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Amazon's palm-scanning payment technology will be implemented at all Whole Foods stores by the end of the year, reportsCNBC. Palm-scanning payment technology involves users waving their palm over a reader. [Extracted from the article]

Because Tops positions itself as an everyday low-price retailer, Hansen said that "we fight for every promotional funding dollar that we can get because we know how important that is to our customers, to basket sizes, and to having repeat consumers." The $1.70 average unit price of soup for the 52 weeks ending Dec. 4 was up 13.8% from the year-earlier period, reports Chicago-based market research firm Information Resources Inc. (IRI). [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the 4-H Chopped Food Competition happening at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn., where 4-Hers from surrounding states will showcase their cooking skills using items commonly found in rural retail outlets. Topics include the emphasis on limiting food waste, promoting food efficiency, and addressing issues of food security and insufficiency, highlighting the importance of nutritious food accessibility for all.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has been awarded a Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) grant of $7,166,877 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fund nutrition incentives at Certified Farmers Markets and small retailers throughout the state.The grant will help fund the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), which offers nutrition incentives to CalFresh shoppers utilizing benefits at participating farmers markets and retail outlets.For every CalFresh benefit dollar spent, CNIP offers CalFresh shoppers an additional dollar to spend on California-grown fruits and vegetables, within set parameters. "We're honored to have been awarded a GusNIP grant for the second time to help continue this good work."CNIP began in 2017 and is administered by CDFA's Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F), which leads CDFA's food access work. [Extracted from the article]

Four months after being approved for state tax incentives, Trader Joe's purchased 160 acres in an industrial park and is investing $260 million in a three-building, 1 million-square-foot campus which is reportedly the largest economic development project in the history of Simpson County. Trader Joe's is planning to build a warehousing, distribution, and cold storage facility in Franklin, Ky., which could lead to its first retail outlet in the state's south-central region, the Bowling Green Daily News reported. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority last September approved Trader Joe's for $500,000 in tax incentives, based on the company meeting employment goals over a 10-year period, the Bowling Green Daily News said. [Extracted from the article]

They also keep the store's shelves stocked with best-sellers such as brats, bacon, ground beef, brisket burgers, tenderized pork chops and pork patties. Ryan and Megan Ellmore, Covington, Ind., found themselves in a pinch during the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

Ryan and Megan Ellmore, Covington, Ind., found themselves in a pinch during the pandemic. They also keep the store's shelves stocked with best-sellers such as brats, bacon, ground beef, brisket burgers, tenderized pork chops and pork patties. [Extracted from the article]

They also keep the store's shelves stocked with best-sellers such as brats, bacon, ground beef, brisket burgers, tenderized pork chops and pork patties. Ryan and Megan Ellmore, Covington, Ind., found themselves in a pinch during the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

They also keep the store's shelves stocked with best-sellers such as brats, bacon, ground beef, brisket burgers, tenderized pork chops and pork patties. Ryan and Megan Ellmore, Covington, Ind., found themselves in a pinch during the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

They also keep the store's shelves stocked with best-sellers such as brats, bacon, ground beef, brisket burgers, tenderized pork chops and pork patties. Ryan and Megan Ellmore, Covington, Ind., found themselves in a pinch during the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

"This suggests that consumers are using DoorDash to skip the weekend grocery shopping trips, saving time on parking and waiting in long checkout lines", DoorDash stated. DoorDash, widely known for its restaurant deliveries, is continuing to gain traction in the grocery retail sector, with its latest partner being The Raley's Companies. [Extracted from the article]

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. has tapped another online grocery provider to help bring its "treasure hunt" shopping experience to its customers' doorsteps. Emeryville, Calif.-based Grocery Outlet said Monday that it's partnering with DoorDash to provide on-demand, same-day grocery delivery from 398 stores in eight states. Customers can order groceries from their local Grocery Outlet stores via the DoorDash marketplace app or website. [Extracted from the article]

"These lab stores give us an opportunity to test, learn and scale successes into our new store standards, which ultimately allows us to continuously improve the experience for all our customers", according to Long. The Irving, Texas-based convenience store giant on Friday unveiled its fifth Evolution Store in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, located at the corner of Preston Road and Alpha Road in Dallas. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses about the maintenance, repair and operations industry; and line maintenance which will closely track aircraft movements with no lag, notes consultancy Oliver Wyman partner David Marcontell.

So far with Instacart delivery, both customers and Grocery Outlet store owners/operators are giving positive feedback, according to Lindberg. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is testing same-day delivery via Uber Eats at 72 stores in six states. In support of the pilot with Grocery Outlet, Uber Eats is offering the chain's customers no delivery fee on their first order of $30 or more. [Extracted from the article]

Startup Nourish + Bloom Market and systems integrator UST have formed a partnership that they said has the potential to open more than 500 autonomous grocery stores. "The store uses UST Vision Checkout for large merchandise assortment outside the autonomous store. UST Vision Checkout is a self-checkout POS that uses computer vision to identify SKUs", according to Subhodip Bandyopadhyay, general manager of emerging technology for UST. [Extracted from the article]

"Timberland® products are already designed to be durable and long-lasting, and I love the idea of extending that even further with a second life outside the landfill", says Susie Mulder, global brand president for Timberland. STRATHAM, N.H., - Starting January 10, Timberland's new B Timberloop b ™ product take-back program will be available both online and in stores across the United States. The Timberloop™ program enables Timberland and its community to work together to "close the loop", keeping products and materials in circulation for as long as possible. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information on the increased sale of allergen-free and gluten-free foods. This increase in sale is expected to reach more heights as supermarkets and other mainstream shopping outlets install sections devoted to these products. Over 2,500 products labeled as gluten-free are now on the market in the U.S., with sales totaling over $662 million. The gluten-free foods were introduced in North America during the first five months of 2005. After that there has been an unprecedented increase in the sale of these foods.

Fenway Park will also feature four self-dispensing popcorn machines with self-checkout capabilities at Sox Pop locations. A case study Delaware North conducted of 66 events at the Boston arena indicates Just Walk Out zones drove higher throughput, higher fan spending and higher revenue than traditional concession stands. Concessions operations at sporting events have always been more or less "grab and go" in the sense that items were pre-prepared to accommodate quick transactions for fans wanting to get back to their seats. [Extracted from the article]

Oh, and DMK is also opening two more DMK Burger Bars in Chicago over the next 12 months. For David's DMK Restaurants, however, 2021 has been one of the busiest years ever. [Extracted from the article]

The September data shows the percent change in U.S. consumer spending for key center store categories comparing September 2021 to September 2020 levels, as well as September 2021 to September 2019. • Consumers have grown tired of baking compared to the sourdough extravaganza of last September (September baking ingredient spending decreased 5% year-over-year), and are instead loading up on pre-made desserts and sweets (up 5% year-over-year). Americans spent 2% more year-over-year on groceries and consumer packaged goods (CPGs) in September 2021, and 13% more compared to September 2019, according to new data from NCSolutions. [Extracted from the article]

Approximately 20% of U.S. consumers purchase plant-based meat at least occasionally and sales account for about 2% of fresh and frozen meat department revenues, reports Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a Chicago-based market research firm. The retailer, which markets most of the patties in a frozen plant-based meals section, also offers the product in meat cases to make it easier for meat eaters to locate, Owen said. Plant-based meat alternatives are popping with potential. [Extracted from the article]

SULPHUR, La., - Hundreds of Southwest Louisiana residents recycled their unwanted electronics during the annual CITGO E-Recycle Day at the West-Cal Arena parking lot in Sulphur. Each year, CITGO E-Recycle Day alternates between the cities of Lake Charles and Sulphur to give residents in each region a convenient place to recycle their e-waste. [Extracted from the article]

Thrive Market, the membership-based ecommerce grocery platform "purpose built for conscious living", on Wednesday opens its third fulfillment center, in Hanover Township, Pa. Graph The new Thrive Market fulfillment center enables one-day carbon-neutral shipping for Northeast regions including New York City, Boston and more. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon's physical store sales, which include Whole Foods Market, jumped 11% (10% excluding FX) to $4.2 billion in the second quarter from $3.77 billion a year ago. Amazon saw physical-store sales bounce back from a double-digit drop to a double-digit gain in reporting strong overall sales and earnings for its fiscal 2021 second quarter. Currently, Amazon's U.S. physical stores include 505 Whole Foods Markets, 15 Amazon Fresh grocery stores, one Amazon Go Grocery store, 16 Amazon Go convenience stores (with seven locations temporarily closed), 24 Amazon Books stores, 30 Amazon 4-Star outlets and seven Amazon pop-up locations. [Extracted from the article]

AT&T's edge-computing strategy takes shape with Google, Microsoft AT&T recently said it plans to build an edge computing network across more than 15 major US cities with Google Cloud over the next few years. Microsoft was AT&T's first MEC partner, and the network operator recently added Google to its roster. [Extracted from the article]

WWF, in partnership with Penn State University and Quantis, researched the viability of using food waste as feed, particularly: Food waste from retail outlets fed to black soldier fly larvae, processed into meal. About 14.7 million tons of food waste in the U.S. could be used for animal feed. [Extracted from the article]

7-Eleven has been focusing on its own restaurant brands since purchasing the Texas-based Laredo Taco Company foodservice concept in 2018 as part of its acquisition of c-store retailer Stripes. Convenience-store retailer 7-Eleven Inc. has expanding its foodservice presence with a new store in Manassas, Va., that includes two restaurant brands. [Extracted from the article]

While McDonald's Corp. and Subway are closing units inside U.S. Walmart Inc. stores, the retailer says it is replacing those with other concepts such as Domino's Pizza and Taco Bell. Dudhia said the largest U.S. retailer's stores expects to have 150 McDonald's remaining in Walmart units in the next few weeks and more than 1,000 Subway sandwich outlets. [Extracted from the article]

Every municipality faces unique recycling challenges, driven by geography, demographics, infrastructure, and/ or policy. Atlanta, Ga. has a vigorous recycling mandate, but a not-as-robust recycling infrastructure. "The City of Atlanta has great access for single-family residents, but we want to offer access to everyone", says Kanika Greenlee, environmental programs director for the City of Atlanta, Public Works. [Extracted from the article]

CulinArt at Stony Brook University has created a Plant-based Eating Road Map that directs students to nearly 350 plant-based options at both residential dining centers and retail outlets across the campus in order to help them find foods that come primarily from plants, including fruits and vegetables, beans, seeds, oils, whole grains, nuts and legumes. Unlike a vegetarian or vegan diet that mostly or completely eliminates meat or dairy, a plant-based diet derives the majority of food from plant sources with a limited (or no) amount of animal protein. [Extracted from the article]

Building on successful pilots, Saladworks aims to open additional restaurants in ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer supermarkets in the Philadelphia area as well as in three more states. The strong customer response led Saladworks to open restaurants in the Parkside Town Center ShopRite in Philadelphia and The Fresh Grocer store in Wyncote, Pa. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on the use of themed displays or endaisles by retailers and manufacturers in the U.S. to generate renewed consumer interest. Impact of implementing themed displays of related items on the same-store sales of Adam Food Store in Cheshire, Connecticut; Factors which contribute to the sales of items in the endaisles of supermarkets; Reason for the decision of retailers and manufacturers to optimize the use of endaisles.

The article reports that Simon Property Group was ramping up its outlet center development activities and planned to build an outlet center in Nashville under its Premium Outlet brand in conjunction with local firm Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners. It mentions that outlet center development occurred toward the beginning of the Great Financial Crisis, and covering outlet centers with research firm Green Street.

The article reports on the conflict between Taubman Centers Inc. and Simon Property Group Inc. regarding the outlet center development site in Texas. It says that Taubman expressed its intention to expand its outlet centers in the state, but the company's plan did not materialize due to the join venture of Simon Property Group and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. on same business project. Meanwhile, it notes that plan of Taubman Centers to create branches in the U.S. and Asia. INSETS: Eastern Promises;Mini-Malls.

Grab and go used to be the tail on the onsite dining dog - the quick alternative for customers in too much of a rush to custom order at the serving stations - but is now threatening to become the whole beast, or at least a good hunk of it. While this is a product category that has been especially hard hit by recent supply shortages, securing attractive and secure containers for grab and go should be a priority for operators looking to enhance their programs, with transparent covers highly preferable as customers are more likely to select something if they can see it through the packaging. [Extracted from the article]

B Read more b : Campus Coffee and Food Options Will Expand After Break VA hospital begins transition to room service meal program Audie L. Murphy VA hospital in San Antonio is transitioning its meal program to room service from the cook-chill method it currently uses, in which inpatient meals are served at specified times each day. Once room service is implemented, inpatients will be able to work with meal support staff on each unit to place their orders for times that they would like to eat. [Extracted from the article]

Oh, and DMK is also opening two more DMK Burger Bars in Chicago over the next 12 months. For David's DMK Restaurants, 2021 has been one of the busiest years ever. [Extracted from the article]

Creating a desirable, safe and efficient dining program in a senior community poses multiple challenges, especially in the wake of the COVID pandemic and its offshoots. Graph The main dining room seats close to 140 at maximum and offers traditional restaurant-style dining for dinner with table service and a full a la carte menu. [Extracted from the article]

Last July, Food Management caught up with Cameron Schauf, director of campus dining services & auxiliary operations at the University of Rochester, to talk about his plans for the coming fall term. To accommodate the changes, the meal plan program was adjusted to allow more meal swipes at retail outlets and to accommodate takeout from the residential dining centers. FM spoke with Schauf in mid-January to review how those fall plans went, what he learned to help the program adjust and what his plans are for the spring term. [Extracted from the article]

An ongoing program from Chartwells K12 has been putting college-style c-stores into high schools while complying with federal child nutrition regulations such as Smart Snack a la carte sale guidelines. In Texas, Chartwells Regional Director Mike Leonard has stores in 18 locations, including districts such as Cedar Hill, Dayton and Amarillo. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the outlook for factory outlet centers in the U.S. It was revealed that the outlook for factory outlet center fundamentals were positive and owing to robust demand for space and limited supply growth. Moreover, overseas markets were also embracing the outlets concepts and providing expansion opportunities for U.S. based developers. In addition, all retail were vulnerable to changes in consumer spending, which could wilt under the continued pressure of rising energy costs. INSET: Factory outlets gain international appeal.

The article offers information on the wholesaler Unified Grocers Inc, which received an award in the best wholesaler category at the Technology Excellence Awards of the journal "Supermarket News." The wholesaler, which has 3.9 billion dollars in sales, supports around 1,500 supermarkets. Some of its key technological initiatives include retail website program and electronic proof of delivery system for deliveries to its independent stores.

The article presents data table on multi-outlet categories by dollars in U.S. supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries, and select club and dollar retails chains as of August 2016.

Reports on the opening of a supermarket outlet of Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market at Park Royal in Vancouver, British Columbia in August 2004. Reaction of John Williams, a senior partner with the J.C. Williams Group in Chicago, to the opening of the outlet; Competition of the company with Capers Community Markets which is owned by Wild Oats Markets of Boulder, Colorado; Possible benefits brought by the move to costumers.