Since Whole Foods Market and surplus food marketplace Too Good to Go (TGTG) partnered last year, the two companies claim to have kept 1.6 million meals from going to waste, while also saving consumers money as grocery prices climb.

Now, they’re expanding the partnership with seven additional surprise bag categories across 530 stores, and reaching nearly every major grocery department. It’s TGTG’s first national grocery partnership to do so. They’ve added dry grocery, frozen foods, refrigerated foods, and produce bags ($6.99 for $21 value), floral bags ($7.99 for $24 value), and seafood and meat bags ($9.99 for $30 value).

While TGTG, which launched in the US in 2020 and currently has 17 million users nationwide, is focused on sustainability and food waste reduction, consumers have used the app to score cheaper food to offset rising grocery costs. Whole Foods, meanwhile, has been working to turn around its “whole paycheck” reputation as consumers become more budget conscious.

“It’s a win for consumers,” Liz Wilson, head of key accounts at TGTG, told Retail Brew. “There’s the affordability aspect. They’ve also always been leaders in sustainability. So marrying those two things together with their work with us at Too Good to Go just made sense.”

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After nearly 12 years at the helm of the country’s biggest retailer, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is retiring in early 2026, and current Walmart US head John Furner will take over the position, effective February 1.

McMillon’s tenure spans a tumultuous period, when a global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, elevated inflation, and now trade restrictions have tested the resilience of the retail behemoth.

However, during those years, Walmart was rarely static. While many retailers struggled to survive, let alone grow, McMillon spearheaded the transformation of the company’s e-commerce and supply chain operations, making it a viable competitor to the likes of Amazon.

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The White House last week cited a new report from DoorDash that showed decreasing food prices across select products as evidence that “inflation has been tamed.”

DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce report, which was released on Monday, used several indexes to indicate dropping and steadying prices, referencing data from grocers on DoorDash Marketplace. Between March and September, its Breakfast Basics Index—which includes three eggs, a glass of milk, a bagel, and an avocado—declined 14% (mostly due to a drop in elevated egg prices, DoorDash noted). Its Everyday Essentials Index—comprising toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper, laundry detergent, pain medicine, and diapers—remained flat.

The White House cited the data in a briefing on Monday that included a graph claiming that “grocery prices on breakfast items has [sic] dropped 14% in the last six months”—a number not reported by DoorDash.

Prices on many breakfast items continue to rise, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data released last month.

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