Walmart Cooks Up Savings this July Fourth with Basket of Cookout Essentials for Eight, Priced Under $50

July 1, 2024 Walmart

The summer cookout basket is just another way Walmart is saving customers money. The retailer has already saved customers more than a billion dollars on top of its Every Day Low Prices this year, including $500 million in savings on grocery items in the last 90 days.

Southeastern Grocers Honors US Military Families with $550,000 Donation to Folds of Honor

Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG) announces a donation of $550,000 to Folds of Honor, helping fund 110 educational scholarships for the children and spouses of fallen and disabled military members.

dunnhumby Rolls Out First AI Competitive Threat Evaluator Tool for Retail

July 1, 2024 dunnhumby

This web-based tool combines geo-location data from Placer.ai—covering cross-shopping behavior, proximity to competitors, and the density of competitors within a store’s trade area—with customer perception data on price, promotions, assortment, in-store and online store experience from dunnhumby’s annual Retailer Preference Index (RPI).

Grocery Outlet Announces Fourteenth Annual Independence from Hunger Campaign

July 1, 2024 Grocery Outlet

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. launched its 14th consecutive Independence from Hunger Food Drive to combat food insecurity. From June 26 – July 31, the campaign will collect cash donations and pre-made bags of nonperishable foods at Grocery Outlet’s 470+ locations that will be distributed to local food agency partners. In addition, online donations made at GroceryOutlet.com/Donate will support Grocery Outlet’s Bay Area partner, Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Walmart Canada Becomes the First Major Retailer in Canada to Introduce a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Semi-Truck

July 1, 2024 Walmart Canada

Walmart Canada is the first major retailer in Canada to introduce a hydrogen fuel cell electric semi-truck to its fleet. Operating with zero tailpipe emissions, the Nikola Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV Class 8 tractor has a range of about 800 kilometres and on average can avoid 97 metric tons of CO2 tailpipe emissions annually according to the manufacturer.*  According to Nikola, Walmart Canada is also the first retail fleet to operate one of these trucks in North America.