Gina Acosta

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Gina Acosta is the Editor-in-Chief for Progressive Grocer. She is obsessed with grocery stores, food retailers, international travel and her favorite place in the world is the 6th Arrondissement of Paris. Gina has covered the retail and CPG industries for various business publications since 2014.

Previously she was a writer and editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She served on the editorial board of the Washington Post and as an assistant editor there for more than 13 years. She has also worked for the Hartford Courant, Tallahassee Democrat, and Miami Herald.

In 2006 she was awarded the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University, where she spent more than a year studying retail, agribusiness and teaching journalism.

She has received the Hispanic Media 100 Award, Women in Communications Leadership Award, Tallahassee Democrat Award for Newsroom Excellence, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Intern Award and Hearst Journalism Award. She has also been selected as a fellow by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Poynter Institute, the Maynard Media Academy and American Society of Newspaper Editors. 

A native of Miami, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Florida A&M University and a Master of Science from the University of Tampa.

When she is not geeking out about grocery and retail news, Gina loves hiking with her Border Collie, Riley, and planning her next trip to Paris. Gina speaks fluent English, Spanish, Italian and is trying really hard to learn French.

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ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

04/19/2023

Kroger Makes a Big Retail Media Deal With Disney

Grocer to share first-party shopper data for targeting streaming audiences on Hulu
04/18/2023

Loblaw Names New President and CEO

Danish supermarket veteran takes over at fast-growing Canadian grocer
04/18/2023

Inmar Intelligence Supercharges Retail Media Scale

New Aki Technologies unit will offer retailers, brands and agencies innovative product suite
04/18/2023

Sustainability Redefined

Retailers such as re_grocery are laying a framework for the future
04/17/2023

Walmart Doubles Down on New Flywheel Business Model

Retailer explores alternative revenue streams for the future
04/17/2023

Do You Have the Best New Product of 2023?

Then hurry, don't wait, to enter Progressive Grocer's 2023 Editors' Picks awards
03/23/2023

EXCLUSIVE: Grocers Not Ready for the Next Crisis, Survey Finds

Progressive Grocer readers say retailers need more emergency planning, training
03/14/2023

Top 10 Expo West Food Trends for Grocers

It may be time to stock shelves with more mycelium, nootropic and Certified B products
03/13/2023

Kroger's Roadmap for Driving Plant-Based Sales

It's all about solving the unmet needs of the shopper
03/15/2023

How E-Grocers Are Setting the Pace of Change in Grocery

Misfits Market and Weee! successfully persuade shoppers that buying their groceries online is the way to go in any economic environment