Your Store’s Light Fixtures Can Watch You – And Maybe Give You Coupons
Now your supermarket’s overhead lights can track your movements and offer you special coupons and deals.
Grocery & Retail News
U.S. Military Grocery Prices Set to Skyrocket
The Pentagon proposes slashing the taxpayer subsidy to U.S. military Commissary grocery stores, which could wipe out most of their savings.
Option Overload: Supermarket Shoppers Overwhelmed With Choices
A new survey shows that many shoppers are overwhelmed to the point of indecision, about the abundance of choices in their grocery store.
Survey Suggests Supermarkets Are Doomed (But Are They Really?)
A new survey says the vast majority of us sometimes buy groceries from someplace other than a grocery store. Should grocery stores be worried?
Safeway for Sale: Company Confirms It’s Entertaining Offers
Safeway confirms that it’s considering buyout bids for some 1,300 Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls and Tom Thumb stores.
Nation’s Largest Supermarket Shakes Up Shoppers’ Routines
Kroger is starting to shift many of its weekly ads to start on Wednesdays instead of Sundays – but is it an improvement, or an annoyance?
Albertsons’ Monopoly Gets Bigger, Richer – and Even Harder to Win
The 2014 Monopoly game is under way at Albertsons, ACME, Shaw’s and Jewel-Osco – the prizes are bigger than ever, but so are the odds of winning anything.
Texas Welcomes “Walmart’s (Supposed) Worst Nightmare”
WinCo opens its first stores in Texas as it eyes further expansion – but is this store really “Walmart’s worst nightmare”?
How Your Supermarket Can Use Your Cell Phone to Snoop on You
Retailers sing the praises of technology that will allow them to track grocery shoppers’ every move, using their cell phone signals.
Kroger, Harris Teeter Merger is a Done Deal
The Kroger-Harris Teeter buyout is officially complete. What will it mean for shoppers at both stores – and in other markets across the country?
