Walmart leads the week’s news

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U.S. shoppers keep watchful eye on food pricing

Walmart

Consumers maintain value focus as COVID-19 concerns persist, dunnhumby finds.

Hy-Vee introduces automated shopping cart-sanitizing system

Hy-Vee

Spurred by pandemic, Sprouts Farmers Market accelerates five-year strategy

Sprouts Farmers Market

The natural retailer’s third-quarter net income was more than double a year ago.

Piggly Wiggly Midwest re-ups e-commerce partnership with Mercatus

Piggly Wiggly

The grocery retailer and supplier are also slated to launch a Mercatus-powered digital ad program.

Renewed shopper focus key to boosting online grocery business

H-E-B

Kroger rolls out rapid antibody COVID-19 testing to all pharmacies

Kroger Health

The supermarket giant is the nation’s first retailer to offer antibody tests to consumers.

Stop & Shop launches ’90s nostalgic grocery website

Stop & Shop

The online destination caters to comfort-food seekers amid the pandemic.

Kroger enacts sweeping plan to promote diversity and inclusion

Kroger

Framework for Action aims to create “real change now and into the future,” CEO Rodney McMullen says.

U.S. consumers preparing for second wave of stockpiling

Smart & Final

57% of those surveyed were considering restocks of supplies amassed at the start of the pandemic, Inmar finds.

Walmart designates four stores as ‘test centers’ for ‘new era of retail’

Walmart

One Supercenter and one Neighborhood Market are up and running with a “rapid prototype” approach.

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