Giant to spend $114M on distribution center and PA store renovations
Giant announced that it plans to open a new distribution center in Philadelphia, remodel the St. David’s, PA store and open an Heirloom Market at Abbot’s Square in the Queen Village section of Philadelphia. In all, the company plans to spend about $114...McCaffrey’s opens New Hope, PA store
McCaffrey’s opened its fourth Bucks County location and seventh store overall today in a former Staples space in New Hope, PA. Along with the typical full-service supermarket departments, the store will feature a gourmet sandwich station and deli, a salad bar,...Lidl to build distribution center in Georgia
Lidl announced that it plans to construct a distribution center in Covington, GA, about 35 miles outside of Atlanta. The 925,000 square foot facility will be the company’s fourth U.S. distribution center (others are in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia) and...Save A Lot secures new financing, plans to modernize
Save A Lot announced that it has secured new financing to recapitalize its business and deleverage its balance sheet. The discount grocer, owned by Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. since 2016, plans to use the funds to support operations and speed up efforts to...Wawa ranked as #2 convenience store in U.S.
Food & Wine Magazine has named Wawa as the second best convenience store in the U.S., behind Texas-based Buc-ee’s. Stewart’s, an Upstate New York chain, was third, just ahead of Sheetz. According to the magazine, Wawa is “part of the glue holding...Giant Food parent to spend $480 million on U.S. supply chain operations
Ahold Delhaize USA, the parent company of the Giant, Giant Martin’s, Food Lion, Hannaford and Stop & Shop supermarket chains, announced that it plans to invest $480 million in its supply chain operations over the next three years. Ahold’s plan includes...Wegmans to add distribution center in Virginia
Wegmans Food Markets, which recently opened its 100th store, plans to build a new regional distribution center in Ashland, Virginia. The 1.1 million square foot, $175 million facility is slated to begin operations in 2022. Wegmans currently has regional distribution...Walmart piloting self-driving delivery vehicles
Walmart announced earlier this month that it plans to pilot grocery delivery using Nuro autonomous vehicles in Houston in the coming months. The self-driving, electric vehicles will bring online grocery orders to customers’ homes. At first the service will be...Lidl plans to acquire 6 Shoppers stores in MD & VA; envisions 50 stores on Long Island
Earlier this month Lidl announced that it plans to acquire six Shoppers Food & Pharmacy locations from United Natural Foods Inc. Five of the stores are in Maryland and one is in Virginia. Shoppers currently has 43 stores but expects to be down to 26 after...By David Goodman
