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SN Top 10: Whole Foods, Publix, Amazon Fresh top the week's headlines
Supermarket News Staff
May 9, 2022
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In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Whole Foods shutting a half-dozen stores. Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods confirmed published reports that stores in Montgomery and Mobile, Ala.; the DePaul section of Chicago; Tarzana, Calif.; and Brookline, Mass., are slated to be shut on May 6. Another store, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, is due to close in the coming months, a company spokesperson said. Among other stories in this week’s gallery:
Publix starts off fiscal 2022 with strong Q1 sales
BJ’s Market small-format club set to make debut
Hy-Vee looks to shift corporate staff to retail positions
Target makes flurry of executive appointments
In other news, Amazon has stamped its brand on what’s shaping up to be a full-fledged, brick-and-mortar supermarket chain. Still unclear to competing grocery store retailers, however, are the e-tail giant’s ultimate plan for Amazon Fresh and its potential for disruption.
Other top stories:
Robomart plans ‘Ice Cream Shop’ on wheels with Unilever
Instacart’s retail partners now include all of Canada’s biggest grocers
Loblaw sees food and drug sales uptick in Q1
Albertsons expands grocery delivery with Uber Eats
