Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2025

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its final report following a year-long inquiry into the countrys supermarket sector. The report includes 20 recommendations to increase competition and price transparency for consumers and suppliers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Walgreens has teamed up with Grubhub to bring both Walgreens and Duane Reade locations into the delivery platforms network, providing customers with on-demand delivery of 15,000 items including beauty, health and wellness, snacks, personal care, household items and toys.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

New on-demand food and grocery service Geezy Go has launched a digital supermarket serving Sydney, aiming to compete with Woolworths and Coles. . The online supermarket offers an under 20-minute delivery service, promising products priced similar to or lower than its rivals. It charges a flat delivery fee of $3.99.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

this month, with plans to add locations in New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware in February. Wegmans already works with DoorDash and recently expanded that partnership to additional supermarkets in the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country. The ground at the location does not have to be sealed for the wooden structure.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. But supermarkets can no longer rely on simply providing a top-notch store experience for success.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has done little to slow Aldi ’s growth: the low-price supermarket chain has opened its 2,000 U.S. store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. In May 2020, Aldi announced its plans to expand curbside pickup to 600 stores in 35 states by the end of July. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Three more supermarket chains will connect their electronic shelf label (ESL) hardware to the Carrot Tags pick-to-light functionality from Instacart , making it easier for Instacart pickers — and eventually for consumers themselves — to find the products on their shopping list. locations in August 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Discount supermarket chain Aldi is continuing its aggressive expansion across the U.S., with plans to add approximately 150 new stores to a fleet that already includes 2,100 locations in 37 states. Aldi also plans to increase its number of locations offering curbside pickup from 1,200 to 1,500 by the end of 2022.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2025

Waitrose has confirmed the locations of the first two convenience stores it is opening this year, alongside proposals to refurbish 20 of its existing stores under its 1bn investment plan. Further new site locations will be unveiled during the year. Further new site locations will be unveiled during the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

Southeastern Grocers (SEG) has initiated a strategic divestiture of its business, with Aldi set to acquire all SEG grocery operations under the Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners and investment group Fresco Retail Group set to take over the Fresco y Más banner. store total (prior to the SEG acquisition) to more than 2,400.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

DoorDash , best known for restaurant deliveries, is expanding further into the supermarket vertical through partnerships with Meijer , Fresh Thyme and Smart & Final , with plans to add Hy-Vee and Gristedes / D’Agostino “in the coming weeks,” wrote Mike Goldblatt, Head of Grocery and Convenience Partnerships at DoorDash in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights. BJ’s will use this real-time data to enable faster restocking, help associates and shoppers to quickly locate products and improve inventory tracking.

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. Second, think about how retail and supermarket buildings could be affected: Just Walk Out will also mean “just walk in, anywhere.” The post Why Amazon’s New “Just Walk Out” Supermarkets Will Change Everything.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. The proposal also includes plans to continues Woolworths’ focus on sustainable energy, with rainwater harvesting, solar panels and electric vehicle charging facilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After opening a net 23 new stores in 2023 for a total of over 400 locations, Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open 35 new locations this year, all in its new smaller-store format. Sprouts executives revealed the retailer’s growth plans while discussing its strong Q4 and FY 2023 results. Comp store sales also grew by 3.4%.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2025

Loblaws is expanding its partnership with DoorDash by allowing members of the retailer’s PC Optimum loyalty program to earn points with their DoorDash purchases, whether they are made at Loblaws supermarkets or at restaurants or other merchants’ stores. DoorDash has partnered with Loblaws for delivery services since June 2023.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The alliance, which is made up of 165,000 businesses across the grocery supply chain, is calling for a ‘national food security plan’ to minimise future price increases due to further disruption. Earlier this year, a head of lettuce was $10 [at the supermarkets]. The fresh(est) food people. So, what’s next?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

And it doesn’t plan to stop there. On Monday, the platform announced a partnership with supermarket giant Woolworths , which will see over 1200 products from its Metro stores in Sydney and Melbourne available to order on the Uber Eats app from next week.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Woolworths Group has pulled the plug on plans to open a Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin after an independent panel ruled that the development should not go ahead. I’d speculate that we will be heading back into supermarket war territory shortly as the two big brands go head to head to claw back sales and maintain market position.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 9, 2025

Asda is selling off some of its supermarket car parks as it looks to pay down its mounting debt pile. The developers could bid to take all five sites on 125-year leases or purchase individual locations, which can be turned into new homes or shops, Newsteer said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Healthy supermarket retailer Planet Organic plans to launch its new south-west London store in Teddington at the end of February 2023. Planet Organic is the UK’s largest fully certified organic supermarket, and the largest chain of Soil Association accredited stores.

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VMS

JULY 21, 2021

Foxtrot (Chicago), the high-end convenience/corner store concept, is planning to open 50 stores throughout the U.S. during the next two years, reports Supermarket News. It plans to open locations in regions like Houston, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Austin, Texas; it already has locations in Washington, D.C.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2023

store locations in Florida, Texas, Colorado and California. The retailer plans to expand the 7Charge network into Canada as well as other U.S. A companion 7Charge app will help drivers locate charging locations and enable seamless payments.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Holland & Barrett is planning to open up to 50 new stores in the UK next year as it ramps up its expansion plans. Holland & Barrett has under 50 concessions in Tesco stores and plans to open at least another eight by Christmas. There are some undeniable facts, we want Holland & Barrett to be accessible.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Foodland Supermarkets is set to open a unique “community-minded” liquor chain in South Australia early next month. The first Local Cellars store will open in Renmark with more than 10 planned across the state before March next year. The post Foodland Supermarkets to launch liquor chain, Local Cellars appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2025

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The new Little Waitrose store in Hampton Hill, southwest London, is the supermarket’s 47th Waitrose-operated convenience shop. A third location is scheduled for 2025, with more to follow if successful. . “They want great tasting, quality food no matter where they are.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

Since food inflation took off globally, we have been laser-focused on doing what we can to keep prices lower for customers, including opening more discount food locations in more parts of the country. This is a test and learn project, and we’re planning to listen and adjust quickly. in a statement. The stores, in Windsor, St.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? 1 restricting the location in stores of foods high in fat, salt, or sugar. Running between Nov.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 7, 2025

The supermarket’s store, which opened in late February, is the first to feature the updated design and layout, and is being followed by similar changes at two new London locations, Sainsburys Bermondsey Square and Sloane Avenue. Related Story Are supermarkets right to scale back on Aldi price match?

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Swedish studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor and design agency Snask have revamped a supermarket in Täby, adding pastel hues and materials such as terrazzo and wood to "turn shopping into an experience". As the store remained open while it was being refurbished, the studios had to plan the change of the interior in different stages.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Lidl has become the third largest supermarket in London, overtaking rival retailer Asda as it hits a market share high of 9.1%. The grocer experienced the fastest growth out of all supermarkets in the city and was named the fastest-growing supermarket in the UK overall by Kantar.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2024

For those in Melbourne, stepping into the LaManna supermarket, in the northern suburb of Essendon Fields, is like taking the world’s shortest flight to Italy. To the LaManna customer, a trip to the supermarket is not an errand but an indulgence. LaManna’s defiance of the industry status quo means it is only just hitting its stride.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

Save A Lot has relicensed its 18 remaining corporate-owned supermarkets, completing its strategy of shifting ownership and operations of all locations to independent licensed ownership. Save A Lot operates more than 800 stores in 32 states.

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