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Amazon Evaluates USPS as Shipping Partner

The partnership between Amazon and the financially troubled USPS appears to be fraying after Amazon announced it's exploring alternatives.
December 9, 2025
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How Search, AI, and Two Titans Are Rewriting the Rules of Retail

December is a natural moment to step back and look at the year ahead. In grocery and retail, the biggest shift is the accelerating impact of AI and LLMs...
December 8, 2025

Shrinking Independent Base, Challenging Economy Remain Headwinds

Wakefern, C&S, UNFI, Bozzuto’s Remain Region’s Top Wholesalers
December 8, 2025

With Name Change To The Winn-Dixie Company, SEG Continues Transformation

Taking Stock
The next chapter in the transformation of Southeastern Grocers (SEG) has been unveiled. Late last month, the Jacksonville, FL-based grocer, which is now owned by a consortium of private investors (including chairman and CEO Anthony Hucker), announced that it will be changing its name to The Winn-Dixie Co., the iconic…
November 6, 2025

Walmart Passes Giant For Lead In Competitive, Overstored Market

2025 Food World Market Study Recap
Aldi, Costco, Wawa among the few gainers in the $63 billion Mid-Atlantic market as consumer spending was light and overstoring continued to make significant sales gains difficult.
June 24, 2025

The Party’s Over For Rite Aid As PA Drug Chain Starts Liquidation

CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, Giant Eagle, Albertsons and Weis Markets have acquired prescription lists, with more expected as chain continues to close and sell off store base.
June 24, 2025

Aldi Plans To Build Automated Distribution Center In Delaware

101 million square foot automated depot is slated to open in 2030
April 27, 2025

Three Ground-Up Stores Open, Plus A Fireside Chat With Darren Caudill Of Wakefern

Soup to Nutz
Happy Spring! We’ve made it through another round of ice, sleet, snow and rain this past winter, and I am ready for all that is to come; baseball; heading down the shore; grilling season; and flowers everywhere! Time to breathe! It isn’t very often we have ground up new stores…
March 21, 2025

C&S Wholesale, Anthony Hucker Acquire 170 Winn-Dixie, Harveys Stores From Aldi

Hucker will add chairman duties to his current roles of president and CEO of SEG, which Aldi had purchased in 2024 from private equity firms Osterweis Capital Management, Millstreet Capital Management LLC and Lone Star Funds.
February 17, 2025

Holiday Celebrations For NJFC and RDD/Village Super Markets

Metro Beat
Congrats to Farrell McKenna on his promotion at STCR and news from RDD with the launch of their "RDD Essentials."
December 18, 2024

Bogopa, PSK/Allegiance Add To New NY Metro Portfolios

Independent operators acquire units from Stop & Shop and Peck's Markets.
October 11, 2024

Healthy Snacking Takes Center Stage As School Year Begins

Soup to Nutz
Weis Markets kicks off its fifth annual Weis 4 School fundraising program and this year's NJFC golf outing was a big winner.
August 19, 2024

SpartanNash Will Close Landover Depot; 141 Jobs To Be Affected

Closure of the facility, used to service military commissaries, will leave the wholesaler with one location in the state - in Severn - which it leased primarily to service planned Amazon Fresh units.
August 6, 2024

2024 Market Study Analysis: Uncertain Economy Impacts Most B-W Retailers; Little Optimism For Near-Term Improvement

Taking Stock
Easing inflation, tightening consumer spending, and cuts to SNAP added up to flat sales across the board, with a few bright spots from non-traditional retailers.
June 20, 2024

Giant Food to Anchor 600,000 sq. ft. Mixed-Use Project in Bowie

The South Lake Marketplace, one of the largest mixed-use projects under construction in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, will house apartments, hotels, and retail.
May 11, 2024

Whole Foods Market To Debut ‘Daily Shop’ In Manhattan Later This year

New format, Quick-Shop Stores, will be 7,000-14,000 square feet in size; additional NYC locations also planned.
March 16, 2024

Action Alert: EBT Skimming Incidents Raise Concerns For Grocers

NJFC
Connecticut Department of Social Services calls attention to situation.
February 19, 2024

RBS, PDL Will Become Part Of ADUSA By End Of First Quarter

Global retailer, which posted flat Q4 sales, earnings in U.S. also said it sell its meat plants in Camp Hill, PA and N. Kingstown, RI to Cargill.
February 16, 2024

Wakefern, C&S, UNFI, Bozzuto’s Remain Top Wholesalers As Margins Decline

Inflation decline, shrinking indie base create concerns.
December 15, 2023

Despite Challenges, Weis Bullish On Sales Growth, Digital Process

Another year of strong sales and earnings and a commitment to continued growth highlighted Weis Markets’ annual vendor meeting which was held on October 10 at the Hershey (PA) Lodge. More than 700 suppliers, brokers and distributors attended the morning-long conference, a record. Kicking off the meeting was Jonathan Weis,…
October 18, 2023

C&S Will Acquire 413 Kroger, Albertsons Stores In $1.9B Deal; Spinco Disbanded

The Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. announced on September 8 that they have entered a definitive agreement for $1.9 billion with C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC for the sale of 413 stores, multiple banners, eight distribution centers, two regional offices and five private label brands across 17 states and the…
September 8, 2023

Terri’s Take

Terri's Take
Giant Food and Ben’s Chili Bowl announce at BBQ Battle that shoppers can now buy Ben’s Chili Bowl half smokes and chili in Giant stores.
July 13, 2023

CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid Still Closing Stores As Earnings Dip

Store Overlap A Factor In Cost-Cutting Decisions
July 13, 2023

ShopRite Widens Lead Over Stoppie; Inflation Offers Cushion To All Retailers

Costco, BJ’s, Walmart, Wawa Grow Share In $118.4B Region
June 29, 2023

Weis Pledges Record $160M Cap-Ex Budget Including Five New Stores

Inflation Strain Remains A Concern
May 8, 2023

Kroger Debuts Frederick Depot; CFC Expected To Add 400 Jobs

350,000 SF Automated Facility Will Also Service HT Customers
April 12, 2023

Lidl Set To Build Distribution Center In Falls Township, PA

German Grocer Pays $144.6M For 69-Acre Site
February 21, 2023

ADUSA Nears Completion Of Self-Distribution Conversion

Last Three DCs To Be Added In 2023
December 19, 2022