Giant Eagle, Dollar General, Amazon top the week’s headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News article, Giant Eagle sweetens myPerks amid grocery price inflation was the top story. Effective immediately, myPerks members will have access to special pricing that offers savings of up to 20% on more than 1,000 key competitive items across aisles at Giant Eagle and Giant Eagle Market District supermarkets, the Pittsburgh-based grocer said Tuesday. Giant Eagle noted that the new, lower prices are aimed at helping customers manage their grocery expenses while still being able to buy the products most important to their households.

Among other stories in this week’s gallery:

NGA Foundation announces pair of promotions

Largest U.S. grocers make Top 25 Global Retailers list

Dollar General pushes ahead with brick-and-mortar expansion

PLMA 2022 Show to highlight shoppers ‘back in charge’

In other news, Amazon will surpass Walmart as the largest U.S. retailer by 2024, as the online channel ramps up its share of overall retail sales dollars, CPG market researcher Edge by Ascential predicts. Between 2021 and 2026, Amazon stands to add more than $294 billion in U.S. sales and grow its U.S. retail market share from 10.8% to 14.9%, whereas Walmart’s share will shrink from 13.2% to 12.7%, Boston-based Edge by Ascential forecast in its “2022 United States Retail Landscape and Go-to-Market Planning Report,” released yesterday. Sales figures are calculated using gross merchandise value (GMV).