New online supermarket delivers directly from supplier
AmazonFresh to bring grocery delivery to Australia
Supervalu today announced that Save-A-Lot, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has filed Amendment No. 1 to its Form 10 Registration Statement (Form 10) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the possible spin-off of Save-A-Lot into a separate, publicly traded company. (businesswire.com)
New online supermarket delivers directly from supplier
The Shobr website gives customers the opportunity to purchase groceries online directly from suppliers, rather than from online retailers. Initially, products are available from 70 branded suppliers across a range of fresh and ambient categories, with the site hoping to grow its range in future. (igd.com)
AmazonFresh to bring grocery delivery to Australia
Global e-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly planning to enter the rabid grocery wars between Coles, Woolworths and Aldi by launching its “AmazonFresh” home delivery service in Australia. An Amazon insider told The New Daily that the company planned to start rolling out AmazonFresh in Australia “no later than 2017 to early 2018”. Please, click here to read more at thenewdaily.com.au.
Instacart partners with Portland's Food Front Cooperative Grocery
Instacart (www.Instacart.com), the fast-growing retail delivery service whose personal shoppers hand pick and deliver items from trusted local stores, announced today a partnership with Portland's Food Front Cooperative Grocery. This partnership marks Instacart's first relationship with a cooperative in Portland. The items available for delivery include a curated selection of local, organic produce, sustainably raised meat and seafood, bulk items, and prepared foods. (news.sys-con.com)
Russia: X5 Group seeks new CFO
Russian retailer X5 Retail Group has launched its search for its new chief financial officer to replace its outgoing incumbent, Elena Milinova. Milinova, who has worked as the CFO in X5 for more than 15 years, informed the group of her intention to depart to pursue new ventures. (esmmagazine.com)
Emirates co-operative supermarkets offer Ramadan discounts
With Ramadan underway, co-operative retailers in the United Arab Emirates are offering discounts for essential products. One of the country’s main co-operative retailers, the 26,000-member Union Coop, announced that it would offer over 1,000 products at affordable prices, in collaboration with 730 suppliers, the company says.
Tesco confirms sales of Kipa and Giraffe
Tesco today confirmed the proposed sale of its 95.5% controlling stake in the Kipa business in Turkey to Migros. The disposal, which is subject to usual local regulatory approvals, will result in estimated cash proceeds of around £30m, contributing to a reduction of around £110m in total indebtedness.
Pakistan: Start-up launches app for online grocery shopping
Taking cue from the online grocery shopping in India that grew by a precipitous ten-fold last year, a technology entrepreneur in Pakistan has now ventured into similar business in Lahore and the start-up targets to expand to five major cities in Pakistan by the end of December. (tribune.com.pk)
Germany: Metro Group testing Starship robots
A Metro store in Dusseldorf has been trialling the use of the robots to assist customers round the store, allowing them to concentrate on 'hands free' shopping. These autonomous robots are also being trialled as a method of delivering online groceries to shoppers. The robots operate similarly to self driving cars, with wheels designed in a way that they can go up curbs. (igd.com)
Asda wine named best in the world
The 'succulent' supermarket wine made a splash after it beat 16,000 rivals in a blind taste test to win the prestigious competition. The chain’s La Moneda Reserva Malbec from Chile for a bargain £4.37 beat stiff competition from thousands of wines to win Platinum Best in Show at the industry’s coveted Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). (mirror.co.uk)
Israel: The Ticker: Antitrust signals conditions for Yenot Bitan acquisition of Mega
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Walmart taking a 'methodical' approach to fresh foods
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Target charges suppliers more for slow-moving items
U.S retailer Target Corp is asking many suppliers to take on up to an extra 3-5 percent of the cost of promotions and price cuts after slow sales so far this year. Retailers often use price discounts combined with promotions - such as two-for-one offers - to sell slow-moving items and make room for newer products. A dozen suppliers confirmed to Reuters in May that Target has demanded they take on more of the costs of marketing and selling slow-moving items, from candy to electronics. (Reuters)
AU: Coles refuses to boost casual workers’ pay
Supermarket giant Coles has defied the workplace regulator by refusing to lift the wages of its low-paid workers. The retailer opted to scrap a contentious new staff wages and conditions agreement, rather than make “impractical” changes suggested by the Fair Work Commission. (news.com.au)
Sainsbury CFO to replace Home Retail CEO Walden
J Sainsbury Plc said CFO John Rogers will replace Home Retail Group Plc CEO John Walden, who will step down pending completion of the acquisition and possibly look for a role that will bring him back home to the U.S. The purchase should be concluded in the third quarter, Sainsbury said in a statement Friday. The U.K. grocer is paying 1.4bn pounds ($2bn) for the owner of the Argos chain to bolster its online distribution and convenience offering. Ed Barker, group finance director, will take over Rogers’s role on an interim basis, Sainsbury said. (Bloomberg)
Save Mart to close distribution center
Save Mart Supermarkets said Thursday it plans to close one of its three corporate distribution centers in the fall and consolidate dry groceries into a facility it jointly owns with Raley’s Supermarkets. The warehouse set for closure is an 850,000-square-foot dry grocery facility in Vacaville, Calif. — one of two distribution centers Save Mart acquired in 2007 when it purchased 132 Albertsons stores in Northern California and Northern Nevada. (supermarketnews.com)
UK: Amazon Fresh not quite a threat to supermarkets – yet
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