ORLANDO, Fla. — After a two-year, COVID-induced hiatus and subsequent postponement from January to March 2022, FMI – The Food Industry Association convened its Midwinter Executive Conference at the Hyatt Regency Orlando hotel. The gathering of supermarket industry leaders and their counterparts from the consumer packaged goods and technology sectors was notable for the level
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is acting to ease supply chain bottlenecks by raising pay for first-year truck drivers and expanding a training program for employees who would like to become truckers. Walmart announced this month it was boosting starting pay for drivers in its trucking fleet to between $95,000 and $100,000 a year. The retailer
NEW YORK — Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York City voted to form the first union at one of the company’s facilities. The vote, which was about 55% in favor, according to a count released April 1 by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), was hailed as a victory by union organizers and
NEW YORK — Despite growing uncertainty stoked by rising inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, retail sales posted another strong month in March as the U.S. economy continued to hum and the impact of COVID-19 continued to ebb. Consumer spending patterns also continued to move closer to pre-pandemic trends as people spent more on
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Increased demand for COVID-19 tests and vaccines, driven by the Omicron variant’s surge, helped Walgreens Boots Alliance’s (WBA’s) second quarter results beat Wall Street’s forecasts. WBA reported adjusted earnings of $1.59 per share in the three months ended February 28. Revenue rose 3% from the year-ago period to $33.76 billion. Analysts’ consensus
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is introducing its Walmart Health centers to Florida, with five of the in-store clinics set to open over a four-week period in the Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa metro areas. Walmart first introduced the health care model two years ago, with clinics inside or adjacent to remodeled Supercenters, offering primary and urgent
MODESTO, Calif. — Former Albertsons Cos. executive Shane Sampson was named this month as executive chairman of regional supermarket operator Save Mart Cos., which has 204 stores in Northern California and Nevada. The appointment was announced a week after Save Mart was acquired by a Los Angeles-based private investment group, Kingswood Capital Management LP. Save
ORLANDO, Fla. — FMI – the Food Industry Association, recognized six executives with leadership awards at its recent Midwinter Executive Conference here. The industry leaders honored were Neal Berube of Associated Food Stores, Jonathan Mayes of Albertsons Cos., Steve Cahillane of Kellogg Co., Mike Stone of Mollie Stone’s Markets, Todd Schnuck of Schnuck Markets Inc.
Among the assignments the editorial staff at Racher Press, publisher of MMR and Chain Drug Review, carries out with alacrity and a degree of professionalism is that of bringing buyers and sellers together, of greasing the table where buyers and sellers can meet and move their businesses forward. So it was on a chilly Tuesday
April 22 is Earth Day, an annual occasion first observed in 1970 and meant to raise awareness and inspire action. This year the theme is “Invest in the Planet,” and some retailers are doing just that. Walmart, the planet’s largest retailer, recently announced that its Project Gigaton initiative is now more than halfway to its
Editors note: This is an abridged version of an article that ran in Nicholas Hall’s CHC Insight North America, a bimonthly publication that covers consumer health care. When Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the American Revolution, he directed his musicians to play a popular tune called
The importance of building an accurate planogram can be taken for granted. It seems simple enough — place the products on the shelves in an organized manner so they are easily shoppable and look attractive. There’s more to getting it to that “easily shoppable” state than some may think — it’s rooted in data and