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David Goodman | Mar 09, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Aldi accepting credit cards nationwide

Aldi made national news last week when it announced it would accept credit cards at its stores across the country. Until now the company accepted cash and debit cards, but didn’t want to pay the processing costs associated with credit. In 2014 Aldi tested credit card acceptance at stores in the Minneapolis, MN and Syracuse, […]

David Goodman | Mar 09, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Instacart, Google making online grocery shopping better and easier

It’s no secret that online grocery shopping is a real thing, and many people are doing it. However, it has its drawbacks, mostly that the customer can only choose from items sold at one specific store, and often the online assortment is smaller than the assortment offered in the store. Enter Instacart and Google. With […]

David Goodman | Feb 25, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Target food sales growing faster than overall company sales

Target reported this week that comparable food sales grew faster in the fourth quarter than overall company sales. The company views this growth as validation of the changes it continues to make in food assortment, freshness and presentation. Target also said that it expects the replacement of its own pharmacies with the CVS brand should […]

David Goodman | Feb 25, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Whole Foods getting flak from analysts over new 365 format

Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb was widely criticized by analysts earlier this month when he outlined strategies for the rollout of the company’s smaller “365 by Whole Foods Market” format. According to Whole Foods’ website, the new stores, slated to begin opening this year, will offer convenience and everyday low prices on natural and organic […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

McCaffrey's planning two new PA stores

McCaffrey’s Food Markets announced recently that it would open a new, small format store in Doylestown, as well as a 50,000 square foot store in Blue Bell that was previously occupied by Super Fresh. Both stores are expected to open in the spring. The Doylestown store will be called Simply Fresh by McCaffrey’s and will […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Kroger eyeing Fresh Market acquisition

A report last month stated that Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional supermarket chain, has interest in purchasing The Fresh Market. The Fresh Market had previously acknowledged that it was reviewing strategic alternatives, but speculation had been on a “going private” deal with founder Ray Berry. The Fresh Market had an estimated $1.9 billion in sales […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Key Food Co-op acquires Super Fresh name

Earlier this month the Key Food Cooperative reported that it had acquired the Super Fresh brand from A&P and that it is “planning to open several stores under the Super Fresh banner in the near future, the first of which may be as early as this month.” Key Food previously acquired the Food Emporium banner […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

The Fresh Market opens in Philly's Chestnut Hill

The Fresh Market grocery store opened in Chestnut Hill late last month. It’s the chain’s first Philadelphia store, and its fifth in Pennsylvania. The market takes up 21,000 square feet on the ground floor of a new mixed-use property that includes 20 condominium units. The site was formerly occupied by a Magarity Ford dealership that […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Lidl releases detailed criteria for U.S. expansion

Lidl, the European supermarket powerhouse that’s acquiring land up and down the east coast as it plans for a 2018 U.S. launch, introduced a website last month outlining its preferred site criteria and guidelines for potential suppliers. The website invites submissions of properties available for purchase in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, […]

David Goodman | Feb 22, 2016 |

Supermarket News

Save-A-Lot planning six new PA/NJ stores

It was reported last month that Save-A-Lot, the discount grocer that Supervalu is looking to spin off, plans to open six new stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Two of these stores will open soon in Philadelphia, and one in Norristown, PA. The other locations are planned for Lebanon, PA, Pottstown, PA and Trenton, NJ.

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