Amazon brings Whole Foods into the mix for Prime Day
Amazon announced earlier this week that it plans to offer Prime customers $10 to spend on Amazon for Prime Day when they make a purchase of $10 or more at Whole Foods between July 11 and 17. Prime Day begins at 3:00 pm on July 16 and runs through July 17. Here’s how it works. […]
The Fresh Market to close 15 stores
The Fresh Market announced yesterday that it plans to close 15 stores in nine states. None of the closings are in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware. The closings are expected to take place in the next two to four weeks. Four of the stores are in Illinois, two in Georgia, two in Virginia, and one […]
Kroger to test unmanned vehicle delivery
Kroger announced in late June that it plans to pilot unmanned road vehicles for grocery delivery through a partnership with Nuro, a California-based robotics and artificial intelligence company. A test scheduled for the fall will allow customers to place grocery orders through Kroger’s ClickList system and Nuro’s app, and have their items delivered the same […]
Giant Eagle launches Scan Pay & Go service
The Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle supermarket chain recently launched Scan Pay & Go, a service that enables customers to use their phones or a store-provided device to scan groceries as they shop. The service allows shoppers to keep track of how much they are spending and experience a faster checkout process. Scan Pay & Go is […]
Young customers taking to Lidl as older shoppers return to former shopping habits
Two recent studies show how Lidl is affecting the competition, and how the retailer is taking hold with customers. In a study called “Defending Supermarket Share When Lidl Comes to Town,” Florida-based Catalina, which claims to have the world’s largest database of shopper history, examined shopper behavior at 83 supermarkets within three miles of 30 […]
Vote set for Albertsons – Rite Aid deal
Rite Aid has set a special stockholders meeting for August 9 to vote on a proposal to approve its merger with Albertsons, even as some investors are trying to stop the deal. Rite Aid has repeatedly stated that the deal is in the best interest of its shareholders. However, some investors have been upset that […]
Giant to open e-commerce hub in Lancaster County, PA
Giant Food Stores recently announced a $22 million investment in Lancaster County, PA. The grocery retailer plans to launch a new e-commerce hub, remodel four stores, lower prices, and open a fuel station in Lititz. According to a company press release, the e-commerce hub “will be designed with a unique format that offers curbside pickup […]
BJ’s Wholesale goes public… again
After filing for an initial public offering in May, late last month BJ’s Wholesale Club announced an IPO of 37.5 million shares of common stock at $17 per share, raising $637.5 million. The company now trades under the ticker symbol “BJ” on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock closed yesterday at $23.75. BJ’s presence […]
Wegmans named easiest company for customers to work with, Wawa also top performer
Last week the Temkin Group published the 2018 Temkin Effort Ratings, which the company calls the industry’s most comprehensive benchmark of customer effort. This measurement shows the degree to which customers view companies as either easy or hard to work with. The winner? Wegmans Food Markets. Temlin has proclaimed Wegmans as the “easiest company for […]
Dollar stores continue to increase food and beverage offerings
A story in Supermarket News earlier this month reports that Dollar General and Dollar Tree are pushing ahead with plans to increase their food and beverage offerings. Dollar General Dollar General reported that consumable sales rose significantly in the quarter ending May 4, which helped the company fuel a gain in total sales as well […]