Retail Daily

Loblaw expects its profit growth to fall below some analysts’ expectations. The New York attorney general is suing 13 e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors and retailers, including convenience stores. And Walmart released its fourth quarter earnings.

CITGO Petroleum is hoping to extend the reach of its CITGO fuel brand. Kroger is growing its delivery business. And beef continued to be inflation-proof in January.

Dollar General reversed course in January, closing more stores than it opened. The Hutchinson family has exited the convenience-store business. And Lisa Marie Dell’Alba, president and CEO of the Square One Markets convenience-store chain, died Sunday.

Food assistance is on the chopping block. Ten state attorneys general target the e-cigarette market. And Dr Pepper Blackberry hits store shelves.

Walmart gives 800 workers an ultimatum–relocate or find another job. Dollar Tree bids on 148 vacant spaces once occupied by Party City. And c-store chains Wesco, EG America and TXB go high-tech.

Stewart’s Shops is seeking a buyer for five convenience stores. Albertsons is reorganizing its corporate structure. And Murphy USA has hired a senior vice president of asset development.

BJ’s plans four new locations for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. NATO begins tracking retail theft in the U.S.  And Walmart collaborates with the agritech startup GreenPod on a pilot program that aims to combat food waste

Kroger eliminates about 200 corporate positions. President Trump puts the brakes on EV charging stations. And Maverik moves forward with its rebrand of Kum & Go stations.

C&S Wholesale Grocers nears a deal to acquire about 350 Winn-Dixie stores from Aldi. Farmers Co-op Oil Co. shares its growth plans. And Albertsons plans to lay off nearly 400 Safeway corporate employees.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies have retailers in the grocery industry taking sides. Energy cooperative Farmers Co-op Oil Co. acquired 10 Cenex-branded FillMeUp convenience stores. And Anheuser-Busch’s CEO wants to change how American-made beer is described.

Erin DaSilva has joined Rovertown. Kroger Co. has entered a new agreement with Express Scripts. And Global Partners has made Fortune’s most admired companies list.

Yesway is selling its stores in Iowa and Kansas. Foxtrot is reopening its second Dallas location. And King Soopers and City Market workers get ready to strike on Thursday.

Retail operations scramble to address the impacts massive tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will have on their business. Featuring Grocery Industry analyst Phil Lempert comments on the situation. Workers at King Soopers supermarkets in Colorado will start a two-week strike on Thursday. And three new foodservice products recently arrived in convenience stores. Grocery Industry analyst Phil Lemper...

Walgreens suspends its quarterly dividend for the first time since 1933. Costco raises wages to $30 an hour for most employees. And a new report shows the convenience store industry is shrinking.

Walmart expands in Canada. Instacart and DoorDash are going head-to-head with Super Bowl commercials. And tater totz – that’s totz with a Z – make their return to c-store chain Sheetz.

CVS has announced a new app feature that will allow customers to unlock items themselves, in-store audio platform provider Qsic has closed on a $25 million round of funding, and after a five-year absence Stewart’s Shops’ Mountain Brew beer will return to the convenience-store chain in mid-February.

Whole Foods workers unionize in Philadelphia. Indiana puts out a warning about nitrous oxide sales at c-stores. And the Raley’s Companies promotes two executives.

Target gets pushback on its decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Hy-Vee names a new chief marketing officer. And Buc-ee’s is headed to Wisconsin.

SpartanNash is closing four stores. Mobile app Trucker Path has come out with its annual ranking of truck stops. And Dollar General is expanding its private-label offering.

Wegmans is partnering with last-mile delivery service Uber Eats. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has big growth plans for 2025. And King Soopers and City Market workers in Colorado will soon hold strike vote meetings.

In early January Dollar General laid off about 60 corporate-level employees. Buc-ee’s has filed a lawsuit against Super Fuels. And  Pilot Co. is closing its international oil trading business and focusing on its Pilot Flying J travel centers.

Costco workers could go on strike if a new contract is not worked out by the end of the month. LV Petroleum has acquired two TA-branded travel centers from Wilmoth Oil. And Hy-Vee is converting all 79 of its in-store Wahlburgers restaurants back to its own Market Grille brand.

Instacart has signed off on a deal to push its smart Caper Carts into the hands of more independent grocers and convenience-store retailers. bp is cutting more than 5% of its global employees. And Pilot Co. opened its largest store to date.

Time is running out in contract talks between union grocery workers in Colorado and King Soopers. Burt Holmes, the co-founder of the QuikTrip convenience-store chain, has died at age 93. And the Food and Drug Administration authorized 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products.

Save A Lot is getting ready to reopen a store in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The Food and Drug Administration published its proposed rule that aims to establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes. And Albertsons has announced layoffs in its corporate and division support offices.