Marsh Supermarkets joins 112 other grocery retailers who use My Web Grocer services which enables customers to select and purchase groceries from the comfort of their computer. Shoppers will have access to planning tools including online circulars, personalized shopping lists and recipes, enabling them to plan meals and stay informed about sales and specials that [...]
The Kroger Company has named Bob Niesyto as the new category manager for magazines. His predecessor, Dave Rustad, has been promoted to another merchandising position with broader responsibilities, including magazines. Rustad will be working closely with Niesyto over the next few weeks, as he transitions into his new position. Niesyto began his career with Kroger [...]
Among the key causes: recession-hit families seeking out more food bargains and eating at home. The New York Times June 23, 2009
Heeding the conventional wisdom that bigger is always better in Texas, Kroger will break into the market with its most up-to-date (and largest at 123,000-square-feet) store at Grand Parkway and Mason Road in Richmond. The store is scheduled to open in October. The Gourmet Retailer May 21, 2009
The showdown between Wal-Mart and Tesco starts October 4th in Phoenix, Arizona, where the first four Wal-Mart Marketside stores will open. Wal-Mart’s 15,000-square-foot, small-format grocery stores are seen as a direct competitor to the 78 Fresh & Easy stores Tesco has opened in western states this year. Reuters (Sept. 23, 2008)
The stores will be closed for between one and eighteen months for remodeling. A complete list of store addresses – most in the central part of the state — appears in the source link. CoStar’s Retail News Roundup (Sept. 14 – 20, 2008)
Discount supermarket operator ALDI will open another fifteen stores in Florida by mid-November, as part of the chains more than 100 new store openings nationwide this year. The addresses of the ten Fla. stores opening tomorrow appear in the source link. Aldi Press Release at PR Newswire (Sept. 22, 2008)
Look out, Bon Appetit and Food & Wine, Whole Foods has a revamped, Web 2.0 website featuring video cooking demonstration and more interaction with users. They’re even using third-party sites such as Facebook and Twitter in an effort to expand its customer reach. Austin Business Journal (TX) (Sept. 11, 2008)
Delhaize-owned Sweetbay Supermarket has joined rival Publix in adopting an aggressive low-price message with consumers in Florida’s competitive grocery trade. Sweetbay will employ “Sweet Deal” labels on EDLP items, and “Sweet Sale” labels for limited-time offers. Publix earlier dubbed its EDLP items “Essentials.” Supermarket News (Aug. 18, 2008)�
British grocery chain J. Sainsbury, is set to open it’s first ‘green’ store in the town of Dartmouth, Devon. The store, built out of timber and heated by a biomass boiler running on wood chips, is expected to save Sainbury’s about 1/3 of their energy bills. All future openings of Sainsbury outlets would look to incorporate as [...]