Supermarket
giant, Supervalu, is testing a new grocery store concept with a small format. The store, Urban Fresh, of the Jewel-Osco division will open in Chicago's Lincoln Park. The retailer has designed the
16,000-square-foot store to cater to urban consumers in affluent
neighborhoods.
Sounding a lot like Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, "Urban Fresh, by Jewel" has a fresh-food focus with prepared meals being a very important offering to its time-strapped customers. The store is taking the place of Supervalu's Sunflower Market, its organic grocery concept that closed its doors at 1910 N. Clybourn Ave in Chicago's Lincoln Park in February. Urban Fresh's doors are scheduled to open this fall.
We at GroceryGuide.com are seeing more grocery chains studying and testing this type of concept as retailers struggle to find a competitive advantage over the big-box stores. With high gasoline prices, consumers are not as likely to drive to the bigger grocery stores if they can find what they need at a neighborhood store. If offer fresh produce, friendly faces, reasonable prices and accept coupons they should succeed.
Chains such as A&P have opened these smaller footprint style grocery stores. Their SuperFresh banner is found in urban downtown areas. Aldi does great with their small format. Grocery formats that match up well with the consumers needs and the lifestyles of the local neighborhood shoppers will succeed.
Read more: Urban Fresh Grocery Stores
Sounding a lot like Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, "Urban Fresh, by Jewel" has a fresh-food focus with prepared meals being a very important offering to its time-strapped customers. The store is taking the place of Supervalu's Sunflower Market, its organic grocery concept that closed its doors at 1910 N. Clybourn Ave in Chicago's Lincoln Park in February. Urban Fresh's doors are scheduled to open this fall.
We at GroceryGuide.com are seeing more grocery chains studying and testing this type of concept as retailers struggle to find a competitive advantage over the big-box stores. With high gasoline prices, consumers are not as likely to drive to the bigger grocery stores if they can find what they need at a neighborhood store. If offer fresh produce, friendly faces, reasonable prices and accept coupons they should succeed.
Chains such as A&P have opened these smaller footprint style grocery stores. Their SuperFresh banner is found in urban downtown areas. Aldi does great with their small format. Grocery formats that match up well with the consumers needs and the lifestyles of the local neighborhood shoppers will succeed.
Read more: Urban Fresh Grocery Stores
Ralphs Grocery Co., a division of Kroger Co., Cincinnati,
introduced “a better way to save” yesterday to customers at its 262
Southern California stores. Following up on a teaser ad last Sunday
promising “new lower prices,” Ralphs said it was lowering the prices on
thousands of items while also continuing to offer in-store and
advertised specials.
Grocery-store operator Safeway Inc. and media company Warner Bros. on
Wednesday said they will introduce a line of food products targeted at
healthy eating featuring Looney Tunes characters ranging from Bugs
Bunny to Daffy Duck.
Safeway said the products will be formulated based on the most recent dietary recommendations from several federal and state agencies, including the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, as well as California's school nutrition guidelines.
The Eating Right Kids, line has more than 100 food items and drinks for children. Included in the line-up are breakfast foods, portable meals, dairy, snacks and beverages.
Read more:
Safeway Inc.
Business Week
Wall Street Journal
ConsumerAffairs.com
Safeway said the products will be formulated based on the most recent dietary recommendations from several federal and state agencies, including the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, as well as California's school nutrition guidelines.
The Eating Right Kids, line has more than 100 food items and drinks for children. Included in the line-up are breakfast foods, portable meals, dairy, snacks and beverages.
Read more:
Safeway Inc.
Business Week
Wall Street Journal
ConsumerAffairs.com
