Aldi to open next month in North Philly mixed-use development
Aldi confirmed last week that it will open its new store near North Broad Street in North Philadelphia sometime next month. The store will be on the ground floor of a 14-story, 475-unit residential building and represents the first time in Philadelphia that the...Giant to help revitalize Please Touch Museum market with $1.2M grant
The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia will receive a $1.2 million grant from Giant for the museum’s yet-to-be-named market exhibit. For decades, the museum has featured an exhibit that provided kids with an opportunity to shop in a (pretend) grocery store and...Online grocery shopping expected to double its market share by 2025
According to a study released last month, online grocery will grow to 21.5% of total U.S. grocery sales by 2025, more than doubling its current share of the overall grocery market. The study, conducted by grocery e-commerce specialist Mercatus and research firm...Restaurant sales grew in August as supermarket sales fell
According to data released by market research firm M Science, sales at major grocery chains dropped in August, while restaurant sales grew, a clear indication that Americans are spending more of their income allocated for meals in restaurants as states relax Covid...Amazon Fresh coming to Philly and suburbs with digitally integrated supermarkets
According to a report by Natalie Kostelni in the Philadelphia Business Journal, Amazon has signed a lease for a new, 40,000 square foot grocery store in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. The store is planned for the first floor of a 13-story apartment...First Amazon Fresh supermarket unveiled in CA
Amazon unveiled its Amazon Fresh supermarket at a new, 35,000 square foot store in Woodland Hills, CA late last month. The store – the first under the Amazon Fresh banner – isn’t open to the general public yet, but Amazon has been emailing thousands...Whole Foods opens online-only “dark store” in Brooklyn
Whole Foods opened its first online-only store earlier this month in Brooklyn, NY. According to parent-company Amazon, the “dark store” will fulfill delivery orders only and help Whole Foods better meet rising customer demand for grocery delivery service....Walmart pilots drone delivery and adds Instacart in select markets
Walmart announced earlier this week that it launched a pilot program to provide grocery delivery by drone from a store in Fayetteville, NC. The nation’s largest retailer is now delivering select grocery and household items using Flytrex’s automated drones....Lidl and Aldi announce aggressive expansion plans
Lidl announced this week that it plans to open 50 new stores by the end of next year and will invest more than $500 million to do so. The company says new stores will open in the nine states it currently operates in – New Jersey (10 new stores), Maryland (10),...By David Goodman
