Sam Silverstein

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. @UNFI is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled investors about its operations and ability to achieve forecasted cost savings during the two-year period leading up to a sharp drop in its stock price earlier this month. #grocery #lawsuit buff.ly/3zdXBst

.@SaveMart has opened an automated facility that provides same-day grocery delivery and pickup service using robots supplied by startup Fulfil Solutions #automation #ecommerce #grocery #retail #technology grocerydive.com/news/save-mart… via @grocerydive

. @AmazonFresh is significantly raising the threshold its Prime customers will need to meet in order to receive free grocery delivery #grocery #delivery #onlineshopping #Amazon #onlineshopping buff.ly/3Y5Qb4V

Barbara Walters died Friday night at the age of 93. We look back at her iconic decades-long career in broadcast journalism as a writer, producer, interviewer and anchor. to.pbs.org/3Z1BWzz

I discussed the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger on the PBS NewsHour with national correspondent John Yang tonight. @NewsHour @johnyangtv

.@Kroger plans to acquire rival @Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal that, if approved by regulators, would create a grocery behemoth spanning 48 states and Washington, D.C. #grocery #retail #supermarkets grocerydive.com/news/kroger-to…

@Kevin10TV Hi Kevin. I'd be happy to speak with you about this. I'm available this evening, over the weekend and next week.

.@WalmartInc has agreed to purchase @alertinnovation, developer of robotic order-fulfillment technology the retailer began piloting at a New Hampshire supercenter in 2019. #automation #ecommerce #retail #technology grocerydive.com/news/walmart-t…

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@Kevin10TV 1 p.m. would be fine!

@Kevin10TV Hi Kevin. Thanks for contacting me. I'm available today between 12:30 and 2 p.m. ET. You can reach me at ssilverstein@industrydive.com.

Grocery store sales rose at a slower pace in August than during the previous month, while food-at-home prices accelerated at their fastest rate since 1979. #food #grocery #retail grocerydive.com/news/grocery-s…

Online grocery sales in the United States declined about 1% in August compared with the same period a year ago, to $8.5 billion, but that level is still more than four times where it was before the pandemic #delivery #ecommerce #grocery #retail grocerydive.com/news/brick-mee…

Hy-Vee's announcement that it will have two CEOs less than a month after indicating it would continue to have one raises questions about what's going on behind the scenes, according to a corporate law and governance expert #food #grocery #retail grocerydive.com/news/hy-vee-in…

Workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Hadley, Massachusetts, voted in favor of unionization on Thursday, creating the grocery chain’s first employee union buff.ly/3vjIo7B

Today, we have entered into an agreement to be acquired by @InformaTechHQ. Excited to bring our award-winning business journalism, audience development and marketing capabilities to Informa's portfolio of specialist B2B brands. Read more at dive.pub/3PEoEmY

Food-at-home prices leaped 12.2% over the last 12 months — the quickest pace since April 1979 — according to Consumer Price Index data for June released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. #groceries #retail grocerydive.com/news/grocery-p… via @grocerydive

.@Amazon has introduced an analytics tool that allows companies to track shopper interest in products they sell in Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores equipped with frictionless checkout technology #food #foodretail #grocery #retail #retailtech grocerydive.com/news/amazon-da…

.@DollarGeneral has started testing self-checkout as the sole way to make purchases at some of its stores, a reflection of the retail sector's growing interest in automation. #automation #retail #shopping #technology grocerydive.com/news/dollar-ge… via @grocerydive