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),...DoorDash to offer on-demand grocery delivery
DoorDash, largely known for restaurant food delivery, announced yesterday that it is planning to launch DoorPass, a grocery delivery service. Customers will be able to place orders with participating retailers at DoorDash.com or via the mobile app, and have their...Lidl tops Hot 100 Retailers fastest growing list
For the second straight year, Lidl topped the National Retail Federation / Kantar 2020 Hot 100 Retailers list of the fastest-growing retail companies. The list ranks the nation’s fastest-growing retail companies based on increases in domestic sales between 2018...Walmart tops Amazon in share of online grocery; overall e-commerce customer base not expanding
Walmart has overtaken Amazon in share of online grocery transactions, according to the annual Food and Beverages Consumables Study conducted by TABS Analytics. According to the study, Walmart had a 30% share of online food and beverage retail transactions in the last...Trader Joe’s opening in Cherry Hill
Trader Joe’s is scheduled to open tomorrow at Towne Place at Garden State Park in Cherry Hill, NJ. The 13,000 square foot store will be the 18th Trader Joe’s location in New Jersey. The store is adjacent to Shake Shack, which opened last Fall. Costco and...Aldi opens 2,000th U.S. store and plans to enter 37th state
Aldi announced that it now has 2,000 operating stores in the U.S., with 70 more coming by the end of the year. And later this year, the company plans to open four new stores in Arizona, which will be the grocer’s 37th state. Aldi embarked on a $5 billion,...Yahoo Mail users can buy Walmart groceries from their inbox
Yahoo owner Verizon Media launched an online grocery service that enables Yahoo Mail users to make Walmart purchases directly from their inbox. The service is called “Groceries from Walmart,” and users will get personalized grocery recommendations from...By David Goodman
