2024 was not the economic salve many had hoped for. A Presidential election was always going to make the year complicated, and, in that respect, it didn’t disappoint. We did see inflation rates fall this year, even though prices didn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In 2022 the grocery industry was set ablaze when Albertsons and Kroger announced the largest supermarket chain merger in history. Two of the top five grocery retail chains in the U.S. were set to join forces and become the kind […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The biggest retail event of the year is almost here, and in many cases it has already started. In what has become an annual tradition, Black Friday no longer starts on the Friday following Thanksgiving. Almost every retailer kicks of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In June of this year, Walgreens announced that they were working on a plan to close unprofitable stores. At the time, the scope of the closures was unknown. Now we know that the company will be closing 1,200 stores, more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Publix Supermarkets is growing grocery chain in the southeastern U.S. that has continued to outperform expectations year after year. Supermarket News just named Publix as their 2024 Retailer of the Year after a stellar financial performance in 2023. The company […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…