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  1. Channel: Grocery

GIANT Co. names MacDonald VP of Marketing

CARLISLE, Pa. – GIANT Co. has named John MacDonald vice president of marketing, effective immediately. He will report directly to GIANT president John Ruane. “John is a passionate and talented marketer, with a knack for building dynamic teams that deliver creative and strategic marketing initiatives to drive results,” Ruane said. “With his extensive knowledge of […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Ahold Delhaize reports ‘solid’ Q4 results

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands — Ahold Delhaize reported solid results for its fourth quarter and 2023 fiscal year, with full-year sales and earnings per share in line with expectations. Fourth quarter net sales were €23.0 billion ($24.65 billion), up 1.9% at constant exchange rates and down 1.4% at actual exchange rates. Comparable sales, excluding gas, increased […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Ahold Delhaize USA Jumps Into Bed With DoorDash

Ahold Delhaize USA yesterday announced “a new agreement with local commerce platform DoorDash to make an additional on-demand grocery delivery marketplace available to customers at each of its local omnichannel brands – Food Lion, Hannaford, Giant Food, The GIANT Company and Stop & Shop. Delivery from DoorDash is expected to be available to customers of […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Your Views:  Lessons Never Learned

Regarding Ahold Delhaize’s decision to sell FreshDirect to Getir less than three years after acquiring it, one MNB reader wrote: I guess Ahold didn’t learn the lesson on warehouse to home delivery from their Peapod experience. The Fresh Direct purchase made sense in NYC where Stop&Shop had limited penetration compared to Philadelphia where Giant was […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Ahold Delhaize Sells FreshDirect To Turkish E-Grocer Getir

Ahold Delhaize USA announced this morning that it is selling the FreshDirect e-grocery business in which it acquired an 80 percent stake less than three years ago. The buyer is Getir, a Turkish e-commerce company that largely operates in Europe, but does have so-called instant delivery operations in Chicago, New York and Boston, where it […]
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  1. Department: Food

FreshDirect Picks 6 ‘Rising’ Companies for New Local Supplier Initiative

FreshDirect has selected six NYC-area brands for its initial Rising Industry Producers and Entrepreneurs (R.I.P.E.) initiative, a one-year pilot program for food, beverage and personal care brands with retail ambitions. The emerging and diverse-owned companies will receive expert advice and be able to leverage internal FreshDirect resources to grow their brands, including help adapting strategies […]
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  1. Department: Food

Category buyer Q&amp;A: FreshDirect gets value from perishables

SN recently spoke with Ali Pugliese, VP of merchandising strategy, FreshDirect, about trends in fresh categories at the online retailer, a New York-based division of Ahold Delhaize U.S. Supermarket News: The overall trend in many fresh categories has been higher dollar sales, but a decline in units. How has that trend played out in the […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Instacart share price dips below IPO price for the first time

    [[“value”:” The excitement of Instacart’s initial public offering has died down significantly, as, for the first time since it arrived on the NASDAQ scene, the grocery delivery app service’s share price was lower than at its debut. On Tuesday, Instacart shares finished at $29.89, slightly below the grand opening price of $30, according […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Instacart stock languishes after IPO

Instacart saw its share price erode in the two days following its initial public offering, after it rose 12.7% in its first day of trading on the NASDAQ exchange. The stock settled down to just slightly over its IPO price of $30 per share on Wednesday, its first full day on the exchange, then ranged […]
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Daily QuickWit 5.06 – Yesterday’s top stories

Beyond Meat Inc on Thursday reported a wider quarterly loss than expected, due to higher transportation costs, new product innovation, and slowing sales to restaurants. Kellogg’s net sales rose 5.1% YOY to $3.58 billion in their latest earnings release. Strong demand for its snacks helped drive the quarter’s sales growth. In North America, Kellogg saw […]
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