Month: September 2017

Findings from a Valassis online survey of 8,550 value-seeking consumers indicate that shoppers are more likely to buy groceries online if they can use more coupons (57 percent; 73 percent for millennials). And the study shows that consumers are just getting their feet wet with meal-kit delivery (16 percent) and grocery delivery services (17 percent), however around 40 percent of respondents plan to use more of these services in the next year. …

Everyone wants to figure out online grocery. In the US alone, consumers are expected to spend more than $100 billion a year on online groceries by 2025. In spite of all that, there’s still one big reason why so many people still aren’t buying groceries online …

Kroger sources from thousands of local suppliers, but it's looking to grow that number, according to Mike Donnelly, Kroger's executive vice president of merchandising and procurement. …

Wal-Mart said Tuesday it is removing a hurdle that had long prevented food stamp recipients from using its online grocery shopping platform. …

Lipari Foods LLC has purchased assets of Dairy Fresh Foods Inc., adding its products to its portfolio. Lipari will merge Taylor-based Dairy Fresh into its Warren facility, where it recently completed a 262,000-square-foot expansion project. Dairy Fresh plans to close its Taylor facility and lay off 180 by the end of O …