SALISBURY, N.C. — The Food Lion banner of Ahold Delhaize USA has expanded its Food Lion To-Go grocery pickup service to several new locations. It is now available at a total of 105 locations in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To drive trial, the southeastern grocery chain is offering the first pickup for free.
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. is making it easier for many college students to shop and get everything they need with the small-format stores the company is opening on college campuses across the country. Last year, Target opened 10 new small-format stores on or near college campuses, bringing the total to nearly two dozen campus stores
AUSTIN, Texas — H-E-B has opened a new technology center here that also serves as the new headquarters for Favor, its wholly owned on-demand delivery subsidiary. The new facility, known as the Eastside Tech Hub, represents another step toward fulfilling the regional grocer’s ambition to become the digital industry leader in Texas. The rapidly growing
PHOENIX — Veteran retail and grocery executive Jack Sinclair has been named chief executive officer of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. He succeeds Amin Maredia, who unexpectedly announced late last November that he would step down at the end of 2018. Sinclair joined Sprouts from 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, where he had served as CEO
RICHMOND, Va. — GPM Investments LLC has appointed Mike Bloom to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief merchandising and marketing officer. Bloom previously served as chief executive officer of Fred’s Inc., president and chief operating officer of Family Dollar and executive vice president of merchandising, marketing and supply chain at CVS.
Amazon, synonymous with innovation in retailing and technology, consistently tests boundaries as a result of its self-described customer obsession and commitment to long-term thinking. The company’s catalytic role in e-commerce is a given, but in recent years it has also extended its reach in the realm of brick-and-mortar retailing. Through the acquisition of Whole Foods
Back in 1974, Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign from office. Writer Steven King published his first novel. The Sears Tower in Chicago became the world’s tallest building. And in another first that year, a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. Although little appreciated
This year, in the face of a potential slowdown in the economy, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies will use mergers and acquisitions (M&As) to rebalance their portfolios, letting go of noncore assets and reinvesting in the capabilities they need to stay relevant to the consumer. This drive towards a comprehensive portfolio management comes
This isn’t a new or novel recommendation — it’s been suggested for years, long before Amazon became one of the driving forces for innovation in retail. Now, however, it seems even more critical to success and winning customers and sales. For the purposes of this article, the focus will be collaboration between suppliers and retailers.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is launching a new service this fall that will allow customers to get groceries delivered right into their refrigerators. Walmart president and chief executive officer Doug McMillon announced the service, called InHome Delivery, during the company’s annual shareholders meeting here. “What’s the one thing busy families can’t buy at Walmart?” McMillon
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The executive team of CVS Health outlined a series of transformation initiatives at its 2019 Investor Day event earlier this month, showing how the company plans to accelerate enterprise growth, simplify a consumer health system that is confusing and inconvenient, and position the company for long-term growth and increased shareholder value. The
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree Inc. last month began adding items costing more than a dollar at select Dollar Tree stores as it weighs whether to revise its commitment to a single price point. The multi-price-point merchandise is being displayed in sections branded as Dollar Tree Plus to clearly differentiate it from the stores’ $1