NEW YORK — Food retailers continue to bolster their grocery pickup and delivery capabilities as a growing proportion of shoppers buy at least some of their food online. Kroger Co., Walmart, Giant Food, Wakefern Food Corp. and Weis Markets Inc. were among the food retailers announcing grocery fulfillment-related developments in July. Kroger chief executive officer
CARLISLE, Pa. — GIANT Food Stores is opening its second of four GIANT Heirloom Market stores on August 2 in Philadelphia, in the city’s University City neighborhood. Ahold Delhaize’s GIANT Food Stores unit has developed the small-format concept to bolster its presence in urban neighborhoods. “The opening of our second GIANT Heirloom Market store reaffirms
LANDOVER, Md. — Giant Food is launching Giant Pickup, allowing shoppers who order online to retrieve their groceries at a Giant Food store without having to leave their vehicles. The service was introduced July 1 and is expected to be available at 100 stores in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware by year’s end. “Whether
QUINCY, Mass. — Ahold Delhaize USA announced that Stop & Shop president Mark McGowan is leaving the company later this year and will be succeeded by Gordon Reid, president of the Giant Food banner. Reid will take the reins at Stop & Shop in late July. Ahold Delhaize said McGowan agreed to stay on to
CARLISLE, Pa. – Ahold Delhaize USA’s GIANT Food Stores division celebrated the grand openings of six new stores in four states on Friday, boosting its total store count to 178. Five of the stores, which are former Shop ‘n Save locations GIANT acquired earlier this year, are branded MARTIN’S Food Markets. They are located in
LANDOVER, Md. — Ahold Delhaize’s Giant Food division here said Tuesday that it plans to spend $175 million over the next two years to open a new store and remodel 24 others in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The capital spending plan is in addition to the recently announced $21 million investment in a new Giant store
CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant Food Stores expects to launch an e-commerce hub later this year in Lancaster, Pa., that will bolster the grocer’s delivery business while serving as a pickup destination for shoppers who purchase merchandise from the company’s website. The 38,000-square-foot facility will be the fifth such hub in Pennsylvania and will permit Giant
CARLISLE, Pa. — Ahold USA’s banners are seeking to leverage new digital programs to connect with shoppers both in its stores and online. The digital growth strategies are being rolled out at the Stop & Shop, Giant Food, GIANT/MARTIN’S, and Peapod banners, include significant investments in new digital tools, the company said. Those tools include
QUINCY, Mass. — Ahold USA and Delhaize America announced plans to consolidate the two Stop & Shop divisions — Stop & Shop New York Metro and Stop & Shop New England — into a single organization. The move, announced on Monday, is the latest in an ongoing effort to unite and streamline the U.S. operations