Sam Silverstein

RT @GroceryDive: . @AmazonFresh is significantly raising the threshold its Prime customers will need to meet in order to receive free groce…

RT @NewsHour: Barbara Walters died Friday night at the age of 93. We look back at her iconic decades-long career in broadcast journalism as…

I discussed the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger on the PBS NewsHour with national correspondent John Yang tonight. @NewsHour @johnyangtv

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Many of us spent a lot of time at the grocery store ahead of Thanksgiving. Some stores could be in for big changes after two of the nation's largest grocers announced plans to become one, potentially creating a new supermarket titan. @johnyangtv speaks with @silversteinsam. https://t.co/3TllAmB7CI

.@Kroger plans to acquire rival @Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal that, if approved by regulators, would create a grocery behemoth spanning 48 states and Washington, D.C. #grocery #retail #supermarkets https://t.co/TSQyV90Zev

.@WalmartInc has agreed to purchase @alertinnovation, developer of robotic order-fulfillment technology the retailer began piloting at a New Hampshire supercenter in 2019. #automation #ecommerce #retail #technology https://t.co/j8TRC6VUac

Grocery store sales rose at a slower pace in August than during the previous month, while food-at-home prices accelerated at their fastest rate since 1979. #food #grocery #retail https://t.co/x3iKfFfMAS

Online grocery sales in the United States declined about 1% in August compared with the same period a year ago, to $8.5 billion, but that level is still more than four times where it was before the pandemic #delivery #ecommerce #grocery #retail https://t.co/JUtB4Jwym7

Hy-Vee's announcement that it will have two CEOs less than a month after indicating it would continue to have one raises questions about what's going on behind the scenes, according to a corporate law and governance expert #food #grocery #retail https://t.co/RaKslUqSIx

RT @GroceryDive: Workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Hadley, Massachusetts, voted in favor of unionization on Thursday, creating the grocery…

RT @industrydive: Today, we have entered into an agreement to be acquired by @InformaTechHQ. Excited to bring our award-winning business jo…

Food-at-home prices leaped 12.2% over the last 12 months — the quickest pace since April 1979 — according to Consumer Price Index data for June released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. #groceries #retail https://t.co/co82sVwxIL via @grocerydive

.@Amazon has introduced an analytics tool that allows companies to track shopper interest in products they sell in Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores equipped with frictionless checkout technology #food #foodretail #grocery #retail #retailtech https://t.co/Bq5HQgFAjQ

.@DollarGeneral has started testing self-checkout as the sole way to make purchases at some of its stores, a reflection of the retail sector's growing interest in automation. #automation #retail #shopping #technology https://t.co/r8wFiYlHoX via @grocerydive

RT @GroceryDive: .@Publix has kicked off its 15-minute grocery delivery service in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood utilizing a new “nano-fulfi…

RT @GroceryDive: Carl Icahn has nominated two candidates for @kroger's board of directors, saying the company "has turned a blind eye to bo…

RT @GroceryDive: .@sproutsfm is bringing Nicholas Konat, former director of food merchandise planning at Target, on as president and chief…

Chicago grocery startup Dom's Kitchen & Market, established by a team that includes Bob Mariano, founder of Kroger-owned supermarket chain Mariano's, plans to open a second store in the city in late 2022 #delivery #food #grocery #retail https://t.co/Adt40YDQuh