SN Top 10: Walmart, Amazon Fresh, Southeastern Grocers top the week’s headlines
January 25, 2021
In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, Walmart leveraging its scale to distribute COVID-19 vaccines ranked as the week’s top story. Other grocery chains also stepped up their efforts to expand vaccinations. Among other stories in this week’s gallery:
The eighth Amazon Fresh supermarket was set to open its doors this week;
Southeastern Grocers launched its IPO; and
Kroger tested a “smart” shopping cart from Caper.
In other news, The Giant Company launched the Choice Pass online grocery subscription, Publix extended its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to South Carolina, and Meijer said it would highlight vendors in its virtual Localization Summit.
Other top stories:
FMI-The Food Industry Association and the National Grocers Association gave welcome to the new Biden administration;
Lidl offered extra pay to U.S. workers receiving the COVID-19 vaccine; and
Acme Markets celebrated its 130th anniversary with a hunger relief fund.
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