Wegmans opened its first Manhattan store to much fanfare from the island’s residents late this fall. The 87,500 square foot store, located at Astor Place in the former Kmart space, offers robust grab-and-go options alongside a traditional grocery assortment. The store will soon feature a…
This is the second part of a two-part blog series covering the Kroger-Albertsons merger and associated sale to C&S Wholesale Grocers. Check out part one here, which covers what the acquisitions would mean for the companies involved and how it would impact the broader grocery…
This is the first part of a two-part blog series covering the Kroger-Albertsons merger and associated sale to C&S Wholesale Grocers. Check back next week for the second part of the series covering a local perspective on how these deals could impact consumers in the…
Every month, one of our partners from our global alliance of retail and brand consulting firms, Ebeltoft Group, will share an innovative case from their country. This month it was our turn. Amanda Lai, Director at McMillanDoolittle, visited Chicago based grocer Dom’s Kitchen & Market to…
On November 1st, the locally beloved Chicago grocer Dom’s Kitchen & Market opened its second location in the Old Town neighborhood. The specialty grocery concept provides customers with globally inspired food and beverage options, prioritizing partnerships with local providers to ensure the highest quality products….
Whole Foods recently opened a 21,000 square foot store in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. It is notable for being only the second “full sized” supermarket to incorporate the Just Walk Out technology that first appeared in Amazon Go stores and more recently…
McMillanDoolittle and The Stores Consulting Group kicked off an inaugural, invitation-only webinar series with a conversation with industry veteran Fred Morganthall, former President of Harris Teeter and EVP of Operations at Kroger. Leveraging over 40 years of food retail experience, Fred Morganthall discussed the journey…
Amazon Fresh and Dom’s Kitchen & Market are two leading food retail concepts that have emerged in the US over the past year. Look up either retailer and you will find search results that hail both concepts as the “future of grocery” and the “store…
Register to Download This Free Recording with our Perspective on the Opportunities Facing Grocery Ecommerce Fulfillment Today Earlier this month, McMillanDoolittle’s Emerson Delgado joined Takeoff Technologies co-founder and President Max Pedro to headline a webinar hosted by Supermarket News to discuss the pandemic-fueled explosion in online grocery sales…
Earlier this spring, we had the opportunity to travel to the Monterrey area in Northern Mexico to visit leading retailers with one of our valued client teams. As the pandemic began to ebb, we saw crowds of shoppers, bustling restaurants, and innovative retail concepts. Here…
