Supermarket/Grocery

Wakefern Food Corp. has a new merchandising head.

The National Retail Federation wants the government to give national guidance on what type of retail businesses should stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have committed $25 million to support organizations on the front lines responding to the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

For supermarkets, the increased demand due to the coronavirus outbreak really kicked off in the second week of March. 

Mobile self-checkout is just one of the technologies a majority of grocery store customers would like to use.

The Kroger Co. has upped its hiring to keep up with increased consumer demand in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Target Corp. is reducing store hours, increasing select employee benefits and making other adjustments in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 

With COVID-19 continuing to spread throughout the U.S., the nation’s retail chains are working to help prevent the spread of the virus.