FMI Releases 2022 Collective Report to White House Conference on Hunger Nutrition and Health

July 21, 2022 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association, the leading trade group representing food retailers and their supply chain partners, released its 2022 Collective Report to White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

127 Wall and Yellow Banana Partner with the City of Chicago in Tackling Food Deserts

July 21, 2022 Save A Lot

Yellow Banana, the owner and operator of eight Save A Lot locations in the Chicagoland area, today announced the receipt of a $13.5 million Community Development Grant from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the City of Chicago that will enable Yellow Banana to invest in significant upgrades to its existing Chicago stores, as well as to re-open a location in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood that closed in 2020.

Trigo, ALDI Nord Open Netherlands’s First AI-Powered Frictionless Supermarket

July 21, 2022 Trigo

Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company specializing in frictionless checkout technology, is rolling out an AI-powered cashierless grocery store with German discount supermarket giant ALDI Nord in the central Dutch city of Utrecht.

Wegmans to remove Plastic Bags From all Maryland Stores

July 21, 2022 Joshua Barlow, WTOP

In an effort to curb packaging made from fossil fuels, Wegmans Food Markets said Thursday that it will stop providing single-use plastic bags in all of its Maryland stores.

Amazon Takes on Britain’s Tesco with Price Match Scheme

July 21, 2022 s

Amazon, seeking an edge amid a deteriorating cost of living crisis, will match UK grocery market leader Tesco’s prices on hundreds of products, it said on Monday.