Amazon.com Inc. has announced the opening of a supermarket in Los Angeles with baskets that allow consumers to queue, as the e-commerce company strengthens its offline presence. The market, in the Woodland Hills neighborhood, is called the Amazon Fresh grocery store. This is the first position that allows consumers, by invitation only, of the 7 that Amazon has shown for Southern California and the Chicago metropolitan area. The Woodland Hills site will be open to the general public in the coming weeks, Amazon said. The store will be the first with the “Amazon Dash Cart”. This allows shoppers who fill up to two grocery bags to give up money records from purchases through generation systems that stumble upon what they put in the basket and rate a credit card on the record once consumers leave a designated lane.
United States: Fresh Thyme has a new call, logoFresh Thyme Farmers Market call for adjustments and a number of other things as the company redefines its technique to serve buyers. The company replaced its call from Fresh Thyme Farmers Markets to Fresh Thyme Market. In addition, it will unveil a new logo and marketing crusade on August 30. “In this year of consumer conversion, Fresh Thyme has also continued to replace, making sure that its call and logo fit customers’ wishes and expectations. The new logo sums up this replacement for the Fresh Thyme logo and its goal. With a transparent and original message, Fresh Thyme aims to help those seeking genuine answers to the well-being of customers,” the company said in a statement. Source: progressivegrocer.com
US: Dollar General ramps up remodeling amid record salesRemodeling efforts that emphasize food and consumables are working so well at Dollar General that the retailer plans to accelerate the program. The announcement was made in conjunction with the release of second quarter financial results, in which it was the beneficiary of pandemic-driven changes in shopper behavior. Total sales increased 24.4% to $8.7bln and same-store sales increased 18.8% during the period ended July 31. Sales remained elevated during August, prompting Dollar General to make an uncharacteristic disclosure that comps had increased 15% since the beginning of August 25. The strong sales growth gave the company tremendous expense leverage, which was reflected in operating profits that increased 80.5% to $1bln, net income that increased 84.6% to $787.6mln and earnings per share that increased 89.1% to $3.12.Source: progressivegrocer.com
Australia: A structured return to normality is needed in Victoria, says Woolworths chief Brad Banducci, woolworths’ boss, has called for a step-by-step structured technique to end fourth-level restrictions in Victoria after state government regulations created chaos for supermarkets in early August. The supermarket giant reported exceptional sales for the 2019-2020 monetary year, with profits of 8.1% to $63.6 billion thanks to the acquisition of panicked coronavirus. Sales continued to grow in the existing fiscal year, up 12.8% across the company since early July. Source: smh.com.au
Ireland: Aldi will open 4 new outlets in the next 6 months Aldi Ireland plans to open 4 new outlets over the next 6 months across the country, creating 80 new jobs. The supermarket chain will open outlets at Rathnew in Co Wicklow and Blanchardstown in Dublin in October and November, respectively. New outlets in Dunshaughlin in Co Meath and Sutton in Co Dublin will stand before the end of February next year. Aldi said he is working to double his store footprint in Dublin, adding to the 22 it already operates.
Significant investments through Just Eat in Spain Just Eat Takeaway.com, one of the largest home food delivery groups, following its merger last year, has placed its European expansion plan at the heart of its European expansion plan in the Spanish market. According to a Dutch representative, the platform has already introduced an “aggressive investment program” over the next few years. The plan will invest “significantly” and prioritize in the countries where Just Eat operated before the merger: the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, France and Spain. “The company’s control believes that Just Eat’s brands, despite the strong expansion, have been under-invested in recent years. We need to strengthen, expand or regain leadership positions,” the spokesman said.
Auchan will open 400 convenience retail outlets at Petrom service stations in Romania over the next five years OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in southeastern Europe, controlled through the Austrian organization OMV, and Auchan Retail Romania, the local subsidiary of French food distributor Auchan, will expand its partnership for the opening of MychanAu convenience outlets at Petrom service stations. Some 400 MyAuchan retail outlets will open in Petrom’s network over the next five years. Source: romania-insider.com
Waitrose in the UK: Lockdown creates a greater flavor for Organic Waitrose reported that more buyers than ever are from organic foods and beverages, generating a growing interest in provenance, animal welfare and, with it, shoppers’ appetite for organic food. Organic categories that recorded some of the biggest increases in sales include: biological birds up to 42%, organic plants up to 23% and organic eggs up to 13% more than last year. In Waitrose.com, 52 bags of Waitrose Duchy organic carrots, 34 cranberry trays and 39 bags of bananas are now sold every hour, showing the popularity of those vegetables and biological culmination. This week, Waitrose is launching organic British blueberries, the first time a British supermarket has been able to offer organic farming in advertising quantities from a British farm. Waitrose Duchy Organic cranberries have been grown in Herefordshire through a Waitrose supplier, which has been supplying fruit to Waitrose for over 25 years. Source: waitrose.pressarea.com
Kenya’s Tuskys store presents a $20 million rescue agreement with the Mauritius fund The Kenyan Family Circle The Tuskys Supermarket store has signed a $20 million Ksh2bln deal with an undisclosed Mauritius fund to help shore up its hesitant monetary scenario and rebuild the company in trouble. The store, which is on the brink of collapse, is overwhelmed by growing debt, disgruntled unionized employees, a loss of supplier confidence, and a decrease in monetary strength to repair essential pieces from shelves.
UK: M&S tries to tap into food delivery boom to halt declineBritain’s Marks & Spencer (M&S) will make the first deliveries through its new online food shopping joint venture on Tuesday, a cornerstone of its latest attempt to turn the company around and offset problems at its pandemic-hit clothing business. Online grocery shopping has doubled its share of the UK market to 14% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and M&S’s joint venture partner Ocado reckons it could reach 30% over the next few years. That is making M&S more confident about its 1.5bln pound ($2bln) deal to create Ocado Retail, which initially came under fire from some investors for its lofty price tag.Source: reuters.com
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