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Walmart Launching Drone Delivery in North Carolina
The pilot program will deliver grocery and household items and launch in Fayetteville, N.C.
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Walmart and Instacart Partner for Same-Day US Delivery in Fight Against Amazon's Whole Foods
Walmart is partnering with Instacart to offer same-day delivery starting in a few U.S. markets, making it the latest major grocery chain to team up with Instacart in its fight against Amazon and Whole Foods. The partnership is currently in a pilot phase in four markets across California and Oklahoma. Walmart’s partnership comes at a key time. Consumers are relying on grocery delivery demand at an unprecedented...
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Discount Grocer Aldi to Open More Than 70 Stores by End of Year as Part of National Expansion
Discount grocer Aldi said Tuesday it will open more than 70 stores by the end of the year, with hopes of attracting new customers and wooing some away from grocery rivals including Walmart and Kroger.
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How the Pandemic May Change the Way We Grocery Shop
Gone are the days of leisurely browsing the aisles of grocery stores. Instead, customers are getting used to new grocery store fixtures: Mask-wearing employees, plexiglass barriers at cash registers, one-way aisles and antibacterial wipe dispensers. Some of those will become the norm. Others will fade away as coronavirus cases decline. But many analysts predict the pandemic will change how customers stock...
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US Grocery Costs Jump the Most in 46 Years, Led by Rising Prices for Meat, Eggs
Prices Americans paid for eggs, meat, cereal and milk shot higher in April as people flocked to grocery stores to stock up on food amid government lockdowns designed to slow the spread of Covid-19. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6% in April, the largest one-month pop since February 1974. The spike in...
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How to (Easily!) Regrow Vegetables From Scraps Indoors
As we all get used to our life under quarantine, there’s a certain appeal to the thought of growing our own food. But for those of us without outdoor space (or the will to use it), there is actually a lot that can be done right from your windowsill. And in many cases, you don’t even need dirt —...
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Tyler Perry Buys Groceries for Seniors at Dozens of Supermarkets
Tyler Perry is showing up for his community when they need it most.