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David Goodman | Jul 26, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger - Albertsons merger

A Colorado judge postponed the Kroger – Albertsons merger yesterday, granting a preliminary injunction hearing that will take place over the course of two weeks beginning September 30. The proposed $24.6 billion merger had been challenged by the state attorney general. The merger is also facing a multi-state lawsuit led by the Federal Trade Commission […]
David Goodman | Jul 23, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Lidl's shipping company continues to grow and thrive

Two years after Lidl surprised the shipping industry by launching Tailwind Shipping Lines, the company’s fleet has grown to nine ships, with its largest to date recently starting service. Lidl, part of the Schwartz Group, the fifth-largest retailer in the world, started the new business as a result of delays and shortages in container volumes […]
David Goodman | Jul 23, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Saker to renovate and expand Freehold, NJ ShopRite

The Freehold, NJ ShopRite that opened 60 years ago is scheduled for renovation and expansion, pending approval from the township’s planning board. The plan is for the store to remain open during construction, and upon completion it will be 86,500 square feet. Holmdel, NJ-based Saker ShopRites owns and operates the store, along with 38 others […]
David Goodman | Jul 17, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Whole Foods adding small-format stores in Manhattan

Whole Foods said this week that it plans to open two more small-format stores in Manhattan, one of which will be in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in a closed Rite Aid drug store. (The Javitz Center, site of the New York ICSC, is in the southwest corner of Hell’s Kitchen.) Manhattan’s first small-format Whole Foods […]
David Goodman | Jul 03, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Amazon Fresh opens in Eatontown, NJ

Amazon Fresh opened a new store in Eatontown, NJ, its 42nd store in the chain. The 35,000 square foot store reflects the company’s latest design and comes only five months after Amazon Fresh closed several locations. The Eatontown store features grocery delivery and pickup options, plus connected devices like the Amazon Dash Cart – the […]
David Goodman | Jul 01, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Giant, ShopRite dominate grocery market share in Greater Philly and the Delaware Valley

Giant and ShopRite are once again the two dominant grocers in the Greater Philadelphia Market, as per the annual Market Issue of Food Trade News. Giant has a 15.94% market share (based on sales) and ShopRite has 14.29%. The counties included in the market area include Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester. […]
David Goodman | Jun 28, 2024 |
Supermarket News

BJ's to add 25th New Jersey club

BJ’s Wholesale Club announced that it plans to open a new store in Hanover Township, NJ early next year. It will mark the retailer’s 25th club in New Jersey. Earlier this year the company announced eight new openings across the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast, as well as expansion into Kentucky, its 21st state. Currently BJ’s […]
David Goodman | Jun 28, 2024 |
Supermarket News

ShopRite adding Instacart's Caper Carts

Wakefern announced this week that Instacart’s Caper Carts will be added to four ShopRite stores in the Philadelphia area. Caper Carts allow shoppers to grab items and place them in their cart like normal, but the carts also recognize and weigh the items, and show how much has been spent on the shopping trip. ShopRite […]
David Goodman | Jun 19, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Lidl still sees untapped potential in the U.S.

Grocerydive.com published an article earlier this week about Lidl’s troubled history in the U.S. and the changes being made by the discount grocer to better suit the American consumer. These changes include new leadership and their approach to merchandising. New leadership – last summer Lidl US hired its first American CEO, and earlier this year […]
David Goodman | Jun 11, 2024 |
Supermarket News

Aldi and Lidl have differences - read about them here!

The website EatThis.com, AKA Eat This, Not That!, published an article last week citing the major differences between German-based discount retailers Aldi and Lidl. Here’s a summary. Footprint: Although the two retailers have similar business models, Aldi has been in the U.S. far longer than Lidl. Aldi’s first American store opened in 1976 and now […]

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