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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. The program, dubbed Restock, was launched earlier this year in an effort to adjust product choices, rearrange store layouts and highlight private-label brands.

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Grocery Tracker: 7-Eleven Eyes 10K U.S. Stores

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Investor optimism in spite of the news perhaps indicates faith in the cost-cutting measures Whole Foods has pursued, along with boosting its less-expensive 365 brand. based brands, and less dramatic than Whole Foods’ rise. WFM is up 1.2 percent in 2017. Friday morning trading saw KR stock up 0.75 percent to $29.73.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, AT&T and Verizon launched drones in Houston, Texas to inspect their towers — a process which would have been too dangerous and time-consuming to do manually. DroneCast has developed services for banner advertising and has delivered Ford-branded knickknacks to patrons at auto conventions.