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This is the first article in a three-part series looking at the rise of SNAP online purchasing.
For over a year, Walmart and Amazon have dominated SNAP online purchasing, expanding the offering from New York in April 2019 to now nearly every state. But that is poised to change as hundreds of grocers this year look to allow shoppers to pay for online orders with their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. It s something that we re hearing from every retailer pretty much that we work with. They want to be able to move forward with it and offer it, said Jeremy Neren, co-founder and CEO of GrocerKey, a white-label e-commerce technology provider.
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Costco is facing consumer backlash after animal rights group Mercy for Animals released an undercover video filmed of a farm that supplies Lincoln Premium Poultry (LPP) plant, Costco s in-house poultry facility.
Criticism of the retailer, including from New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, cites footage of chickens in cramped and dimly lit sheds, carcasses discarded on the facility grounds and birds with obvious, untreated injuries.
Mercy for Animals President Leah Garcés is calling on Costco to join the Better Chicken Commitment, which sets ethical standards for poultry raising and processing and has been signed by more than 200 food retailers, including numerous QSRs. In December, Whole Foods became the first major U.S. national grocer to sign the commitment.
Texas grocer bags top 10 spot on global Best Places to Work list H-E-B bags a top 10 spot on Glassdoor s Best Places to Work list.
Photo courtesy of H-E-B Amid a list of some of the world’s most notable tech companies, airlines, and mega-brands, Texas favorite grocer is the cream of the crop, at least according to its workers. Online job-search company Glassdoor recently released the results of its 13th annual Employees’ Choice Awards, highlighting the best places to work in the U.S., Canada, the UK, France, and Germany, with San Antonio-based H-E-B claiming the No. 10 spot in the category of best 100 workplaces with 1,000 or more employees.