Kamala Harris promises to fight inflation

Kamala Harris promises to fight inflation

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order … Read more

80% of Americans say grocery costs have increased since pandemic started

80% of Americans say grocery costs have increased since pandemic started

A customer shops at a Safeway store on June 11, 2024 in Mill Valley, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The rate of price increases for food has subsided in recent months, according to the latest government inflation data. However, shoppers still report feeling burdened by the prices they’re seeing in the grocery store aisles. … Read more

How I started an $8 million/year grocery chain

How I started an  million/year grocery chain

Gek Teng Pang founded Surrey Hills Grocer in 2021. Success didn’t come easy for Pang Gek Teng. The 35-year-old serial entrepreneur went through five failed business attempts before her efforts to build a multimillion-dollar grocery store chain in Singapore finally bore fruit. Today, she is the proud founder and CEO of Surrey Hills Grocer, an … Read more

The American dollar store falls on hard times

The American dollar store falls on hard times

A Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Hyattsville, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Dollar Tree Inc. expects to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of fiscal 2024 and shut down an additional 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree locations as their leases expire. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty … Read more

Proposed Kroger, Albertsons merger will take more time to close

Proposed Kroger, Albertsons merger will take more time to close

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen testifies about the proposed massive grocery store merger with Albertsons at a Senate Judiciary Committee Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 29, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Supermarket chain Kroger’s proposed acquisition of rival Albertsons is now expected to close in the first half of … Read more