Consumers Keep Spending as Economic Confidence Slips
Forward spending expectations rise 4.1%, setting up the holiday season as a key test of household resilience.
Consumers Keep Spending as Economic Confidence Slips
October 2, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Albertsons Companies, Inc. has named Cody Perdue Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct. 1. • Big Y Foods, Inc. has appointed Bryan St. Clair Vice President of...
October 2, 2026
Near-record diesel and rising food costs are pulling chain sourcing closer to home. Every truck pulling up to a store right now is carrying something extra: a fuel bill nobody...
September 25, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Albertsons Companies, Inc. has named Ken Rinaldi Regional Operating President of its newly formed East Region. • BJ’s Wholesale Club will open its second Alabama club in...
September 24, 2026
Kraft Heinz and Sam’s Club show grocery buyers are now judging prices and ingredients as one decision, not two. American grocery carts are being built around two questions right...
September 18, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Fareway Stores Inc. broke ground on a 21,000-square-foot Fareway Meat & Grocery store in Brandon, South Dakota, expected to open in fall 2027. • Food...
September 17, 2026
A war zone has been rewriting retail supply chains for two and a half years. It’s still going on this week. The Red Sea war isn’t over. Nobody decided...