Peapod is expanding its meal kit line to include six new recipes. Peapod began offering meal kits in 2014, becoming one of the first retailers to combine the convenience of meal kits and online grocery delivery. The expansion comes as Peapod is seeing a 104 percent increase in new-customer purchases year over year, and the […]
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Soper Returns To Conveyco Technologies As Sales Engineer
Ken Soper has returned to Conveyco Technologies, a Bristol, Connecticut-based integrator of automation systems for fulfillment and distribution centers, as a sales engineer. Soper brings more than 30 years of experience in the materials-handling industry. Conveyco works with industries including e-commerce, apparel, beauty and personal care, omnichannel, food and beverage, convenience store, medical and pharmacy and […]
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Target And Shipt Launching Same-Day Delivery In Alabama And Florida
Target, which recently acquired grocery delivery company Shipt, is preparing to roll out same-day delivery to its first markets—57 stores across Birmingham, Alabama, and South Florida. The service, offered through Shipt, will be available starting on Feb. 1. Consumers in those regions will be able to use Shipt’s online marketplace to browse participating local retailers’ aisles […]
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Free The Grapes Takes On ‘Winery Lockout’ In Indiana
While Indiana is one of 44 states that allow legal direct to consumer shipments from wineries, the Hoosier State stands out from the other 43 states in one big way: Indiana is the only state that prohibits wineries from carrying both a legal direct shipping license and a relationship with a wholesaler. According to Free […]
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Albertsons Cos. Commits To Responsibly Sourcing Sushi By 2022
As part of its ongoing efforts to advance the sustainability of the seafood offerings at its approximately 2,300 stores, Albertsons Cos. is making a public commitment that guarantees its sushi will be sourced sustainably and responsibly. The company’s sushi commitment is focused on ensuring the top five wild and farmed-raised seafood species used for sushi […]
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Food Lion Expands Home Delivery Service Area To Sanford, N.C.
More Food Lion customers in the greater Raleigh, North Carolina, area can have their groceries delivered to their door through the grocer’s partnership with Instacart, Food Lion is expanding the delivery service to Sanford-area customers. “Since its launch in the Raleigh area in June 2016, Instacart has been well received by our customers, and we […]
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Whole Foods Market Opens New Chicago Distribution Center
Whole Foods Market joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday to open its new 140,000-s.f. distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The new DC will allow Whole Foods to better serve its 26 Chicagoland locations as well as an additional 34 locations across the Midwest and Eastern Canada, says the natural […]
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CEO Of Online-Only British Grocery Chain To Keynote FMI Midwinter
As the food retail industry navigates the “e-commerce revolution” and customers shift toward purchasing opportunities beyond in-store shopping, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has invited Tim Steiner, co-founder and CEO of Ocado: the online supermarket, to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Midwinter Executive Conference. FMI hopes Steiner will be able to help its members better understand […]