Automation

Walmart Laying Off Hundreds Of US Workers At Five E-commerce Fulfillment Centers

Hundreds of workers at five US Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find jobs within 90 days at other company locations, a...

Kroger Sees Annual Profit Above Estimates

Kroger forecast annual profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the supermarket chain benefits from higher prices, easing cost pressures and stea...

Sainsbury's To Close Two Depots With 1,400 Jobs Affected

British supermarket group Sainsbury's plans to consolidate five existing Sainsbury's and Argos general merchandise depots into three, closing two by 2026,...

Smurfit Kappa Invests In New Sustainability Initiative At Spanish Paper Mill

Smurfit Kappa has announced that it is investing €27 million in a new waste management and recovery facility at its Nervión paper mill in Iurre...

Billa Online Shop Offers Employees Of Gurkerl.at Jobs After Layoffs

Austrian retailer Billa has announced it will be offering jobs to employees who have registered for termination from the online delivery service Gurkerl.at...

Coop Sweden's New Goods Terminal To Create 300 Jobs In 2023

Coop Sweden has announced plans to invest in a new goods terminal in Eskilstuna logistics park, which the grocery retailer says will be one of Europe's lar...

British Supermarkets Confront Their German Discounting Demons

Britain's big supermarkets say they have never been more competitive on price, yet their customers are still flocking to German-owned discount stores Aldi...