Nearly a month after Albertsons agreed to pay a nearly $4 million settlement to resolve allegations of false advertising and overcharging customers, members of Congress are calling for an investigation. - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/legislation-re…

Kroger will pay $122 million to the state of California for its role in the opioid crisis, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday. - Supermarket News @Kroger supermarketnews.com/legislation-re…

The @Kroger Co. has faced perhaps the most high-profile and controversial year in its 141-year existence as a result of its proposed $24.6B merger with Albertsons. Over the last 12 months, it has made headlines on an almost weekly basis. supermarketnews.com/mergers-acquis…

About a week after its CEO's departure, Grocery Outlet Chairman Eric Lindberg said Grocery Outlet “missed the mark” due to “a combination of pricing we took to reestablish healthy margins that coincided with competitive pricings that picked up.” - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/company-news/g…

October saw another round of store closures from @RiteAid, which shuttered 68 locations in Michigan, 48 in Ohio, and two in California. They follow a larger round in September, when Rite Aid closed 171 locations across the two states. - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/new-stores/rit…

#TheFreshMarket has partnered with same-day delivery service #Shipt to begin delivering online grocery orders from most of its 160 stores across 22 states, the Birmingham, Ala.-based tech company announced Thursday. #SupermarketNews bsky.app/profile/timink…

German discount grocer @Aldi delighted some Chicago area residents earlier this month with a new location and drew the ire of others with a store closure. Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

German discount grocer ALDI USA is moving forward with its rapid opening of new locations across the United States, and behind the scenes the German discount grocer is also growing its corporate headquarters in Batavia, Ill. Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

H-E-B opened its newest store in the Austin, Texas, suburb of Pflugerville on Nov. 13. The expansion of H-E-B stores in Texas also includes its specialty banners, Joe V's Smart Shop and Central Market. Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

Brands expected to get a big boost: #StoveTop (4.7 times increase), #CoolWhip (4.1x), #French’s (3.4x), #Jiffy (3.4x), #Butterball (2.9x), #Reddi-Whip (2.9x), #Carnation (2.8x), #OceanSpray (2.7x), #King'sHawaiian (2.5x), #MarthaWhite (2.5x). Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

A new law that aims to reduce confusion on the “best by” dates of food products, requiring new labeling, has been signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, but it’s still a year and a half away from taking effect. - Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

Big changes could be coming for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which faces new scrutiny as the incoming Trump Administration searches for ways to slash the federal budget to offset tax cuts in 2025. - Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

Price gouging by #supermarkets was a hot topic in the news this year, but #grocers have argued that it's the producers who are gouging them. Who's at fault? Here's a lawsuit that focuses on the alleged frozen french fry cartel. What do you think? Supermarket News bsky.app/profile/timink…

🚀 Excited to share my new tutorial on #PerplexityTasks! If you're looking to automate your workflow, this tool lets you easily set daily timers for tasks. Create a personalized morning brief or newsletter with @Perplexity to streamline your routine. #AI youtube.com/watch?v=-JO6W3…

Robots could soon outnumber their human counterparts at @Amazon warehouses, as the online retail giant doubles down on its automated workforce, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. -#SupermarketNews supermarketnews.com/grocery-techno…

The federal budget bill, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, narrowly passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, and includes sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/legislation-re…

Limited-time deals on artificially scarce products are helping grocers win shoppers, according to Placer.ai. These highly sought after product drops are resonating with shoppers at Trader Joe's and Target in particular. - #SupermarketNews supermarketnews.com/grocery-market…

I created a spreadsheet of all of ALDI USA's private-label brands at my local store using photographs of the labels and Google Gemini #artificialintelligence. I'll show you how I did it in my new #AI tutorial! Check it out on Journalism AI Toolkit! youtube.com/watch?v=C3iT73…

Food City / KVAT Foods Inc. is launching in-store retail media at 140 stores across its five-state footprint through a new partnership with Grocery TV, the grocer said on Friday. - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/grocery-techno…

Unionized Safeway workers in Northern California are set to go on strike on July 26 if they fail to reach an agreement on contract negotiations, according to a statement from United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) locals 5, 8 & 648. - Supermarket News supermarketnews.com/retail-labor/s…