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SN Top 10: Costco, Winn-Dixie, Amazon top the week’s headlines

Supermarket News Staff

November 23, 2020

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Clockwise from top left: A Costco store's grand opening; an Instacart personal shopper bag; an Amazon Pharmacy delivery; a Florida Winn-Dixie grand op

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, Costco paying stockholders a $10-per-share special dividend ranked as the week’s top story. The aggregate payment for the extra dividend was pegged at $4.4 billion. Among other stories in this week’s gallery:

  • Instacart reportedly started planning a $30 billion IPO;

  • Winn-Dixie cooked up new concepts in its latest Florida stores; and

  • Amazon entered the prescription-drug market with Amazon Pharmacy.

In other news, Ahold Delhaize announced plans to buy online grocer FreshDirect, Albertsons started accepting SNAP EBT payment for curbside-pickup orders and online grocery continued to be a mainstay for COVID-concerned consumers, according to an Oracle Grocery Retail survey.

Other top stories:

  • Hy-Vee said it would hire 10,000 workers to prepare for the holiday rush;

  • C&S Wholesale and SpartanNash CEOs were among FMI’s new board members; and

  • Walmart doubled its personal-shopper count for the holiday season.

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