US: Arlington Heights Amazon Fresh grocery store sets opening date
The much-anticipated Amazon Fresh grocery store in Arlington Heights will open to the public on Thursday, July 25, the e-commerce giant announced. At 325 E. Palatine Road, the 50,000-square-foot big box store will become the 10th supermarket in the retail giant's Illinois portfolio.
Source: dailyherald.com
US: First Meijer Grocery store in Indiana opens
Indiana's first Meijer Grocery store opened on Thursday, marking the second state where the regional grocer has brought the smaller format. Located at 5956 Promenade Shops Blvd. in Noblesville, Indiana, the new store offers a fresh food department, deli counter, bakery and full pharmacy.
Source: grocerydive.com
US: Albrecht's Delafield Market automates supplier food traceability
Albrecht's Delafield Market, a family-owned and operated supermarket serving the Lake County community since 1994, has selected the ReposiTrak Traceability Network® (RTN) to automate the exchange of traceability data with its suppliers.
Source: businesswire.com
US: El Super grows its footprint in California
Hispanic supermarket chain El Super, part of the Chedraui USA retail portfolio, is continuing its expansion in California with a new location in the Greater Los Angeles area. Set to open on July 17, the 41,000-square-foot Bell Gardens store marks the second new El Super in the Golden State this year.
Source: progressivegrocer.com
US: Chef Robotics launches AI-powered food robot to help overcome global labor shortage in the food industry
Chef Robotics is launching a first-of-its-kind AI-powered flexible food robot made to help food companies overcome the global food labor shortage and increase production volume.
Source: prnewswire.com
Amazon could face probe over treatment of UK grocery suppliers, GCA says
The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said its 2024 annual survey found that less than half of respondents directly supplying Amazon believed the US giant 'consistently' or 'mostly' complied with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP).
Source: esmmagazine.com
Supermarkets intensify promotion, export of Vietnamese agricultural products
According to MM Mega Market Vietnam, since 2019, the company has successfully exported Vietnamese agricultural and seafood products to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), and Turkey. Key export products include sweet potatoes, dragon fruit, pomelos, coconuts, pangasius fish, shrimp, and frog legs. Currently, for dragon fruit, the supermarket regularly exports two to four containers per month to Thailand and China.
Source: en.sggp.org.vn
Spain: Caprabo aiming to reach €900mln in revenue by 2026
Spanish supermarket group Caprabo has set itself the target of reaching revenue of €900mln by 2026, as well as an EBITDA of €34mln. Caprabo reported revenue of €780mln in its most recent financial year.
Source: esmmagazine.com
South Africa: Pick n Pay prices rights issue at 32.48% discount
South Africa's Pick n Pay will issue 252.2mln new shares at 15.86 rand per share in a rights offer to raise 4bln rand ($221mln), it said as the country's third biggest grocery group looks to reduce its debt. Pick n Pay, which has 2,279 stores across South Africa and seven countries across Africa said the rights offer price represents a discount of about 32.48% to the theoretical ex-rights price calculated using Wednesday's closing price of 27.39 rand.
Source: reuters.com
UK: Epsom Aldi store rejected for second time
Plans for an Aldi store have been rejected again over fears that increased traffic would have a severe impact on road safety. Epsom and Ewell councillors refused the application for the vacant former Dairy Crest site in Alexandra Road for a second time during a meeting on Wednesday, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Source: bbc.com
Philippines: ACEN, SariSuki partner to boost farmers' output
Online market platform SariSuki and ACEN Corp. of the Ayala Group have partnered to boost farmers' yields by 50% above the national average through a "strategic" farm-to-market approach. The initial crops that would be cultivated by the program would be chili, cucumber, lemongrass, ube, pineapple and cashews, among others. The farmers would be encouraged to plant the top-selling vegetables in SariSuki's platform suitable in the land provided.
Source: philstar.com
Spanish retailer Grupo MAS expands alliance with Glovo to Cádiz
Spain's Grupo MAS has extended its collaboration with Glovo to offer online deliveries from Supermercados MAS in Cádiz. Shoppers in the city of Cádiz will be able to choose from approximately 8,000 SKUs offered by Supermercados MAS on the retailer's app and avail of 30-minute delivery services, the company added.
Source: esmmagazine.com
UK: M&S to expand convenience stores with 10 new openings and 50 renewals
M&S has unveiled plans to bolster its convenience store footprint this year as it looks to grow the £1bln business. With its franchise partners, the retailer said it will open at least 10 new stores and renew up to 50 existing convenience locations across the UK.
Source: retailgazette.co.uk
'LuLu Proudly South African' fest a resounding success
LuLu Hypermarket hosted a spirited celebration of the diversity of South African food, culture, and community with their 'LuLu Proudly South African' promotion across all outlets of the hypermarket in Kuwait. The official launch of the promotion took place on July 10 at the LuLu Hypermarket Al Qurain outlet.
Source: kuwaittimes.com
UK: Asda wraps roll-out of online groceries picking solution Store Assist as retailer works on new digital landscape
Asda has completed the roll-out of its new online groceries picking solution, Store Assist, across its estate. In a LinkedIn post, Kevin Besford, Senior Director - Retail Future, Asda, said: "This achievement reflects brilliant collaboration across the Retail, Tech, E-commerce and the Online Store Assist teams."
Source: retailtechinnovationhub.com