Progressive Grocer

14/02/2025

Drive-thru quick-service restaurant chain Checkers and Rally's is joining forces with John Soules Foods to bring the eatery’s fan-favorite Chicken Bites to freezer aisles nationwide.

DETAILS: https://progressivegrocer.com/checkers-rallys-chicken-bites

Drive-thru restaurant chain teams with John Soules on frozen version of fan favorite

13/02/2025

Grocery inflation was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis in January.

Categories with the biggest yearly rates were meats, poultry fish and eggs and non-alcoholic beverages.

DETAILS: https://progressivegrocer.com/grocery-inflation-remains-frustratingly-elevated

Latest CPI data shows uptick in 4 of 6 major categories

12/02/2025

Tri-Union Seafoods is recalling its tuna products that were sold at such retailers as Trader Joe’s, H-E-B and Walmart because of potential for botulism: https://progressivegrocer.com/tuna-products-recalled-due-botulism-potential

Tri-Union Seafoods issues voluntary recalls of products under Trader Joe’s, H-E-B, Genova and Van Camp’s brands

12/02/2025

Industry experts weigh in on where tariffs stand and how this ever-evolving situation could shift again: https://progressivegrocer.com/exclusive-making-sense-volatile-tariff-situation

Progressive Grocer talks with experts about supply chain resiliency and contingency plans

12/02/2025

Bird flu-related supply issues cause chains like Costco, Trader Joe’s and Giant Eagle to limit how many eggs shoppers can buy: https://progressivegrocer.com/retailers-are-limiting-egg-purchases

Bird flu-related supply issues cause chains like Costco, Trader Joe’s and Giant Eagle to put in curbs

11/02/2025

3 new Wegmans stores are opening in 2025, including 2 in brand-new markets: https://progressivegrocer.com/where-wegmans-expanding

East Coast grocer releases grand-opening dates for its 2025 stores

10/02/2025

Hawaii’s 1st Don Don Donki store is set to open in Kapolei, a planned community on the island of Oahu. The store is part of the Don Quijote - English banner.

STORE DETAILS: https://progressivegrocer.com/1st-don-don-donki-store-opens-hawaii

Offshoot of Don Quijote banner to carry an array of Japanese foods, prepared meals and everyday essentials

09/02/2025

Sam's Club SVP & Chief Product Officer Todd Garner will kick off this year's GroceryTech with a keynote presentation entitled “Grocery 2030 – The Future of Retail Innovation.”

Don't miss Todd's insights on technologies like autonomous stores, real-time inventory systems and hyper-personalized shopping experiences!!

More info ➡️ https://progressivegrocer.com/sams-club-leader-give-keynote-grocerytech-2025

08/02/2025

ALDI has signed a lease agreement for retail space in Portland, Maine -- a state it has yet to open a supermarket in: https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-planning-open-its-1st-location-maine

Discount grocer reportedly signed lease in Portland for former Big Lots site

07/02/2025

BREAKING... Southeastern Grocers and C&S Wholesale Grocers acquire Winn-Dixie banner from ALDI, which previously purchased it last year: https://progressivegrocer.com/winn-dixie-harveys-banners-acquired-consortium-private-investors

07/02/2025

The week's biggest grocery news:
1️⃣ Costco Employees Get Pay Raise
2️⃣ Smucker Sells Several Brands
3️⃣ Did Grocery Outlet Violate Securities Exchange Act?
4️⃣ King Soopers Workers Strike
5️⃣ Walmart Closing N.C. Office

FULL RECAP: https://progressivegrocer.com/friday-5-costco-increases-pay-employees-king-soopers-workers-strike

J.M. Smucker, Walmart also made moves this week to streamline operations

07/02/2025

Progressive Grocer’s Lynn Petrak caught up with Food Network’s Jeff Mauro at Jewel-Osco in River Forest, Ill., to find out more about his own giardiniera brand … and to check out his "dad band" named The Jewel Bags!!

Find out more ➡️ https://progressivegrocer.com/exclusive-jamming-jewel-osco-deli-food-networks-jeff-mauro

06/02/2025

What Is Walmart's Merchandising Strategy?

In the latest TWIG Podcast, Progressive Grocer talks with Walmart's Tasha Tandy about how the nation’s biggest retailer is meeting shoppers’ needs from a budget and lifestyle standpoint.🫰🏽🛒

Find out how Tasha get shoppers the right products that they need AND want. 🧃🥞

Watch complete episode ▶️ https://progressivegrocer.com/twig-video-what-walmarts-merchandising-strategy

05/02/2025

The 2nd new Fry's Food Stores in 3 months has opened in Arizona!

Following the October unveiling of a supermarket north of Tuscon, another site in the city of Gilbert (southeast of Phoenix) was unveiled last week.

DETAILS: https://progressivegrocer.com/frys-food-stores-expands-arizona-footprint

Location in Gilbert now open

04/02/2025

Brighter Bites, a national nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and veggies directly into families’ hands, launches its 12th location in Greater Philadelphia!! 👏🏽👏🏽

04/02/2025

Schnucks supermarkets in Illinois and Missouri are undergoing renovations to offer a better and brighter grocery shopping experience: https://progressivegrocer.com/schnucks-store-remodels-works

Schnucks

Renovations happening in Illinois and Missouri

04/02/2025

Southeastern Grocers, parent company and home of Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is now inviting nonprofit organizations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to apply for its 2025 Romay Davis Belonging, Inclusion and Diversity Grant.

The grant supports organizations that work to address racial disparities in health care, food insecurity and education while building a more inclusive and equitable future for all.

Organizations can apply at www.seggives.com/grantapp through Aug. 31 to be considered for grant funds ranging from $5K to $25K.

03/02/2025

Have you heard?? Workers at the flagship Whole Foods store in Philadelphia voted last week to join UFCW Local 1776, forming the 1st union for the Amazon-owned supermarket chain: https://progressivegrocer.com/philadelphia-whole-foods-store-1st-unionize

Workers vote to join UFCW Local 1176