• Dutch grocery giant Ahold Delhaize buying majority stake in FreshDirect

    Dutch grocery giant Ahold Delhaize buying majority stake in FreshDirect

    Dutch supermarket conglomerate Ahold Delhaize is buying a majority stake in the FreshDirect grocery delivery service as the coronavirus pandemic spurs a shift to online food shopping. The companies
  • Walmart to take $1B loss after sale of its Argentina business

    Walmart to take $1B loss after sale of its Argentina business

    Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said on Friday it was selling its retail operations in Argentina to South American supermarket chain owner Grupo de Narváez, pulling back as the country
  • Grocery chains again limiting toilet paper, sanitizing wipes purchases

    Grocery chains again limiting toilet paper, sanitizing wipes purchases

    At Kroger, customers can buy a maximum of two such items, according to a spokesperson who told the network that the limits, which began this week, apply in stores and online.
  • Grocery truck drivers who supply Whole Foods threaten to strike

    Grocery truck drivers who supply Whole Foods threaten to strike

    More than 100 truck drivers who deliver gourmet groceries to Whole Foods stores in the New York area are threatening to strike over COVID-19 safety issues, The Post has learned. Teamster’s Local 445
  • Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo

    Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo

    For the turkey industry, this Thanksgiving is a guessing game. Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large
  • Amazon unveils Alexa-equipped supermarket with no checkout lines

    Amazon unveils Alexa-equipped supermarket with no checkout lines

    Amazon has unveiled its next move in its quest to eliminate the supermarket checkout line. The e-commerce giant on Thursday said it is opening a high-tech supermarket in Los Angeles which will be equipped with sensors and cameras that will allow customers with shopping carts to walk out without stopping to pay a cashier. The …
  • Trader Joe’s backtracks on ditching ‘racist’ food brands

    Trader Joe’s backtracks on ditching ‘racist’ food brands

    Trader Joe’s scrapped plans to abandon its ethnic food brands days after pledging to ditch them amid charges of racism. The discount grocer says it may now keep some of the controversial names it has slapped on foreign foods for decades if they sell well enough and customers continue to appreciate them. “Recently we have …
  • Aldi to open more than 70 new grocery stores by end of this year

    Aldi to open more than 70 new grocery stores by end of this year

    German-owned supermarket chain Aldi — a deep-discounting cousin of the popular Trader Joe’s supermarket chain — says it will open more than 70 new US stores by the end of the year in its quest to become America’s third-largest grocer. Aldi’s US arm is forging ahead with a more than $5 billion expansion plan despite …
  • Company behind Dean & Deluca bankruptcy offers $10M to bring it back

    Company behind Dean & Deluca bankruptcy offers $10M to bring it back

    The company that drove Dean & Deluca into bankruptcy is offering $10 million for another shot at running the gourmet grocer, The Post has learned. Thailand-based real estate company, Pace Development, which sunk millions into a failed Dean & Deluca expansion before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, outlined its plan for a …
  • Grocery giant Albertsons expects to raise $1.3B in IPO

    Grocery giant Albertsons expects to raise $1.3B in IPO

    Grocery conglomerate Albertsons expects to raise up to $1.3 billion when it goes public amid a coronavirus-related sales boom. Some of the Idaho-based company’s stockholders will sell 65.8 million shares at $18 to $20 apiece in the upcoming initial public offering, Albertsons said Thursday. The high end of that price range would value Albertsons at …