Supermarkets/Grocery Stores

Stores’ self-checkout machines can annoy shoppers with error messages about unexpected items in the bagging area and other hiccups. But for some disabled people, they are often unusable. Blind people can have trouble navigating the…

Grocery giant Kroger Co. is pausing share buybacks ahead of its planned acquisition of rival Albertsons Cos. Inc., aiming to use the additional cash to reduce its debt as it closes…

Industrial real-estate developers have been stepping up building cold-storage warehouses in the U.S. without tenants lined up for the space, betting that pandemic-driven changes in the way consumers buy groceries and meals are here to…

Supply-chain technology company Wiliot has its first major customer for the tiny tracking tags it is developing to follow products from source to store and measure temperature changes and other factors that affect…

Marriott International Inc. is introducing a media network this month with Yahoo Inc. that will help advertisers target consumers, in part by using the hotel chain’s data on its guests, to bring them ads on…

Instacart Inc.’s plans to launch a public offering puts the grocery-delivery company up against this year’s volatile stock market and longer-term questions about how consumers shop for staples.San Francisco-based Instacart said late…

Instacart Inc. said it has cut its valuation by about 38% to $24 billion, illustrating the difficulties of competing in the delivery market. The San Francisco company said the valuation reflects the market…

For years, many ranchers have blamed meatpacking giants for low cattle prices. Now, some cattlemen say they have a solution: Process the beef themselves.On 80 acres in western Nebraska, a group of cattle ranchers and feedlot owners this…

With food and medicine supplies threatened across Ukraine, domestic and international food manufacturers, distributors and aid workers are mobilizing to keep grocery stores and pharmacies open and shelves stocked.In recent days, much of…

Kroger Co. KR 11.30% said its streak of strong sales and profits continued in the latest quarter, as U.S. consumers have been eating more at home. Kroger executives said consumers are…