Retail Daily

Food City is expanding its Alabama footprint. Sam’s Club will adjust its opening and closing times. And Rutter’s is a top 12 finalist in the 2025 Best Foodvenience Store in the World competition. 

Amazon will soon offer prescription drug kiosks in doctors’ offices, OXXO uses an intense data approach to business, and Publix is allowing customers to openly carry firearms in its stores. 

Buc-ee’s is the top U.S. retailer in Dunnhumby’s Convenience Retailer Preference Index. Instacart now runs the first retail media network offering advertisers end-to-end capabilities directly on TikTok. And Ahold Delhaize USA has a new collaboration with NationsBenefits.

Love’s Travel Stops is rolling out a retail media network. Dollar General’s market share in the grocery industry continues to rise. And California convenience stores will soon face a tobacco license fee increase.

Rebel convenience stores owner Anabi Oil signs a definitive agreement to acquire Green Valley Grocery. Amazon is closing four more stores. And FMI–The Food Industry Association is sounding the alarm on WIC benefits

Philip Morris International is investing $37 million in a manufacturing facility. GoodRx is partnering with Kroger to implement its RxSmarterSaver platform. And more than half of political Independents believe groceries are more expensive now than a year ago.

Casey’s acquired four Kum & Go convenience stores in South Dakota from Maverik. Weigel’s has launched its own retail media network. And Wakefern Food Cooperative closed on its deal to acquire 17 Morton Williams grocery stores.

A listeria outbreak linked to meals sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s has led to four deaths and almost two dozen hospitalizations. Buc-ee’s is moving forward with its Oak Creek, Wisconsin, location. And Giant Eagle launches a seasonal pricing initiative.

Wawa opens its first store in West Virginia. H-E-B names its first female president. And U.S. Customs officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul seize 165,000 illegal vaping products shipped from China.

California has 68% more electric vehicle charging ports than gas pumps, Casey’s General Stores acquires eight convenience stores in Michigan from Maverik, and Kroger and DoorDash are becoming closer bedfellows.

Sam’s Club category managers continue to work closely with suppliers to handle tariff costs, specialty grocers are winning the foot traffic game, and e-cigarettes remain under pressure.

Albertsons closes the self-checkout lanes at five Vons and Albertsons. Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open 20 Klatch Coffee cafes in its stores across Southern California. And the deals are coming Monday for National Coffee Day.

Aldi makes a major rebranding move. Fresh Stop has acquired four c-store properties. And Albertsons workers ratify a new contract.

Friendly Express convenience stores redesigns its mobile app. CVS Health’s Omnicare subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. And Hispanic consumers are pulling back on c-store visits.

CNBC says Walmart’s online marketplace experienced fraudulent activity. Yesway could be the next convenience store chain to go public, and Ralphs warehouse workers are on the verge of a new contract.

Public outcry has not stopped the opening of the first H-E-B in Dallas, it appears Buc-ee’s will set up shop in Utah and possibly Idaho, and the fallout from the dismissal of Market Basket’s president and CEO has officially begun.

Albertsons’ board chair is retiring. 7-Eleven has come out with new technology. And fresh-format stores are winning when it comes to foot traffic.

Ahold Delhaize USA is going to dairy farms to try to root out methane emissions, Love’s expands its agreement with Core-Mark, Kroger jumps on the consumer craze for protein.

Schnuck Markets Inc. is expanded into Wisconsin, Market Basket has named an interim CEO and the owner of a Chevron gas station is on the hook for a 2023 gasoline spill.

Nearly 90% of convenience-store retailers are using or evaluating artificial intelligence projects. Wegmans and the Buffalo Bills extended their partnership. And it’s tougher times for gasoline retailers and for their motorist customers.

There’s a growing consumer group that should be drawing the attention of grocers. Kroger’s exclusive partnership with automated warehouse operator Ocado might be in jeopardy. And Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is partnering with a new quick-service restaurant brand.

Food inflation saw its largest increase of the year last month, Kroger’s ecommerce division drove a big quarter, and your c-store candy bar is getting more expensive.

RaceTrac has entered into a merger agreement with sandwich shop Potbelly. U.S. online grocery sales reached a record $11.2 billion in August. And Wawa is opening its first convenience store in West Virginia this month.

7-Eleven will pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the ban of vape and e-cigarette sales within a quarter mile of middle and high schools. Trader Joe’s is back in court over a trademark dispute. And Los Angeles could have a new c-store brand, Maggie’s, next year.

Walmart has opened another highly automated perishables distribution center, Circle K is using digital network Relay Payments to bring secure digital payments to more than 500 truck-accessible convenience stores across the country, and states are helping pharmacies administer more COVID vaccines.