Chloe Riley is the Executive Editor of Supermarket News, which delivers the ultimate in competitive business intelligence, news and information for executives in the food retail and grocery industry. A graduate of the School of Journalism at Columbia College Chicago, Chloe previously served as a Digital Strategist at SEO firm Profound Strategy, Associate Editor at B2B hospitality mag HOTELS Magazine, as well as CEO of her own digital strategy company, Chlowe.
Convenience, price, and variety are the biggest factors driving consumers to prepare foods purchases within grocery, according to a recent report from Technomic.
And convenience seems to matter almost…
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The Commerce Commission has decided to issue a Statement of Issues for the application from Foodstuffs North Island Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited seeking clearance to merge. The Foodstuffs merger was first announced in November 2023.
The Statement of Issues will be published on the Commission’s case register in due course, and will outline the Commission’s potential competition issues with the proposed merger following its initial investigation. The Statement of Issues will invite submissions from Foodstuffs North Island, Foodstuffs South Island and other interested parties.
A Statement of Issues is not a final decision and does not mean that…
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New York has joined the list of states that allow pharmacists to dispense hormonal contraceptives without a prescription from a doctor.
States began granting contraception-prescribing authority to pharmacists in 2016, when both California and Oregon passed laws allowing the practice. The measures have gained steam since and have since expanded to 28 states and the District of Columbia, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, which conducts research on reproductive health policy.
The language of the laws varies by state, however, with some states specifying which contraceptives are covered and others referring more broadly to “self-administered hormonal contraceptives.” Some states…
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