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Stop & Shop’s Curbside Pick-Up vs. USA Retail Drive-Through

The concept of the drive-thru in retail has fully blossomed in Europe, but the service is still gaining traction and awareness among US consumers. This year Stop & Shop unveiled a model that has a lot of similarities to the successful drive-through services being offered by retailers like E. Leclerc, Intermarche, and Auchan in France.  [...]

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Meijer Grocery Express: Drive-through in America

Meijer is a US company faced with the same challenge that led to the development of the European Drive-through format. First, food and perishables are extremely difficult to deliver cost-effectively and second, some shoppers want the ease and convenience of shopping online paired with the immediacy of picking up the order in as short a [...]

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Meijer Marketplace Concept Store Opens in Chicago

Meijer has just opened a more localized format, concept store in Chicago.  The new store, branded Meijer Marketplace, opened in Melrose Park today.  The new format store, at 96,000 square feet, is only half the size of Meijer’s largest stores.  The traditional Meijer store has an average selling space of about 225,000 square feet. The [...]

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