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Supermarket & News March 2021

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE unveils new Aldi unveils new sustainability goals ……………..1 sustainability goals

Lidi to enact $15 starting hourly • By 2025, the discount grocer aims to reduce its wage in Philadelphia ………………………….....1 greenhouse gas emissions by 26%, divert 90% of its Cos.’ Safeway tests operational waste and cut back its packaging materials automated grocery delivery cart ………………..2 by 15%, along with converting all of its Aldi-exclusive packaging to reusable, recyclable or compostable Union County Covid Vaccination Update: 5 Added, More ……………..…...2 materials. • Aldi’s sustainability targets build on several measures Frozen food sales up 21% in 2020 as COVID the company has already taken, like recycling alters shopping and eating behaviors ………....3 materials, donating food and installing solar panels on Opens Linden delivery site — its stores and distribution centers. announces locations for five more …………....3 Click Here for the Full Article Target launches grocery brand centered on snacks and sweet treats ………………..…..4

Amazon Fresh store makes its U.K. debut, with cashierless shopping …………………..….4 LidI to enact $15 starting hourly wage in Philadelphia “ is proud to offer our team members across the Philadelphia area the most competitive wage and benefits package in the region, including • LidI plans to raise starting pay for all hourly employees comprehensive health care for all full- and part- in the Philadelphia area to $15 an hour. time employees. We are committed to supporting • Arlington, VA based Lidl US said on March 4th that the our team in every market with an industry-leading total compensation package that also includes wage increase, for both full and part time employees, great benefits, such as a 401k retirement plan takes effect April 5. with a generous company match, so they can be • More than 150 employees will see an immediate at their best and serve our customers.” increase in pay. Eion Byrne Click Here for the Full Article Chief Human Resources Officer, Lidl US & Page 2 Retail News

Albertsons Cos.’ Safeway Union County Covid test automated grocery Vaccination Update: 5 delivery cart Supermarkets Added, More

• Albertsons said earlier this month that the • With 80,000 doses of the new Johnson & Tortoise cart provides a contactless Johnson coronavirus vaccine sent to solution for last-mile delivery of online hospitals around New Jersey this week, grocery orders. people are beginning to see more • Equipped with a camera and a speaker, availability for vaccine appointments the electric powered cart is guided through statewide. the neighborhood by a remote operator. • Earlier this month, five new vaccine Customers receive a text message to locations were added in Union County, come outside and pick up their groceries including an Acme Supermarket, a Stop & when the card arrives at their home. Shop, and three new ShopRites. Click Here for the Full Article Click Here for the Full Article Supermarket & Page 3 Retail News

Frozen food sales up 21% in 2020 as COVID alters shopping and eating behaviors

• A new report from the American Frozen Food Institute and FMI—the Food Industry Association finds frozen foods were among the fastest-growing categories in the during COVID-19, with clear signs that the trend toward frozen will continue to grow beyond the pandemic. • The top three frozen food categories with the largest percentage of dollar growth in 2020, according to IRI, include seafood (+35.3%), poultry (+34.7%), and appetizers (+28.9%). Click Here for the Full Article

Amazon opens Linden delivery site — announces locations for five more

• Amazon announced it has opened a delivery site in Linden and signed leases for five additional delivery stations in the state— building on its status as the state’s largest private employer. • The 326,200-square-foot Linden delivery station at 1800 Lower Road will create more than 70 full and part-time associate jobs, all paying at least $15.75 per hour. In addition, the station will create hundreds of driver opportunities for Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners and Amazon Flex drivers. Click Here for the Full Article Supermarket & Page 3 Retail News

Target launches grocery brand centered on snacks and sweet treats

• Target announced earlier this month that it’s launching Favorite Day, a private label food and beverage line centered on snacks and sweet treats. • Favorite Day includes items like lava cakes, non-dairy frozen desserts and macarons, all priced below $15. • Favorite Day arrives more than a year after Target debuted Good & Gather, its flagship food and beverage line, which expanded quickly and now brings in $2 billion in annual sales. Click Here for the Full Article

Amazon Fresh store makes its U.K. deput, with cashierless shopping

• Amazon has opened its 11th Amazon Fresh store, but with two key differences from previous locations: It uses the company’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology, and it’s in the . • Sized at 2,500 square feet, the new Amazon Fresh in the West suburb of Ealing, opened March 4, 2021, more closely resembles the compact convenience stores in the , yet with a bigger food and grocery offering. Click Here for the Full Article

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