The first Kroger supermarket with an in-store food hall opened in Cincinnati. Called On The Rhine Eatery, the venue houses five restaurants, providing another customer destination to the new urban-format Kroger store.

Landover, Md.-based Giant Food opened the first newly built store sporting its latest retail design, led by expanded fresh and prepared food departments.

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The retailer expands its rebranding with revamped stores in Connecticut.

Grocery cooperative Allegiance Retail Services and member owner PSK Supermarkets opened the first new Pathmark since the chain’s shutdown upon the liquidation

Here are the largest U.S. and Canadian food retailers and wholesalers.

Part store and part technology incubator, the Sam’s Club Now outlet in Dallas gives a peek at what an omnichannel-optimized retail destination could look like.

Giant Food Stores opened its second Giant Heirloom Market in the University City section of Philadelphia.

H-E-B's new 102,000-square-foot store in Kingwood, Texas, brings residents “a world-class, spacious shopping destination.”
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The first Amazon Go store in New York City opened its doors in downtown Manhattan.

From CBD to new types of lettuce and lab-grown meat, here are the trends shaping the fresh and center store departments.