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With AWG’s rollout of SmartMeals, Harps Food Stores is also deploying the AI-powered personal assistant across 150-plus locations to provide customers with instant, budget-friendly meal plans integrated directly with real-time store inventory... Read More

Jerry W. “JJ” Fleeman Jr. will depart his role as CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA in June 2026 to succeed Todd Vasos as the CEO of Dollar General, effective Jan. 1, 2027... Read More

LG Herndon Jr. Farms is continuing its partnership with Glory Foods to launch a co-branded line, leveraging the Southern heritage and national recognition of both brands to drive retail excitement this season... Read More

The council has also opened nominations for three-year regional positions beginning in 2027... Read More

A Numerator report says the federal government’s inversion of the food pyramid has triggered a $130 billion migration of consumer capital toward the fresh perimeter, forcing the retail industry to replace the high-margin stability of the center store... Read More

The nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler celebrates its centennial milestone at the 2026 Innovation Showcase and honors a century of supporting independent grocers across America... Read More

Under the U.S.-Ecuador Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, the U.S. will apply most-favored-nation tariff treatment to Ecuadorian cut flowers and agricultural goods such as bananas, pineapples and mangoes... Read More

More volume is expected in U.S. market, and the company plans to expand to Canada, Vietnam and Australia... Read More