grocery stores

Walmart CEO announces surprise retirement at age 59

November 22, 2025 Anne D Innocenzio

NEW YORK — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who turned America’s largest retailer into a tech-powered giant and spearheaded a period of robust sales growth since becoming chief executive in 2014, plans to retire early next […]

Study finds digital shelf labels don’t cause price surges, despite shopper concerns

June 15, 2025 Dee-Ann Durbin

Digital price labels, which are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets, haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges, according to a new study that examined five years’ worth of prices at one grocery chain. […]

State attorneys general sue to block Albertsons’ $4B payout

November 4, 2022 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

The attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons in an effort to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dividend to its shareholders. The lawsuit, filed […]

Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid

October 14, 2022 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Two of the nation’s largest grocers have agreed to merge in a deal they say would help them better compete with Walmart, Amazon and other major companies that have stepped into the grocery business. Kroger […]

Panic buying tests grocery stores, trucking industry

March 25, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — In the midst of the global panic over coronavirus, North Carolina consumers have been buying products off the shelves at a frenetic rate, pressuring retailers and their suppliers to make goods available quickly […]