The new 36,974-square-foot Northgate González Market in Lynwood, Calif., features a variety of specialized departments that reflect the retailer's Mexican heritage. Highlights include a tamalería with handmade tamales, a tortillería producing fresh and seasonal tortillas, a pastelería offering traditional baked goods, a carnicería known for its carne asada, and a carnitas station preparing meat in traditional cazos. The store also showcases murals by a local artist. Northgate González Market has also announced plans for further expansion, with two new locations slated to open in Stanton and La Mirada, Calif., in 2026.

Albertsons Media Collective has launched a campaign for the film "Wicked: For Good," featuring themed snacks and in-store displays. The campaign includes products such as Wicked Glinda Good Berry and Elphaba Caramel Apple cereals from General Mills, and a promotion offering a free Fandango movie ticket with a $25 purchase of participating items.

Step into the Italian Pavilion and MEET with 77 leading Italian producers bringing the taste, design, and innovation of Italy to U.S. supermarket shelves. Explore authentic "Made in Italy" products crafted for YOUR private label success.

Online grocery sales in the US rose 10.5% year over year to $11.6 billion in October, driven by a 13% increase in monthly active users to a record 83.3 million households, according to Brick Meets Click. However, order frequency remains flat, with a decline in large metro areas offset by gains in smaller markets. The average order value for delivery and pickup fell by nearly 3%, while ship-to-home increased by 5%.

Kroger Precision Marketing has introduced features that use AI and automation to provide faster insights for consumer packaged goods brands. The new features include Agent Monday, a weekly AI-powered summary of brand performance; consolidated dashboards, a reimagined reporting experience; and self-service data orders, which allow brands to extract retail data tailored to their needs.

Afresh has introduced Fresh Buying, an AI-powered platform aimed at optimizing fresh distribution center buying. Wakefern Food is among the first to implement the platform, which Afresh CEO Matt Schwartz says will allow buyers to focus on more strategic tasks and revenue-generating activities. "This kind of innovation is poised to transform the industry -- and Wakefern is committed to leading that transformation," says Darren Caudill, chief sales officer at Wakefern.

President Trump has issued an executive order to significantly roll back tariffs on over a hundred food and agricultural items, including beef, coffee, fruits and spices, exempting many common grocery goods from the reciprocal tariffs imposed earlier in the year, making the reductions retroactive to Nov. 13. Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO of FMI -- The Food Industry Association, said the action "should help consumers, whose morning cup of coffee will hopefully become more affordable, as well as US manufacturers, which utilize many of these products in their supply chains and production lines."