Ahold Delhaize piloting small-format, cashierless store in Quincy, MA
Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of Giant Food, announced that it is piloting a small-format store concept at its office in Quincy, MA called “lunchbox” that uses friction-less checkout technology. Similar to Amazon Go stores, lunchbox enables customers to make cashier-less purchases by scanning in as they enter, selecting items and then walking out. According […]
Albertsons closes Hatfield fulfillment center
Acme’s parent company announced that it closed a 56,186 square foot fulfillment center in Hatfield, PA that was used by Plated, a meal kit company it purchased two years ago. The closure by Albertsons affects 56 people, according to a state filing. Albertsons plans to discontinue the Plated subscription service and turn it into an […]
Amazon prepping for first non-Whole Foods grocery store
Amazon revealed that it is planning to open a non-Whole Foods grocery store next year in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The 35,000 square foot store will occupy a space vacated by Toys R Us. It will include standard checkout lanes, unlike its Amazon Go locations. According to reports, the online shopping […]
Weis Markets opens store in Bedminster, PA
Weis Markets opened last week at the corner of Routes 113 and 313 in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, PA. The 61,000 square foot store is the company’s eighth location in the Delaware Valley, and overall Weis Markets operates about 200 supermarkets in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia. The new […]
Ahold Delhaize pilots checkout-free store similar to Amazon Go
Ahold Delhaize, the Netherlands-based grocer that operates the Giant Food, Giant/Martin’s, Stop & Shop, Food Lion and Hannaford banners in the U.S., said last month that it is testing a checkout-free “NanoStore” – similar to Amazon Go – in its home country. The 150 square foot store – called AH To Go and located in […]
Small NJ chain to switch from Foodtown to The Fresh Grocer
It was reported last week that Nicholas Markets, a four-store grocery retailer operating under the Foodtown banner, is leaving the Allegiance Retail Services cooperative to join Wakefern. Upon their conversion, the stores will be rebranded as The Fresh Grocer. Nicholas Markets CEO David Maniaci was the longtime chairman and CEO of Allegiance until recently, but […]
Sprouts to build smaller, simpler stores
Sprouts Farmers Markets announced last week that it is dialing back its store plans for 2020 and will build smaller and simpler stores in the future. Earlier this year – prior to new CEO Jack Sinclair’s start in late June – the company said it planned to add bigger and more elaborate stores across a […]
Save-A-Lot to offer Amazon pickup and payment services
Save-A-Lot announced on Monday that by the end of 2020 it plans to have about 400 stores as pickup and payment sites for Amazon purchases. The discount grocer plans to offer Amazon’s PayCode and HubLocker services. With PayCode, customers can purchase an item on Amazon.com and select the PayCode option. They then receive an Amazon […]
Philly’s new Heirloom Market to feature in-store taproom
Giant’s third Heirloom Market in Philadelphia is scheduled to open in a couple weeks in Northern Liberties, and according to the company it will feature an in-store taproom with craft beers and wine. The taproom, called the Underground, will offer customers samples or a full pour, and will include shuffleboard, arcade games, a Scrabble wall […]
Amazon offers free grocery delivery to Prime members
Amazon announced that beginning today, they will offer one- and two-hour grocery delivery to Prime members in certain geographic areas for no additional cost. Prime members, who pay a $119 annual membership fee, previously had to pay an additional $14.99 per month for the Amazon Fresh same-day grocery service. The free delivery service for Prime […]