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Steve Markenson, VP of Research & Insights at FMI, detailed how healthy living trends continue to evolve and the role of private brands for retailers at the recent Store Brands Health & Wellness Webinar.

Several categories including frozen foods and general food are targeted for expansion as retailers look to offer shoppers products at lower prices.

Three of Convenience Store News’ proprietary annual research studies won a national silver award in the Data Journalism category, as well as a regional gold award in the Upper Midwest region.

Sales figures for the year's fourth month show gains in key channels including online, health & personal care and general merchandise.

In April, online's share of total grocery spending was 12.1%, a decrease of 20 basis points compared to one year ago.

Founded in 2013 and acquired by Kroger in 2018, Home Chef is offering customers some of its best-selling meal kits to celebrate a decade in business.

According to Catalina's Q1 2023 Shopping Basket Index, several grocery categories have seen significant price increases compared to the first quarter of last year.

The new Gold Emblem water comes in reusable aluminum bottles that encourage shoppers to limit their use of plastic.