Meat 🍗 remained the king of the grocery department in May, as pounds purchased grew 3.2% year over year, despite lingering inflation. Beef and chicken played major roles in that growth.“The meat ...

Bill Wilson is the senior editor at Supermarket News, covering all things grocery and retail. He has been a journalist in the B2B industry for 25 years. He has received two Robert F. Boger awards for ...

Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing health. Baker's, founded in 1947, operates 22 stores in Nebraska and Oklahoma and ...

The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu wholesale food divisions in Anniston and Atlanta. The new Southeast division will serve 225 retailers in Alabama ...

What’s the best part of your job? I get to travel the world in search of product and programs to bring points of difference to our clients in the USA. Being able to work with companies that want ...

Supermarket News June 2025 Supermarket News June 2025 June features SN's 2025 Fresh Foods Trends Survey—a deep dive into retailer sentiment around perimeter fresh growth, challenges, and ...

The month of May saw some big moves in the retail C-suite. Read on for more of the moves that mattered last month. Longtime Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart moved on to the executive board of Aldi South ...

Buy now, pay later groceries: The rise of buy now, pay later continues, with more and more shoppers using the service to pay for groceries in an inflationary environment. A recent consumer survey ...

After expanding primarily through acquisitions for most of its history, the 86-unit Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee-based chain is becoming more aggressive in internal growth, opening four new stores ...

What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? The grocery business is and always has been a people business. Information, data, products, trends, etc. will always change our direction and ...

Maybe the next Kroger CEO is the friends we made along the way: If you’re placing bets right now on who will fill Kroger’s vacant CEO post, you are truly a bold gambler. As a piece published ...

Who’s the real 800-pound gorilla? Walmart and Amazon are often compared as the biggest retailers on the block when it comes from everything from household goods to groceries, but a new column in ...