Mobile phones have already made their presence palpable across retailing as a vehicle for coupons, price comparisons and location-tracking, but the technology is poised to have an even bigger impact on the shopping experience in 2013....More
Mergers and acquisitions remained a part of the supermarket industry during 2012, although as the year neared an end there was a feeling more was still to come....More
SAN FRANCISCO — Industrial developer Prologis here has confirmed plans to convert a Jersey City, N.J., landfill site into a new distribution center including a 345,000-square-foot automated warehouse for the Internet grocery distributor Peapod....More
PHILADELPHIA — Ahold, which invited financial analysts here in part to show off a city it won through strategic acquisitions of struggling competitors, is “poised to react” if and when more such assets become available....More
CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant Food Stores will hold in-store events at locations in Harrisburg and Camp Hill, Pa., to help customers plan holiday parties on Dec. 6....More
CHICAGO — The Peapod Internet shopping site said it plans to open its second freestanding pickup site on Wednesday, allowing shoppers same-day grocery ordering and pick up....More
PHILADELPHIA — Ahold, which this week invited financial analysts here in part to show off the fruits of some of its recent acquisitions, said Thursday the retailer was "poised to react" if and when more such assets become available....More
PHILADELPHIA — Ahold will accelerate its investment in online shopping and has added “three promises” to its “six pillars” growth strategy, officials at the retailer’s annual Capital Markets Days here said last week....More
LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Ahold USA will build a new meat-processing facility here with funding assistance from the state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s office said Tuesday....More
PURCHASE, N.Y. — Stop & Shop and Ahold said that, together with their Our Family Foundation, they were making donations totaling $2.5 million to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Sandy — one of the largest donations among several made by the industry in recent days....More
CARLISLE, Pa. — Ahold USA announced that is has again been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) list of the largest green power purchasers....More
QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop here said it has acquired the lease of a Johnnie’s Foodmaster store in Medford, Mass., and that it would convert the store to the Stop & Shop banner before the end of the year....More
SEA ISLE, N.J. — One Acme store here sustained water damage in Hurricane Sandy and two others — in Brigantine and Beach Haven — were inaccessible as of Wednesday, a spokesman for parent company Supervalu told SN....More
QUINCY, Mass -- Stop & Shop, a division of Ahold USA, hosted its third “Healthy Kids Summit” this week at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., home of the New England Patriots, which contributed a player to the event....More
WASHINGTON — The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR) has announced the availability of online resources created to help grocery chains recycle more of the plastic containers they use and empty onsite....More
CHICAGO — Online grocer Peapod here has expanded its virtual grocery-store billboards to more than 100 commuter rail stations in the markets where it operates in Chicago and the Northeast....More
The sluggish economy and other factors will continue to challenge many traditional supermarkets, according to participants in the 2012 SN Analysts Roundtable....More
