“Swung by as we were traveling through to get some first aid gel for my son. Totally fell in love with all products and wound up finding way more than just first aid gel. Lol! This store is amazing. The staff are super friendly love all the products, especially the local ones.”
“Kelly, who works in the bakery section, makes Albertson a great shopping experience. She offered to make a size bigger of a delicious fresh fruit pastry that wasn't currently available on the floor and made our celebration meal extra special.”
“This afternoon I stopped at Ridley’s to get some groceries. The wind was blowing fairly strong in gusts. I had gotten my groceries and was standing in line to pay for them when a woman came running inside and grabbed a guy who worked there at Ridley‘s. she told him that someone had left a shopping cart out in the middle of the parking lot, and it got hit by a gust of wind and was heading straight for the side of a car. She tried to run after it, but could not catch it before it hit the car. She told him it was a red car with a Johnson County license plate. They both went outside to look at the car, and I ran after them because I knew beyond a doubt that it was my car sure enough it hit the side of my passenger front door and left quite a few marks and scratches. We went back inside and the man who had gone out with the woman told me to stay right there that he would be back. I paid for my groceries and waited for him, and then he and the manager showed up with Papers for me to fill out. now, comes the good news. They are submitting the papers to their insurance company and will be paying for repairing my car. Normally, I shop at either Walmart or Albertsons as they are much closer to my house. I’m not sure either of those companies would have shown the compassion and professionalism that I found at Ridley‘s. from this point on I will drive a few extra blocks to make sure I shop at Ridley’s. Plus I want to thank all the people there that helped me turn a bad situation into a good one. Just a side note to people who feel it’s OK to leave their shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot rather than put it in the cart corral, please be considerate of the other people who are parking their cars there”
The Cincinnati-based supermarket giant will open about 110 new stores in fast-growing markets by 2029 and introduce three updated store formats, executives told investors Oct. 20 at the company’s Investor Update in New York. Kroger already runs about 2,700 stores in 35 states. The formats come in three sizes, a bit like small, medium and large, matched to each market. Mary Ellen Adcock, Kroger’s executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer, walked through the lineup.
Walmart shoppers want a head start on the holidays, and money explains a lot of it. Some 44% of respondents call affording the holidays their top stressor, and 61% say holiday costs shape their shopping mood. Asked what would make the season easier, 70% picked lower prices and 57% picked more deals and promotions. Convenience ranks lower: 30% want one-stop shopping across categories, and 20% want faster delivery.
Walmart wants your groceries at the door before the ice cream softens. On May 29, the retailer said its 30-minute-or-less delivery had reached 33 U.S. markets, adding a wave of new cities across the Northeast. Shoppers in those areas can order from more than 100,000 items, everything from fresh produce and baby formula to pet food, electronics, cold medicine, and prescriptions. Behind the scenes, the service leans on Walmart's store network and an algorithm that factors in order size, available drivers, and distance from the store.
Trader Joe's keeps adding stores, and shoppers keep showing up. The California grocer has marked nine more locations as "opening soon," pushing its expansion into new corners of the country. The grocer also took first place in the American Customer Satisfaction Index's 2026 supermarket rankings. It has held a spot near the top of that list for years.
Target is rolling out its most ambitious store overhaul in more than ten years, with plans to remodel over 130 locations and open 30 new stores across the country this year. The retailer is also putting money into supply chain technology upgrades to keep pace with how shoppers buy today.
