, Lidl, Aldi and dollar stores made big news in this week’s Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles (and a gallery)...

Are deli self-serve hot bars a thing of the past?

Aug 28, 2020

In a COVID-19 world, retailers are rethinking how they offer hot prepared foods

SpartanNash rolls out contactless payment to all of its stores

Aug 26, 2020

No-touch solutions address customers’ COVID-19 concerns, speed checkout

Survey: Most grocery shoppers favor in-store purchases amid pandemic

Aug 26, 2020

But U.S. consumers are increasingly trying and liking online grocery delivery

Hy-Vee launches COVID-19 testing at selected pharmacies

Aug 26, 2020

Self-administered drive-thru tests offered at supermarket, drugstore locations

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