SN Top 10: Walmart, Schnucks, Loblaw top the week’s headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, why supermarket seafood purchasing is dropping ranked as the top story. Inflation and its after effects are helping to create a frosty fresh seafood merchandising environment. Average per-pound prices for finfish were up 17.5% for the 52 weeks ending August 7, contributing to a 12.8% volume sales decline, reports Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a Chicago-based market research firm. Fresh shellfish, with a 3.8% average price increase, had a 22.2% volume sales decline.

Other top stories: 

• 5 things: ‘If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you.’
• 5 things: When ‘best before’ isn’t best…
• Grubhub and Gopuff Partner to Power Nationwide Delivery from Gopuff’s Network on the Grubhub Marketplace
• Walmart ups automation ante in acquiring Alert Innovation

In other news, Schnucks recently announced that select St. Louis-area stores will offer hourly workers a flex assignment option, meaning they will be able to mix and match shifts and store locations that best fit their personal schedules. The program, “Schnucks Flexforce,” rolled out Monday. Hourly employees who opt into the program will be able to log into a Schnucks scheduling app to view and claim open shifts and, if they choose, can also opt-in to receive notifications of open shifts.

Other stories: 

• Albertsons relaunches Waterfront Bistro seafood brand
• Loblaw has middle- and last-mile delivery covered
• Americans believe food inflation is nearly 10 points higher than reality
• This is what you had to say about Center Store