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David Goodman | Nov 07, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Saladworks opens seventh supermarket restaurant

Saladworks opened its first store inside a Giant supermarket late last month in Camp Hill, PA. The company also has restaurants in five ShopRite stores plus one in The Fresh Grocer. In Camp Hill, the Saladworks counter is near the Beer & Wine Eatery in the food court area, which also includes a Starbucks and […]
David Goodman | Oct 22, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Acme Markets to acquire 27 Kings and Balducci's stores

Acme Markets, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Albertsons, plans to purchase 27 Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Markets for $96.4 million. Acme had the winning bid in a bankruptcy auction held earlier this month. KB US Holdings, the parent company for Kings and Balducci’s, had accepted a $75 million bid from investment firm TLI […]
David Goodman | Oct 11, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Aldi to open next month in North Philly mixed-use development

Aldi confirmed last week that it will open its new store near North Broad Street in North Philadelphia sometime next month. The store will be on the ground floor of a 14-story, 475-unit residential building and represents the first time in Philadelphia that the discount retailer will be part of a mixed-use development. Aldi’s address […]
David Goodman | Oct 08, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Giant to help revitalize Please Touch Museum market with $1.2M grant

The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia will receive a $1.2 million grant from Giant for the museum’s yet-to-be-named market exhibit. For decades, the museum has featured an exhibit that provided kids with an opportunity to shop in a (pretend) grocery store and learn about food. (I remember it well, as it was my kids favorite […]
David Goodman | Oct 08, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Online grocery shopping expected to double its market share by 2025

According to a study released last month, online grocery will grow to 21.5% of total U.S. grocery sales by 2025, more than doubling its current share of the overall grocery market. The study, conducted by grocery e-commerce specialist Mercatus and research firm Incisiv Projects, polled nearly 60,000 U.S. consumers across 20 states. For this year, […]
David Goodman | Oct 08, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Restaurant sales grew in August as supermarket sales fell

According to data released by market research firm M Science, sales at major grocery chains dropped in August, while restaurant sales grew, a clear indication that Americans are spending more of their income allocated for meals in restaurants as states relax Covid restrictions. Not surprisingly, more densely populated areas, which have had more stringent dining […]
David Goodman | Oct 03, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Amazon Fresh coming to Philly digitally integrated supermarkets

According to a report by Natalie Kostelni in the Philadelphia Business Journal, Amazon has signed a lease for a new, 40,000 square foot grocery store in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. The store is planned for the first floor of a 13-story apartment complex and includes underground parking. Rodin Development is proposing the new […]
David Goodman | Sep 12, 2020 |
Supermarket News

First Amazon Fresh supermarket unveiled in CA

Amazon unveiled its Amazon Fresh supermarket at a new, 35,000 square foot store in Woodland Hills, CA late last month. The store – the first under the Amazon Fresh banner – isn’t open to the general public yet, but Amazon has been emailing thousands of local customers and inviting them to come in and shop. […]
David Goodman | Sep 12, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Whole Foods opens online-only "dark store" in Brooklyn

Whole Foods opened its first online-only store earlier this month in Brooklyn, NY. According to parent-company Amazon, the “dark store” will fulfill delivery orders only and help Whole Foods better meet rising customer demand for grocery delivery service. It will exclusively service Brooklyn customers. The online-only store comes as Amazon / Whole Foods continues to […]
David Goodman | Sep 12, 2020 |
Supermarket News

Walmart pilots drone delivery and adds Instacart in select markets

Walmart announced earlier this week that it launched a pilot program to provide grocery delivery by drone from a store in Fayetteville, NC. The nation’s largest retailer is now delivering select grocery and household items using Flytrex’s automated drones. The pilot program comes one week after Amazon was granted approval from the Federal Aviation Administration […]

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