By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Following pandemic-driven sales spikes a year ago, global food retailer Ahold Delhaize upheld strong U.S. e-commerce growth and eked out a comparable-sales gain in the fiscal 2021 first quarter. For the quarter ended April 4, net sales at Ahold Delhaize USA rose 3.6% to [...]
By Alexandra Olson, De-Ann Durbin and Anne D’Innocenzio Source: Jammin983.com As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers. A year later, most of those workers are waiting their turn to receive COVID-19 vaccines, [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News With the pandemic pulling many Americans into the online shopping realm, drugstore chains CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid are serving up more same-day delivery options. CVS on Tuesday unveiled an upgrade to its CarePass customer benefits program that gives members free same-day delivery of [...]
By Yair Goldfinger Source: Supermarket News For the past year grocery retailers have been operating in a landscape that isn’t sustainable. Shoppers have been maximizing their buying at primary stores with large basket sizes and fewer trips — with the intention of spending as little time as possible in stores. [...]
By Lisa Fickensher Source: New York Post An Amazon worker at an Alabama warehouse claimed the e-tailing giant has been getting tougher with employees since it won a contentious labor vote there last month. Darryl Richardson — a picker at the facility in Bessemer, Ala., that played host to the [...]
By Lynn Petrak Source: Progressive Grocer The importance of food safety programs, protocols and personnel in food retail settings was confirmed in a new technical report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The report, focusing on grocery store deli departments, shows that retail delis with strong food safety [...]
Source: NBC 10 Boston Supermarket truck drivers and mechanics went on strike in New England Monday, stopping shipments to Shaw’s and Star Market stores as they call for a new contract. The drivers are responsible for delivering food staples to about 150 supermarkets across the region, according to Joe Piccone, [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Walgreens has expanded its on-demand delivery options to include less-than-two-hour service for retail products. The drugstore giant said Tuesday that customers nationwide can now shop from more than 24,000 items online directly from Walgreens.com or via the Walgreens mobile app and receive same-day home [...]
By Dan Ochwat Source: Store Brands Raley’s has quickened the expansion of its health-focused Raley’s O-N-E format, bringing the total count of stores with the format to three after unveiling its second new store in as many weeks. The latest store is in Reno, Nevada, joining two other stores in its [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Kroger Co. has launched a pilot to deliver online grocery orders — to nearly any location — by autonomous drones. Under a partnership with Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Kroger will be able to deliver products not just to a street [...]