Comparable sales inch up at Ahold Delhaize USA after cycling COVID-19 outbreak
Following pandemic-driven sales spikes a year ago, global food retailer Ahold Delhaize upheld strong U.S. e-commerce growth and eked out a comparable-sales gain in the fiscal 2021 first quarter.
For the quarter ended April 4, net sales at Ahold Delhaize USA rose 3.6% to $12.93 billion from $12.48 billion a year earlier, Zaandam, Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize reported on Wednesday.
U.S. comparable-store sales inched up 1.5% overall and 1.7% excluding fuel. The company said comp sales got a lift from COVID-19-related demand, namely in January and February, and reflect a 1.7 percentage point uptick from the impact of calendar shifts and inclement weather.
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US: Sprouts sticks to game plan in lapping Q1 pandemic impact
Cycling COVID-fueled gains from a year ago, Sprouts Farmers Market posted decreased sales and earnings for its fiscal 2021 first quarter but topped Wall Street’s per-share projections. For the quarter ended April 4, net sales declined 4.3% to $1.58bln from $1.65bln a year earlier, Sprouts reported. The Phoenix-based specialty grocer said a solid performance by new stores helped drive sales, offset by a 9.4% drop in comparable-store sales stemming from the onset of COVID-19 a year ago.
US: Southeastern Grocers primes Winn-Dixie for expansion
Opening of latest Florida location builds on 2020 store upgrade plan
Southeastern Grocers (SEG) this week took the first step in its store upgrade and expansion plan for 2021.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based SEG on Wednesday opened of a new Winn-Dixie supermarket in Viera, Fla., converted from one of four locations acquired last year from bankrupt Earth Fare. With the new store, SEG said it’s on track to have remodeled 70% of all its locations by the end of this year.
Last year, eight new Winn-Dixies were opened in Florida, including stores in Boynton Beach, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Lakewood Ranch, Lake Mary and West Melbourne plus two locations in Jacksonville. Also in 2020, SEG upgraded 32 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi creating an enhanced shopping experience and expanded its Fresco y Más banner into a new community in southwestern Florida.
USIM x Roku Partner for TV Streaming Best Practices Webinar on May 13
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USIM and Roku are hosting a case study-focused webinar on May 13 to help advertisers become practitioners of TV steaming best practices for industries such as QSR, Education, and CPG
For USIM, it is important for us to lead the way in helping our local, retail-based clients to navigate change with customized solutions for them NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 06, 2021 Over the past year, USIM and Roku, America’s #1 TV streaming platform, have teamed up to help their collective clients define TV streaming for local, retail-based businesses. This collaboration was born out of an initiative for Southeastern Grocers to focus on driving both foot traffic to stores and e-commerce for at-home grocery shopping.
Supermarkets, schools, big-box stores, malls and stadiums all will require people to wear masks even though Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared that Florida no longer faces a COVID-19 emergency.