Tag: grocery stores
Stores see supply disruptions following cyberattack at UNFI
NEW YORK – A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers, including United Natural Foods Inc. in Providence,...
Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found...
Digital price labels, which are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets, haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges, according to a new study that...
Retail sales rise in March as shoppers stock up on big-ticket...
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. shoppers increased their shopping last month, fueled by a spending spree on big-ticket items from gadgets to cars before...
U.S. shoppers increased spending tepidly last month as anxiety over the...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending just a bit in February after a sharp pullback the previous month, signaling that Americans are...
Shaw’s Supermarket parent company backs out of merger and sues Kroger
Albertsons, the parent company of Shaw’s and Star Markets, is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain,...
U.S. sues to block merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, the parent company of Shaw’s and Star Markets, saying...
An answer to downtown’s grocery store needs?
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the use of downtown districts throughout the country, but two grocery businesses are betting it hasn’t changed the...
Specialty markets filling need and vacant properties
Andre and Angeline Dumas pushed a small metal carriage past the voluminous seafood displays at Good Fortune Supermarket recently. Twice a month, the couple...
This market is a second option in rural Richmond
Where can you find packaged venison, fresh vegetables and imported Italian pastas, among other staples? In Richmond, a small town where, until recently, a...
Stop & Shop workers strike
PROVIDENCE – Unionized Stop & Shop workers went on strike Thursday.
United Food & Commercial Workers Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459 members cited...
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