{
  "id": 8931645,
  "title": "Number Sense: Major grocers see identical-store sales growth wither away",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/number-sense-major-grocers-see-identical-store-sales-growth-wither",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:48:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Grocery Dive",
    "slug": "grocery-dive",
    "url": "https://www.grocerydive.com/news/traditional-supermarkets-grocery-comparable-store-sales/830570/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Number Sense is a regular column that uses data to help understand the grocery landscape. As a numbers-loving grocery industry journalist, nothing commands my attention quite like a supermarket chain’s quarterly earnings report. That’s where I find a bounty of financial de...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}