At the end of last week, Amazon announced its plans to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion dollars. This is an aggressive and strategic move on Amazon’s part as it fights to dethrone Walmart as the current retail giant.
In its ongoing competition with e-commerce giant Amazon, Walmart announced a new tactic. The retail giant is asking volunteer employees to make deliveries to its online customers at the end of their shifts.
As we approach the second half of 2017, Richmond's grocery scene continues to experience tremendous activity.
Richmond’s rapidly growing and evolving grocery market continues to adapt to meet increasing demand and competition. As convenience has become the key focal point for grocers, a new competition within Richmond’s grocery sector has emerged: Delivery Wars.
The region's grocery wars have continued to escalate, and a new twist has just entered the fray.
In my previous post, I discussed the abundance of active players in Richmond’s hot grocery market. As expected, the activity has continued to boom. Food World recently reported that Richmond’s local grocery market hit $3.67 billion.
It seems as if every week there is an announcement of the opening or expansion of yet another grocery store in the Richmond metropolitan area. Some, but not all, of the "players" and their recent "plays" are described in this article.
