In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was More Walmart locations will have poke bars in 2024. Ten poke bars with a new modern look will open at Walmart locations in California over the next five months, and there are plans for three inside Walmart stores in Utah.
Among other top stories:
- Rite Aid now banned from using facial recognition by FTC for next five years
- Giant Eagle finds a new headquarters
- Walgreens slashes dividend, Q1 results beat analyst expectations
- Aldi opens new stores in four states
In other news, while restaurants have been selling their products in supermarkets and convenience stores for decades — from frozen White Castle sliders to TGI Fridays mozzarella sticks — recently, foodservice CPG has entered a new social media-conscious era. Recently, Starbucks collaborated with Stanley (the makers of the uber-popular insulated tumbler) to sell a $49.95 “Winter Pink” 40-ounce Starbucks cobranded cup, available exclusively at Target on Jan. 3 to celebrate the new Starbucks winter menu.
More top stories:
- Associated Grocers gets leg up on FDA traceability law, brings over 240 supermarkets into compliance
- Bernard ‘Bernie’ Francis Kenny, Jr., former CEO of 6 ShopRite stores, dies at 85
- Grocery Battlefield 2024: Food retailers put up their mitts in the pricing arena
- National Retail Federation’s ‘Big Show’ almost a week away
