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David Goodman | Aug 29, 2025 |

Amazon launches same-day delivery for fresh groceries

Amazon announced earlier this month that customers in more than 1,000 municipalities can order fresh groceries online with same-day delivery, and the company plans to expand to over 2,300 locations across the U.S. by the end of the year. In most locations, same-day grocery delivery is free to Prime members for orders over $25, and […]

David Goodman | Aug 28, 2025 |

Aldi plans first store in Manhattan

Aldi announced that it has a signed lease for a portion of the ground floor of The Ellery, a 32-story residential development on 42nd Street near Times Square in New York. The 25,000 square foot store will be the discount grocer’s first Manhattan location. Aldi aims to open 800 new U.S. stores by the end […]

David Goodman | Aug 08, 2025 |

Costco sales on the rise; July sales exceed $20 billion

Costco reported an 8.5% year over year sales increase and net sales of nearly $21 billion for the month of July. And for the first 48 weeks of the company’s fiscal year, net sales are up 8.1% to $248.35 billion. Costco’s ecommerce sales have risen by 14.9% during the same time period. In addition, the […]

David Goodman | Aug 05, 2025 |

Dollar General Market opens in Delaware's smallest town

Dollar General Market opened last week in Hartly, DE, the state’s smallest incorporated town. The market will employ 10 to 15 workers; the entire town has 78 people, according to reports. The location of the new store is across the street from a Family Dollar that opened before Covid. Unlike Family Dollar, DG Market offers […]

David Goodman | Jul 23, 2025 |

Grocery shopping habits changing as workers return to the office

Grocery stores are experiencing a shift in shopping patterns as more workers return to their offices, according to a report by PYMNTS Intelligence based on a survey of over 2,000 consumers earlier this year. The study, titled “How People Pay: Consumer Spending Habits Change as Workers Return to the Office,” said that as of early […]

David Goodman | Jul 23, 2025 |

Aldi, Trader Joe's, and Lidl taking foot traffic from traditional grocers

Placer.ai reported that Aldi, Trader Joe’s, and Lidl continue to chip away at the market share of their larger, more well-established competitors. According to Placer, the three grocers experienced significant foot traffic growth in the first half of 2025, with Aldi up 7.1% (year over year), Trader Joe’s up 11.9%, and Lidl up 4.9%. The […]

David Goodman | Jul 16, 2025 |

Family Dollar cuts ties with Dollar Tree

Family Dollar is now a standalone private company with no affiliation to Dollar Tree, which had been Family Dollar’s parent company until recently, when it was purchased by private equity firms. Brigade Capital Management, Macellum Capital Management, and Arkhouse Management Co. are Family Dollar’s new owners. Family Dollar operates over 7,500 stores in the U.S. […]

David Goodman | Jul 14, 2025 |

Amazon Prime Day gains grocery shoppers

Amazon announced that its efforts to attract more grocery shoppers to Prime Day appeared to be working. The announcement came a few days after the company reported that corporate staff members were called on to help pick order items and prep them for delivery in a Brooklyn grocery warehouse. Numerator, a data analytics firm, reported […]

David Goodman | Jul 02, 2025 |

Wegmans testing smart carts

Wegmans announced last week that it has been testing smart carts – which allow customers to scan items as they shop – in two stores in Rochester, NY and one in Buffalo, NY. And earlier this week the supermarket chain said it is rolling out Instacart’s Caper Carts at one of its Syracuse, NY locations as […]

David Goodman | Jun 25, 2025 |

Amazon plans to expand rapid delivery, triple its delivery network

Amazon announced yesterday that tens of millions of households from more than 4,000 smaller communities and cities will have access to same-day and next-day delivery by the end of the year.  According to Amazon, in cities where it currently offers rapid delivery, items delivered by no later than the next day have increased by more […]

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