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  • 3 days ago | supermarketnews.com | Timothy Inklebarger

    Amazon has added new functions to the Amazon Pharmacy app that better enables caregivers to help manage medications for a loved one. It also gives Medicare Part D recipients access to Amazon Pharmacy’s PillPack feature, which provides presorted medication. “These updates deliver what our customers have been asking for—simpler medication management for themselves and their loved ones,” said John Love, vice president of Amazon Pharmacy.

  • 3 days ago | supermarketnews.com | Timothy Inklebarger

    Use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is declining, and a new report from data firm Numerator showed that some states have dropped below pre-COVID levels. Total grocery store trips that utilized SNAP benefits have declined to 3.7% in 2025, compared to 4.6% in 2024. The spend per shopping trip has remained flat in 2025 at just under $33, while total units per trip have dropped to 8.9 in 2025, compared to 9.2 last year.

  • 4 days ago | supermarketnews.com | Timothy Inklebarger

    Online grocery sales are expected to maintain an annual growth rate of 8.9% over the next five years, which is more than five times its in-store counterpart’s projected 1.7%, according to a new Brick Meets Click report. Highlights of the report, U.S. Grocery Sales 5-Year Forecast: 2025-29, project online sales to make up 17% of all grocery sales by 2029. Delivery continues to drive most of the year-over-year growth, Brick Meets Click noted in a press release.

  • 4 days ago | supermarketnews.com | Timothy Inklebarger

    Last-mile delivery service attempts to tap into summer nostalgiaInstacart shoppers will enjoy 47.2% off the price of select products like Kool-Aid, Bagel Bites, Hot Pockets, and more this summer for a promotion that aims to evoke nostalgia for the 1990s. The San Francisco-based tech and delivery company announced Monday that through Sept. 5, it will provide the seemingly arbitrary discount because that’s how much cheaper groceries were on average in 1999.

  • 5 days ago | supermarketnews.com | Timothy Inklebarger

    Misfits Market has acquired The Rounds, a New York City-based last-mile delivery service that offers customers reusable packaging for the products it delivers. Misfits, a direct-to-consumer online grocer headquartered in Clackamas, Ore., offers its customers discounts on products that are slightly damaged or misshapen.

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Tim Inklebarger
Tim Inklebarger @inklebarger
20 Nov 24

Price gouging by #supermarkets was a hot topic in the news this year, but #grocers have argued that it's the producers who are gouging them. Who's at fault? Here's a lawsuit that focuses on the alleged frozen french fry cartel. What do you think? @SN_news https://t.co/AfZjtkvrlR https://t.co/JqvoyBd3sz

Tim Inklebarger
Tim Inklebarger @inklebarger
19 Nov 24

Big changes could be coming for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which faces new scrutiny as the incoming Trump Administration searches for ways to slash the federal budget to offset tax cuts in 2025. - @SN_news https://t.co/Vh7JCrhURW https://t.co/OdcyH8hGAw

Tim Inklebarger
Tim Inklebarger @inklebarger
19 Nov 24

A new law that aims to reduce confusion on the “best by” dates of food products, requiring new labeling, has been signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, but it’s still a year and a half away from taking effect. - @SN_news https://t.co/FM0GWwtn07 https://t.co/GQ0tDnKuua