Month: August 2016

U.K. supermarket chain Asda saw a record decline in sales during the second quarter, illustrating the scale of the task facing new Chief Executive Officer Sean Clarke. …

In 1930, the first supermarket opened in the United States, revolutionizing how consumers bought food by focusing on value and convenience. Since then, grocery stores have stayed relatively the same, with only incremental changes. Today, megatrends in the industry are catapulting the supermarket as we know it into the future, as illuminated in The Revolution of Grocery Shopping, the most recent Hot Topic Report published by Acosta, a leading full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. …

Starting Friday, Giant Eagle will begin selling wine at its Market District store at Settlers Ridge in Robinson — the first supermarket to sell wine in Pennsylvania since before Prohibition. …

Ralphs Grocery Company invites customers to take advantage of the convenience of online grocery shopping with curbside pickup at its Carlsbad store (7140 Avenida Encinas). …

The Dayton-based grocery retailer won the Supervalu Master Marketer award in the center store department for stores smaller than 30,000 square feet. …