Grocery Industry
Grocery Industry
Grocery Industry
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Experience
KELLY
FIELD
Company Overview
-3rd Largest grocery chain in the United States
-Founded in 1915 by Marion Skaggs in American Falls, Idaho
-Headquarters: Pleasanton, California
-Subsidiary of Albertsons
-1,326 stores located around the U.S
◦-Western, Mid Western, Atlantic regions of the US
◦197,000 employees
How Safeway collects customer data
- Safeway keeps tabs on customer receipts to generate wallet data.
Demographics
- Collected through
demographic surveys on the
mobile app.
- Based off of 300,000
shoppers who utilize their
app.
Customer loyalty
- Safeway savings club built by provisions marketing in Concord, Massachusetts.
- Members only discounts on certain merchandise throughout the store.
- Divides customers into “primary“ and “secondary” shoppers.
- personal recognition
Costco Wholesale
GABRIELLE RHOMBERG
Company Overview
The Largest American membership-only warehouse club
2nd largest retailer in the world after Walmart (Revenue)
Employs around 205,000 employees
◦88,000 are part-time