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Walmart Goes High – And Low

Walmart Goes High – And Low

Once again, Walmart landed at the top of the National Retail Federation’s Top 100 Retailers list, racking up $568.7 billion in total U.S. sales last year, up 7% from 2023. The retail juggernaut seems poised for similar success in 2025, recently raising expectations...
Membership has its Rewards

Membership has its Rewards

It’s good to be a warehouse club operator. Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club have all been on multiyear tears that have seen their membership rolls expand, with traffi c and sales rising in kind. Foot traffic at Costco, Sam’s and...
Save Mart Sits In The Sweet Spot

Save Mart Sits In The Sweet Spot

For more than 70 years, The Save Mart Companies has served communities in Northern California, western Nevada, Oregon and Washington. As one of the largest full-service regional grocers in the West, the Modesto, Calif.-based chain operates more than 200 stores under...
Completing the Category Management Puzzle

Completing the Category Management Puzzle

Category management revolutionized grocery retailers’ purchasing operations in the late 1980s and 1990s. Today, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to similarly transform how grocers manage their categories, with profound implications for frozen...
HAPPY 100th AWG!

HAPPY 100th AWG!

In 1926, America was celebrating 150 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. So it’s perhaps fi tting that that’s the same year what was then known as Associated Grocers of Kansas City offi cially declared itself a corporation, creating...