Hypermarkets and supermarkets news

Grab Holdings Ltd (Grab), Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, is acquiring premium supermarket chain Jaya Grocer as part of its grocery expansion plan. Source: IGD Research Jaya Grocer will become a subsidiary of Grab Jaya Grocer is a premium banner in Malaysia that operates 40 stores across West Malaysia, with the majority in Klang Valley. Grab will acquire all...

How we shop has changed dramatically since the heyday of the out-of-town superstore in the 1990s, creating big challenges for food retailers to keep the space relevant and engaging for shoppers. Could Asda have found a winning formula with its newly relaunched Milton Keynes store? A just-completed £6.8m refit of features a host of innovations and trials that offers a vision of how large stores...

Despite cycling strong performance in FY21, Metcash has reported half year results for FY22 with revenue up 1.5% to AU$8.2bn and EBIT up 13.9% to AU$231m. We pull out five key learnings and assess the outlook for H2: 1. Underlying food sales remain very healthy Food sales decline 4.9% to AU$4,561m. The decline in sales is mainly due to the cycling of the termination of its supply agreement ...

Coles has announced two major changes to its executive leadership team that will take effect over the coming months. New Chief Executive for Commercial & Express Leah Weckerts will take up the position of Chief Executive, Commercial & Express from Greg Davis in April 2022. Weckerts has been the CFO at Coles since March 2018, but having joined the business in 2011 has had numerous roles acro...

US-based Southeastern Grocers has opened two new stores under its Hispanic-focused banner, Fresco y Más. We look at how the retailer is aiming to win with this key shopper group through tailoring its offer to better meet its needs. Authentic experience Southeastern Grocers launched this format in 2016. Over the last five years it has grown to almost 30 stores throughout Florida, mainly thro...

Asda has launched a refillable draft beer concept, the first UK grocer to do so, as it extends its refillables trial to another location. Takeaway craft beer offer Located in the beers, wines and spirits aisle at Asda’s Milton Keynes store, the new fixture provides customers with a regularly changing selection of 12 beers from draft beer pumps which colleagues will pour into one or two litr...

Tops Market, Tops Superstore and Central Food Hall stores are now equipped with Temjai, an AI service robot, a first of its kind in Thailand supermarkets. Safe and fun shopping experience Using artificial intelligence (AI), the robot serves as an assistant to store staff to offer a new level of service. Stephane Coum, CEO of Central Food Retail Company Limited under Central Retail, said, “...

Target’s unique omnichannel model has been a major factor its success over recent years, including through the pandemic. In addition to enabling sales growth, it’s also helping the retailer to become more profitable. We look at the model’s impacts on its third quarter performance. Target’s Q3 key numbers Total revenue increased 13.3% to $25.7bn Comparable store sales increased 12.7%, fol...

The GIANT Company, a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize USA, has opened a new store in Philadelphia. We spotlight some of the key features. Making Philly a priority The 67,000 sq ft store is the latest to open in Philadelphia, with the retailer having made it a priority to open more stores and gain share in the city. Over the last few years, it has grown its network, including opening new smaller...

Dairy Farm International has recently announced its results for the third quarter of the year, where its performance continues to be significantly affected by COVID-19. Its year-to-date results are still below the same period in 2020, when it has benefitted from panic buying and government support at the height of the pandemic. Shopper behaviour normalises, making it difficult to match sales su...