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David Goodman | Jul 23, 2025 |
Supermarket News

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 |
Supermarket News

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 |
Supermarket News

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 |
Supermarket News

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 |
Supermarket News

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 |
Supermarket News

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 […]
David Goodman | Jun 23, 2025 |
Supermarket News

Kroger plans to close 60 stores

Kroger announced last Friday that it plans to close 60 stores in the next 18 months. The company added that the closures would have a “modest financial benefit” but the gains realized would be reinvested in efforts to improve the customer experience. Kroger, which is recovering from a failed two-year effort to merge with Albertsons, […]
David Goodman | Jun 16, 2025 |
Supermarket News

Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord reportedly discussing a merger

A German business news magazine reported that Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord are holding secret merger talks. It’s been 65 years since Aldi founders Karl and Theo Albrecht split the German company into two entities (supposedly over a disagreement about whether to sell cigarettes). Since the split, Aldi Sud has operated Aldi stores in the […]
David Goodman | Jun 02, 2025 |
Supermarket News

FreshDirect opens first physical store

New York City-based FreshDirect, founded in 2002 and one of the first online-only grocers, opened its first brick-and-mortar store over Memorial Day Weekend in Southampton, NY’s East End Village. In a press release, FreshDirect said the store was “designed to evoke the charm of a classic farmers market” and features “an abundant selection of local […]
David Goodman | May 22, 2025 |
Supermarket News

Online Grocery sees massive growth in April

Online grocery sales in the U.S. grew for the ninth consecutive month with sales in April climbing to $9.8 billion, a 15.2% increase compared to the same period a year ago. In addition, the delivery and ship-to-home fulfillment methods rose 29% and 22.1%, respectively, while pickup remained flat. The sales figures are based on the […]

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