MOM’s Organic Market opens 19th store
MOM’s Organic Market opened its 19th location earlier this month in Gaithersburg, MD. The 16,000 square foot store follows recent openings in White Marsh, MD, Cherry Hill, NJ, Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA. According to Founder and CEO Scott Nash, the company doesn’t have openings scheduled for the next 12 to 18 months, but will […]
Amazon Go convenience stores slated for Chicago, San Francisco
Amazon confirmed last month that Amazon Go convenience stores are slated for Chicago and San Francisco, but no timetable was provided. The first Amazon Go, an 1,800 square foot store that carries mostly food and beverages along with some nonfood items like batteries and over-the-counter medicine, opened in Seattle in January. Go stores feature checkout-free shopping made […]
Lidl expands delivery via Shipt
Shipt announced last month that it has begun to offer online grocery delivery services for Lidl stores in Northern Virginia. The company said that fresh foods, household essentials and other grocery items ordered through its online marketplace can be delivered from Lidl stores in Ashburn, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Woodbridge in as soon as an hour. […]
Target continues to expand same-day and next-day delivery
Last month Target announced that it rolled out its Target Restock service nationwide, and that the company has expanded its Shipt same-day delivery service in six midwestern states. Restock According to Target, more than 75% of the U.S. population can order from an assortment of 35,000 items and have their “Restock box” delivered to their door […]
Several Aldi stores opening soon in Southeastern PA
The Mercury reported recently that Aldi plans to open stores in Pottstown and Malvern, with the Pottstown store slated to open at the end of this month, and the Malvern store coming in the fall. And last week The Delaware County Times reported that Aldi would open on June 14 in the former Giant supermarket […]
Lidl replaces U.S. CEO
Lidl announced that it has replaced U.S. CEO Brendan Proctor less than a year after its initial expansion into America. Proctor’s successor is Johannes Fieber, who most recently served as CEO of Lidl Sweden. Although Lidl initially estimated it would open 100 stores by the end of 2018, the company currently has only 53 stores […]
Study shows that online grocery shopping and meal kit purchases are increasing
A recent study by Valassis concluded that consumers are embracing new grocery shopping options like online ordering and delivery, and meal kits. Of 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 7% said they order groceries online weekly, but that increases to 14% for parents, 12% for millennials, and 15% for millennials with children. In addition, 5% of all […]
Instacart raises money to fuel expansion, add employees
Instacart announced last month that it received $350 million in financing from Coatue Management, a technology-focused hedge fund, and noted that it has raised more than $1 billion since 2012, with most of it still in the bank. According to the company, the additional funding will be used to double its employee count, fuel expansion, […]
Amazon adding Prime perks at Whole Foods
After several weeks of speculation, the news broker earlier this month that Amazon is planning new Whole Foods benefits for its Prime members. According to a CNBC report, “the new perks will bring the might of Amazon’s membership program to the grocery industry, folding Whole Foods into a network other grocers are struggling to compete […]
A&P sells off intellectual property
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., which entered bankruptcy nearly three years ago before closing all of its stores, sold “substantially all of its intellectual property assets,” which consist of its store banners and private labels. Hilco Streambank, a company retained by A&P in 2015, announced that it brokered the sale of 23 A&P […]