The Friday Checkout: Quick-delivery industry slows down

With Food Rocket ceasing operations and Gopuff holding another round of layoffs this week, traditional grocers may be best positioned to offer speedy delivery service.

By Grocery Dive Staff • March 10, 2023

As retail media networks multiply, Amazon stands alone

A MediaRadar analysis found the e-commerce giant commanded a larger market share than the mass retailer category last year. 

By Peter Adams • March 6, 2023

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DoorDash, Uber boost driver benefits

Uber has updated its app for delivery couriers with several new capabilities, while DoorDash is allowing workers to use cashback rewards at thousands of gas and food retailers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 3, 2023

Kroger’s Q4 sales, full-year outlook handily beat Wall Street estimates

Strong identical sales and profit coupled with a higher-than-expected earnings expectations for fiscal 2023 sent the grocer’s stock price up by more than 6% Thursday morning.

By Jeff Wells , Catherine Douglas Moran • March 2, 2023

Target profits continue to slide as discretionary purchases slow

The retailer said consumer spending on essentials, like food, helped offset inflation-driven sales slides in discretionary buys.

By Nate Delesline III • Feb. 28, 2023

Save Mart unveils robotic grocery-picking facility

The retailer is using technology from startup Fulfil Solutions that can pick and pack items across grocery categories for a quick-delivery service called Lucky Now.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 27, 2023

Swiftly and Webstop partner to expand mobile solutions

The two technology companies will leverage each other’s platforms to provide new tools for independent and regional grocers to boost customer loyalty. 

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 27, 2023

Heinen’s dropped Instacart. Will other grocers follow suit?

Changes in how grocers are approaching their e-commerce strategies signal they may start shifting away from third-party marketplaces, retail observers say.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 27, 2023

New York grocer brings SNAP produce incentive online

The Hub on The Hill has become the first grocer in the U.S. to give participants in the nutrition-assistance program digital access to Double Up Food Bucks, officials involved with the project said.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 24, 2023

DoorDash adds Aldi to its delivery portfolio

The partnership with the discount grocer represents the e-commerce company’s latest move to build its presence in the grocery market, which has emerged as a key growth driver for the firm.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 23, 2023

IGA co-creates retail media platform for independent retailers

The free-to-use, CPG-funded network combines thousands of retailers on one platform and aims to provide measurable feedback while improving the customer experience.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 23, 2023

Target plans $100M investment to expand next-day delivery

The retailer will add more than six new sortation facilities as it builds out its stores-as-hubs strategy.

By Sarah Zimmerman • Feb. 22, 2023

Grocery continues to power growth for DoorDash

The company’s convenience and grocery delivery business expanded 60% in Q4 as more people sign up to place orders from establishments other than restaurants.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 21, 2023

Walmart issues cautious forecast amid ongoing high food inflation

While its Q4 sales were higher than expected, declines in general merchandise sales and the ongoing impacts of high food prices are prompting a conservative outlook for the year ahead, executives told investors Tuesday.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 21, 2023

The Friday Checkout: Instacart faces growing pushback from retailers

The announcement by Heinen’s this week that it will stop working with the e-commerce company highlights the moves grocers are making to take control over their online operations.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 17, 2023

Heinen’s calls it quits with Instacart

The family-owned regional supermarket chain announced it is rolling out a new mobile app and upgraded shopping platform next week.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 16, 2023

Firework and The Fresh Market expand partnership with shoppable videos

The new retail media platform, which lets brands sponsor video ads across the retailer’s ongoing livestream series, is a first for the industry, according to the companies.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 16, 2023

Wegmans adds e-commerce features, starts accepting SNAP benefits online

The East Coast grocery chain’s new "Feel Your Best” tools help shoppers plan balanced meals and build healthy eating habits.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 15, 2023

Ahold Delhaize posts better-than-expected results for 2022

The Dutch retailer was more profitable last year than it had anticipated, but digital sales lost momentum even as comparable-store and net sales increased for the full year and fourth quarter.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 15, 2023

Consumers believe inflation is much higher than it really is

U.S. shoppers assume food-at-home prices are going up at twice their actual pace and overestimate grocers’ profitability, per Dunnhumby’s latest Consumer Trends Tracker.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 15, 2023

Mass merchants continue to gain steam in online grocery

Retailers like Walmart and Target are seeing a growing number of active users along with high satisfaction rates, according to the latest Brick Meets Click research.

By Jeff Wells • Feb. 15, 2023

Walmart shuts the door on e-commerce-only stores

The retailer is closing locations in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Lincolnwood, Illinois, that offer only pickup and delivery service this week, marking the end of a pilot that started nearly a decade ago.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 14, 2023

The Friday Checkout: Top takeaways from the latest online grocery reports

Consumers surveyed by both Chicory and Pymnts.com cited convenience and deals as top factors pushing them toward grocery e-commerce. 

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 10, 2023

Could grocers and fast food restaurants join forces for online ordering?

Micro-fulfillment vendor Takeoff Technologies is working with an unnamed retailer to allow shoppers to order groceries and McDonald’s food at once, a senior company official said.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 9, 2023

NGA shares top priorities for 2023 farm bill

The association’s chief concerns center on expanding access to SNAP in grocery stores, protecting retailers from fees and regulations and supporting healthy food purchases.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 3, 2023