Supermarket/Grocery

The grocery industry has exerted the most consistent and visible efforts in implementing health and safety standards in response to the pandemic, followed by big-box and drug stores.

Big Lots is the latest retailer to streamline customer access to e-commerce delivery by partnering with Instacart.

In its report focusing on 2020’s historic first quarter, JLL observed that retail and real estate were among the industries hardest hit by COVID-19.

The U.S. retail sector could take years to recover from the impact of COVID-19, and the hit could be worse than that of the Great Recession. 

Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) is joining a new shopper data program from a major streaming TV provider.

Approximately 60% of retailers reported that they could not pay April rent, with many asking for three months of rent abatement—and several claimed they could not pay rent until stores reopened.

The Kroger Co. is bringing its leading-edge automated warehouse facilities to three different regions of the U.S. 

Grocery retailers and suppliers who successfully collaborate can improve customer service and operating efficiency.

Digital transformation is accelerating in retail environments. 

C&S Wholesale Grocers is teaming up with Instacart to make online and same-day delivery available to C&S’ network of more than 3,000 independent grocery retailers across the U.S.