Tag: Supermarkets and Grocery Stores
How U.S. Inflation Expectations Are Being Shaped by Consumer Choices
Economic policymakers are razor focused on inflation expectations after more than a year of rapid price increases. Consumers…
Retail Workers Increasingly Fear for Their Safety
Assaults at stores have been increasing at a faster pace than the national average. Some workers are tired…
Trader Joe’s Workers File to Hold Company’s First Union Election
In a sign that service industry workers continue to have a strong interest in unionizing after successful votes…
Under Pressure to Act, White House Says It’ll Address Formula Shortage
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was working to address a worsening nationwide shortage…
Instacart’s Pandemic Boom Is Fading
Mr. Mehta told each company that he was talking to one of its biggest competitors, so it had…
Gopuff Buys Time for Its 30-Minutes-or-Less Delivery Promise
“Once you can execute, and obviously that’s hard, it wins in the long term,” he said.Gopuff added that…
What’s the Future of Online Grocery Shopping?
The conventional wisdom has been that the pandemic will spark a widespread and permanent shift in American habits…
Hong Kong’s Covid Crackdown Empties Stores and Sets Off Exodus
HONG KONG — As the government in Hong Kong struggles to contain the city’s worst Covid outbreak ever,…
Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation
“Would you like to sign in with your palm?”That was the question a cheerful Amazon employee posed when…
Business Booms at Kroger-Owned Grocery Stores, but Workers Are Left Behind
When Enrique Romero Jr. finishes his shift fulfilling online orders at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Bellingham,…