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  • Food Lion mobile app looks to streamline shopping experience
    SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is stepping up its digital engagement game.
     
    A banner under Delhaize America, Food Lion launched a mobile app Tuesday. Available to customers across its 10-state footprint, the app streamlines and personalizes the shopping experience.
     

  • Food Lion completes 93-store revamp, hires 1,000 associates
    SALISBURY, N.C. — Ahold-Delhaize’s Food Lion division is set to unveil a new shopping experience for customers in 93 Greensboro, N.C.-area stores with celebrations on Aug. 2. The company has invested $178 million in remodeling the stores, lowering prices and hiring associates, as well as donating to local community efforts 
     
    The company will be giving away $10 gift cards and thermal tote bags to the first 100 customers at the revamped locations following a 7:45 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. 
     

  • Supermarket Wellness Watch: Jet, Peapod and Whole Foods eye new opportunities

    The food retail industry is reeling from disruption. Consumer preferences are changing so quickly that companies are having trouble keeping up. Industry consolidation is producing out-of-the-box deals, such as Amazon’s recently announced agreement to acquire Whole Foods.

  • Online grocer adds 'Ask Peapod' as Amazon's latest Alexa skill

    CHICAGO — Online grocer Peapod on Tuesday launched "Ask Peapod," its Alexa skill for hands-free, voice ordering that enables immediate, in-the-moment additions to shoppers' weekly grocery carts. Peapod sees voice ordering as the natural next step and is investing in more innovations designed for the connected shopper.

  • Ahold USA's Giant/Martin's division raises more than $600,000 for service members

    CARLISLE, Pa. – As part of Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets’ annual Support Our Troops in-store campaign, customers and associates on Wednesday donated $643,518 to United Service Organizations and the American Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces in support of service members.

  • Ahold USA announces succession plans for Giant/Martin's president

    CARLISLE, Pa. — Ahold USA on Monday named Nick Bertram, SVP merchandising at Ahold USA, to president Giant/Martin's in January 2018. Tom Lenkevich, who has been Giant/Martin's president since 2014, is retiring at the end of the year.

  • Giant partners with Instacart on same-day delivery in Philadelphia

    SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart is expanding its same-day delivery in Phiadelphia through Giant, the grocer announced Thursday.

    "This partnership with Instacart gives our customers in the greater Philadelphia area another convenient delivery option," stated Tom Lenkevich, president of Giant. "From quality to convenience, our job is to provide the best possible experience for our shoppers, and now that includes providing them with a same-day delivery solution."

  • Stop & Shop adds same-day delivery in Boston through Instacart

    SAN FRANCISCO — Stop & Shop and Instacart on Monday announced plans to bring same-day delivery to Stop & Shop customers in the city of Boston.

    "Our new partnership with Instacart is yet another example of how Stop & Shop is continuously searching for ways to serve our shoppers, helping them to save money, save time and eat well," stated Mark McGowan, president of Stop & Shop. "With Instacart, we are adding to our pick-up, self-checkout and other options to bring convenience to a new level."

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