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Sonny's BBQ is using data to learn what draws younger diners to its locations, and found that a seasonal menu performed better with its core audience.
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Sonny's BBQ is using data to learn what draws younger diners to its locations, and found that a seasonal menu performed better with its core audience.

Natural and organic grocer opens 15 stores during quarter, forecasts weaker fourth-quarter sales

To build a winning business culture, Squeegee Squad franchisee partners Rose Englebert and Ty Morgan invested in their employees and set high performance standards.

Craig Haley serves as CEO of Smokey Mo’s BBQ, a Texas-born fast-casual barbecue brand with more than 25 years of history serving communities across the state.

Detroit tops list of cities with expensive groceries, with citizens paying over 4% of median household income on groceries.

Onelife Fitness to open $24 million gym in Richmond, Virginia

- New Stores Publix increases presence in Kentucky Several new locations are nearing completion or are in the construction or planning stages [](https://www.supermarketnews.com/aut

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans 5 subsidized grocery stores

As more capital returns to brick-and-mortar retail, a Los Angeles-based investment firm has gone east to acquire a shopping center in the Inland Empire.

The portfolio, composed of small-bay properties, spans 729,901 square feet across 41 acres.

- Finance Kroger cuts same-store sales outlook for 2026 Earnings remain on track, but sales growth remains elusive [](https://www.supermarketnews.com/author/mark-hamstra) Mark Hams

Retailers are prioritizing EDI compliance to eliminate the operational and financial costs associated with vendor shipping and invoicing errors.

Green Valley Grocery has announced a new agreement with Accel Entertainment and its subsidiary Century Gaming Technologies Nevada to add the company’s gaming terminals to its netwo

- Grocery Trends & Data 10 Items or Less: Kroger deal does little in terms of market share The grocer will have to make a couple more acquisitions, and improve delivery time [](htt

Supermarket chain Ideal Marketplace has renewed the lease on its 14,770-square-foot store in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

The Florida grocery store chain paid $32 million for a 107,034-square-foot open-air property at 8601 Bird Road, by the intersection with Southwest 87th Avenue, near Tropical Park.

Kroger is reportedly exploring the sale of several locations in the Columbus market to address antitrust concerns regarding its acquisition of the regional chain.

Industry experts view Kroger's $1.65 billion acquisition of the regional grocer as a strategic move to bolster loyalty assets and market density.

The supermarket giant has entered an agreement to acquire the 197-unit regional grocery chain in a deal valued at $1.65 billion.

MetLife has repossessed a grocery-anchored retail condominium and parking garage on Manhattan’s Upper East Side following a deed in lieu of foreclosure.

- Retail Labor NLRB clears hurdle for Whole Foods unionization effort Store in Philadelphia was first in the chain to authorize representation by organized labor [](https://www.sup

Publix ’s South Florida shopping spree continues. The Lakeland, Fla.-based grocery store chain paid $24 million for one of the shopping centers it anchors near Boynton Beach, Fla.

The grocery giant is reportedly expanding its use of autonomous inventory robots to more locations in the Indianapolis market.

The grocery giant's $78 million acquisition of a Florida shopping center highlights its strategy of owning real estate anchored by its own stores and other national franchise tenants.