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Yonghui Beijing Xilongduo store
The store will be closed on September 20
"Retail Circle" learned that recently, Yonghui released content showing that Yonghui Supermarket, located in Xilongduo Shopping Center in Shijingshan District, Beijing, will enter the preparatory stage of store closure adjustment on September 20, and plans to officially resume business on October 19, 2024. It is understood that Xilongduo store is the first store in Beijing after Yonghui learned from Fat Donglai, which mainly involves commodity structure, quality, price, store layout, environment, service and employee treatment.
Amazon will increase warehouse hourly workers
Pay at least $1.5 per hour
"Retail Circle" learned that recently, Amazon will increase the hourly wage of warehouse hourly workers by at least $1.5 and include Prime membership in their benefits plan. The company said it would impose a pay rise on hundreds of thousands of employees in Amazon's sprawling logistics business this month, raising the average base salary to more than $22 an hour.
Retail giant Co-op launched
24-hour grocery delivery service
Recently, in order to meet the rapid growth of nighttime fast business demand, the well-known retailer Co-op announced the launch of a 24-hour grocery delivery service in Leeds, London and Manchester city center stores. In addition, Co-op has expanded the online availability of more than 1,600 stores to make evening shopping more convenient. The move aims to further expand the market share of fast commerce through the integration of online and offline to meet the increasingly diversified shopping needs of consumers.
Mingming is very busy, working with more than 50 leisure food brands
Establish the Quality Guardian Alliance
"Retail Circle" learned that on September 19, at the Hunan Provincial Leisure Snacks Food Safety Management Exchange Forum, Mingming Busy Group joined hands with Mondelez, Mars, Lay's, Master Kong, Yanjin Shop, Xizhilang, Spicy Prince and other more than 50 domestic and foreign head brands and authoritative testing institutions to initiate the establishment of Mingming Busy Quality Guardian Alliance to protect the safety of consumers. The snack industry has entered the "fast lane", and continuous source quality control is crucial.
The two departments are for food production and operation enterprises
Rewards will be implemented for internal whistleblowers
"Retail Circle" learned that on September 19, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Finance recently issued an announcement on the implementation of rewards for whistleblowers reporting within food production and operation enterprises. It mentions that after receiving a report from an internal whistleblower, the market regulation department shall, in accordance with relevant regulations, promptly carry out investigation and verification, and inform the internal whistleblower whether to file a case. As needed for case investigations, the departments for market regulation may invite internal informants to assist in the investigation after obtaining their consent. After the market regulation department responsible for the investigation and handling makes a final decision, the internal whistleblower who meets the conditions for reward shall be rewarded after it is verified to be true.
Zong Fuli responded
Cancellation of dry stock dividends
"Retail Circle" learned that Wahaha held a meeting of employee representatives on the 18th. In response to the recent rumors that Wahaha will cancel dividends and reduce salaries, Zong Fuli said at the employee representative meeting that Wahaha's dry stock dividends will not be canceled this year, and the salary structure will not change. However, dividends will be distributed based on the individual's job performance, not just past seniority or rank.
Dong Yuhui brings moon cakes
Suspected quality issues
According to the Financial Associated Press, some media reported that the Portuguese mooncakes sold in the live broadcast room of "Walking with Hui" were suspected of having quality problems - the producer of the "Macau Portuguese Kee Flowing Custard Mooncakes" recommended in the live broadcast room had stopped operating in May this year, which made many consumers worry about the quality assurance of this product. The Weibo account "Portuguese" said that there was no problem with the company's products, and stressed that they were "Macau Portuguese Food Co., Ltd.", that is, the sales money of Hui Tongtong, and had nothing to do with the "Macau Portuguese Food Co., Ltd.", which was registered in Hong Kong, China, as reported on the Internet.
Jinluo Group
The capital reduction is about $100 million
"Retail Circle" learned that the Aiqicha App shows that recently, Linyi Xincheng Jinluo Meat Products Group Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and the company's registered capital has been reduced from US$600 million to US$501 million. The company was established in October 1994, the legal representative is Ming Jinxing, the business scope includes pig slaughtering, poultry slaughtering, food production, food management, condiment production, food additives production, etc., and is wholly owned by Jinluo (Hong Kong) Holdings Co., Ltd.
JD.com increased its holdings
Debang 1.0470% shares
"Retail Circle" learned that on September 19, Debang announced that Suqian Jingdong Zhuofeng Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., a shareholder of more than 5% of the company's shares, increased its holdings of 10.7523 million shares of the company through block trading on September 18, 2024, accounting for 1.0470% of the company's total share capital. After this equity change, JD Zhuofeng's shareholding in the company will increase from 5.4312% to 6.4782%. The controlling shareholder of the company, Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Debang Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Debang Holdings"), is a company controlled by JD Zhuofeng, and after this equity change, the total proportion of the company held by Debang Holdings and JD Zhuofeng will increase from 71.9278% to 72.9748%.
Zhu Xiaojing, CEO of Walmart China
Retired as a director of Dada
Retail Circle has learned that Dada Group (ticker: "DADA") recently announced that JD.com, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired a total of 87,481,280 ordinary shares and 1,875,000 United States Depositary Receipts from Global Pinnacle Corporation, a wholly-owned company of Walmart Group. After the completion of the transaction, JD.com acquired all of the shares of Dada held by Walmart and actually held about 63.2% of the total issued ordinary shares of Dada. In addition, Ms. Zhu Xiaojing, President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart China, has resigned as a director of Dada's Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Lipton's CEO leaves
Recently, Amsterdam Netherlands-based Lipton Teas and Infusions (LIPTON Teas and Infusions) announced that after two years of running the world's leading tea company, Nathalie Roos chose to step down as CEO of Lipton Corporation for "personal reasons", and the board of directors has agreed to this decision. According to the data, Lipton was spun off from Unilever's original tea business and is currently controlled by a private equity firm, with Nathalie Roos as its first head. According to the announcement, Pierre Laubies, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lipton Corporation, will become Executive Chairman, while the Board of Directors will identify a successor to Nathalie Roos. This means that the dust has not yet settled on the new leader of Lipton.