Latest Grocery Headlines
All the headlines from our Grocery Topic Page, ordered by recency.
More Supermarkets Recall Pizza Dough After Tampering Episode
Oct 14 2020 // Another supermarket chain is recalling a brand of fresh pizza dough amid concerns about tampering. Shaw’s and Star Market announced the company is removing Portland Pie Co. pizza dough from the shelves of its...
Cal/OSHA Issues Citations to Grocery Stores for COVID-19 Violations
Sep 30 2020 // Cal/OSHA has cited five grocery stores in Southern California for failing to protect their employees from COVID-19. The retailers were cited for various health and safety violations, including some classified as serious,...
7 States Now Report Illness Linked to Bagged Grocery Store Salad
Jun 25 2020 // A recalled bagged salad distributed to a dozen Midwestern states by grocery stores has sickened 122 people in seven states and sent 19 to the hospital, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The salad...
Grocery Worker in Oregon Called Woman, Daughter Racist Slurs: Suit
Jan 30 2020 // A 45-year-old Portland, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit accusing grocer Fred Meyer of racial discrimination after she said an employee called her racist slurs. Melita Bullitt said in the lawsuit that she was shopping with...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Inventory Company, Grocers for $1.6M
Nov 5 2019 // Update: Inventory Professionals issued a statement disputing the Labor Commissioner’s allegations. That is now included in this article. The California Labor Commissioner has cited Anaheim-based Inventory...
Southeastern Grocers to Spend $4.2M to Settle Clean Air Act Violations
Aug 27 2019 // A supermarket company has agreed to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases from refrigeration equipment at more than 500 stores in seven southeastern states, federal authorities said Friday. The Department of Justice...
Reports: Account Information Stolen from Iowa Grocery Chain Being Sold
Aug 26 2019 // An Iowa-based grocery chain says it’s aware of reports that hacked customer account information is being sold online. The Des Moines Register was the first to report that credit and debit card information of some...
Iowa’s Hy-Vee Grocery Warns of Security Problem With Credit Card Readers
Aug 21 2019 // An Iowa-based grocery store chain is warning customers about what it says is a security incident involving payment card systems. Hy-Vee said in a news release that it launched an investigation after it detected...
City, Grocery Reach $240K Settlement in Case of Stun-Gunned Ohio Girl
Oct 31 2018 // There’s a $240,000 settlement in the case of an 11-year-old black girl stunned by a Cincinnati, Ohio, police officer after she was spotted shoplifting in a grocery store and tried to run away. The Cincinnati Enquirer...
Kroger to Pilot Self-Driving Grocery Delivery in Arizona
Aug 16 2018 // Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona. The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars starting Aug. 16 at a Fry’s Food Stores...
UK Supermarket Group Tesco Faces Potential Equal Pay Claims of Up to $5.6B
Feb 7 2018 // Supermarket group Tesco is facing a potential bill of up to 4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) in a record equal pay claim involving mainly women workers at its British stores, according to the law firm pursuing the case. If...
UK Supermarkets Analyze Customers’ Shopping Habits to Price Insurance Products
Dec 13 2017 // Ever wondered what your shopping habits say about your driving? Britain’s big supermarkets have. The two biggest, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, are offering discounts on financial products such as car insurance based...
Avant Acquires Kansas-Based Supermarket Insurance Group
Feb 23 2017 // Avant LLC has purchased Supermarket Insurance Group (SIG), based in Overland Park, Kansas. SIG is a property/casualty insurance provider to the supermarket niche in the U.S. with a concentration in the Midwest. SIG is led...
Worker Dies in Accident at Massachusetts Supermarket Distribution Center
Jan 26 2017 // Police and federal safety officials are investigating a fatal workplace accident in Freetown, Mass. It happened early Tuesday afternoon at a distribution center for Stop & Shop supermarkets. Police say a man later...
Texas Grocery Chain Recalls Raw Shelled Pistachios
Dec 22 2016 // The H-E-B grocery store chain has recalled some bulk and packaged raw shelled pistachios. San Antonio-based H-E-B said this week there’s a potential that the pistachios could be contaminated with salmonella. There...
Ohio Woman Hit by Electric Grocery Cart Awarded $1.2 Million
Oct 10 2016 // A woman injured when she was struck by a motorized shopping cart in a suburban Cleveland grocery store has been awarded $1.2 million by a jury. Cleveland.com reported Barbara Rieger was struck in 2012 by a customer who...
Michael Jordan, Supermarket Chain Reach Settlement over Name Use
Nov 24 2015 // Michael Jordan and a supermarket chain have reached an agreement in a years-long lawsuit that alleged misuse of the basketball star’s name in advertising, according to spokespeople for both sides. The case involved...
Oregon Grocery Chain Sues Albertsons for $1B
Sep 3 2015 // The small Oregon-based grocery-store chain Haggen this week sued Albertsons for more than $1 billion in damages, alleging the supermarket giant engaged in systematic efforts to eliminate it as a viable competitor in five...
Top 5 Risks For Grocers That Are Often Uninsured
May 21 2015 // Grocery retailers traditionally face a number of risks that are not covered by typical property, crime or cyber insurance programs. A new white paper report from global independent insurance broker Lockton —...
Texas Grocery Chain, H-E-B, Others Pull Blue Bell Products
Apr 7 2015 // Texas grocery chain H-E-B is pulling all Blue Bell Ice Cream from store shelves as a precaution after a recall of some of the ice cream maker’s products that were connected to three deaths in Kansas. San...
