Bottom Dollar confirms 14 stores for Pittsburgh
Rumors have swirled about Bottom Dollar’s expansion to Pittsburgh (see my July 11 blog post: Bottom Dollar planning at least 9 stores in Pittsburgh), and now Delhaize America has confirmed it, according to a report in the Supermarket News. Bc The store, founded in 2005 in North Carolina, now has 47 locations in five states. The […]
Wegmans tops per store sales in Philly market, ShopRite and Giant also strong
I’ve written before about the wealth of information in the June issue of Food Trade News, which includes Publisher Jeff Metzger’s annual Market Study. It’s 100 pages of Elias Sports Bureau-type information; just substitute food retailers for professional sports leagues. An interesting stat to me is sales per store. Much has been written in the […]
A&P struggling to make new deal with unions
Negotiations between A&P and 13 local unions on a new contract designed to make the company more competitive are not making much progress, according to a story yesterday in the Supermarket News. The unions claim the bankrupt grocer’s latest proposal, which followed an initial proposal that the unions were very critical of, would result in […]
It’s the end of the road for Borders
According to reports, Borders has failed to reach an agreement with one of its bidders who had made an offer to keep the company running. The result will be the closure of its remaining 399 stores, including 12 in the Philadelphia region. Borders had filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year. The chain’s assets will most […]
Giant ready to open first Philly store
Giant is seeing increases in sales and market share in the Delaware Valley, and now they are preparing for the opening of their first supermarket in Philadelphia. The 74,000 square foot store will open Wednesday at 2550 Grant Avenue in Northeast Philly, and will include on-site gas and a pharmacy. It will be open 24 […]
Six “traditional” supermarkets among Top 20 U.S. Retailers
The National Retail Federation released its annual Top 100 Retailers list, and Wal-Mart remains at the top by a comfortable margin (nearly four times the annual sales of the #2 retailer). As usual, traditional supermarkets made a strong showing, taking six of the top 20 spots. It wasn’t supermarkets, though, that caused much of the […]
Bottom Dollar planning at least 9 stores in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Tribune published a story last week about Bottom Dollar’s expansion to the Pittsburgh market. According to the story, nine stores are in the works (or thought to be, anyway) for the area. If the growth of stores in Philadelphia is any indication, the number could rise quickly. At this time last year we […]
Target reports double digit grocery comps
Lat week Target reported that comparable year-on-year store grocery sales for June were up in the mid-teens. A couple months ago, the mega-retailer reported comparable grocery sales for April increased by 30%. As for overall store sales in June, the increase was 4.5%. In the Northeast, comparable store sales in June were “positive but softer […]
ShopRite tops Acme for grocery sales leader in Philly market
I am anxiously awaiting the June issue of the Food Trade News and its annual market study. Although I haven’t received it yet, Maria Panaritis of the Philadelphia Inquirer obviously has. According to Maria’s story yesterday about the study, “ShopRite, ringing up $1.7 billion in sales across the eight-county Philadelphia region, grabbed the top spot from […]
Walmart to have 300 Neighborhood Market stores by 2013
According to an article in Shopping Centers Today, Walmart said last week it plans to nearly double the number of its Neighborhood Market supermarkets over the next three years. Currently the company operates 185 of these stores, including 30 in Puerto Rico. Walmart President and CEO Bill Simon is counting on the 42,000 square foot stores […]