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David Goodman | Mar 27, 2018 |

Walmart adding grocery delivery in 100+ markets

Walmart announced that it plans to expand its online grocery delivery service to more than 100 metro areas around the country. The company says the service will be available to more than 40 percent of U.S. households by year-end. Currently Walmart’s grocery delivery service is available in six markets, where customers can receive their orders […]

David Goodman | Mar 27, 2018 |

Dollar General expanding store count, adding fresh produce

According to an article in Supermarket News, Dollar General plans to add 900 new locations this year and pending a successful market test, will add fresh produce to hundreds of remodeled locations. The company has introduced “traditional plus” stores that include 34 cooler doors to merchandise an expanded perishables assortment (by year-end, the company expects […]

David Goodman | Mar 26, 2018 |

Redner's closing its Doylestown, PA store

Redner’s Warehouse Market announced earlier this month that it plans to close its Doylestown Point Plaza store on March 31. Redner’s currently operates 44 grocery stores and 21 Quick Shoppes in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. “The lease on this location is approaching its end and the property owner presented us with an offer to end […]

David Goodman | Mar 07, 2018 |

Investments in grocery-anchored centers grew in 2017

Investments in grocery-anchored shopping centers grew by 5.3% last year compared to 2016, according to a report issued by Chicago-based Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL). The increase makes the grocery-anchored segment one of the few retail sectors to see real growth. The report also stated that grocery store openings declined by 29% in 2017, with several […]

David Goodman | Mar 07, 2018 |

Kohl's to add Aldi to stores in pilot program

Kohl’s announced last week that it will bring Aldi into as many as 10 stores later this year in an attempt to increase customer traffic and store productivity. The specific stores were not released. Earlier this year Kohl’s CEO Kevin Mansell said the company had “a whole list of partners” ready to fill the space […]

David Goodman | Mar 07, 2018 |

PA Dairy Farm sells 15,000 pastries on Fasnacht Day

In what apparently is an annual tradition at Oregon Dairy in Lititz, PA, Fasnacht Day was held last month and was a great success. A fasnacht is a Pennsylvania Dutch doughnut-style pastry historically served on Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardis Gras, to mark the beginning of fasting on Ash Wednesday. Oregon […]

David Goodman | Mar 07, 2018 |

Target ramping up CapEx, small-format stores, e-commerce efforts

Target announced earlier this week that it plans to spend about $3.5 billion on capital expenditures in 2018 (compared to $2.5 billion last year) as it accelerates investments in store remodels, small-store formats and other initiatives. The company also reported that the investments will likely have an adverse affect on profit margins. Target execs said […]

David Goodman | Feb 21, 2018 |

Albertsons and Rite Aid announce merger; new company to have $83 billion in sales

Albertsons and Rite Aid announced yesterday that the companies plan to merge into a new publicly traded entity with an estimated $83 billion in annual sales. It is expected that the deal will close during the second half of the calendar year. Here are some of the details of the planned merger:   Albertsons’ private […]

David Goodman | Feb 10, 2018 |

Amazon introduces home delivery from Whole Foods

On Thursday Amazon introduced free two-hour delivery of certain Whole Foods Market items between the hours of 8am and 10pm in select zip codes in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach. Orders can be made via primenow.com or the Prime Now app. Amazon expects to expand the service across the U.S. later this year. According […]

David Goodman | Feb 10, 2018 |

Amazon Go: first cashier-less store opens in Seattle

Late last month Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store to the public. The store has few employees and no cashiers. Located at company headquarters in Seattle, customers with the Go app scan their smartphones and enter the store through a gate. Once inside they are free to roam the 1,800 square foot store and […]

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