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Takeaway Says Just Eat Takeover Is A Done Deal, Approval Pending

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While the two firms still need the go-ahead from a competition authority before they combine operations, Netherlands-based online food ordering company Takeaway.com made it known that its purchase of Just Eat was a done deal. 10 in its all-stock offer for Just Eat, which came out ahead of a competing Prosus NV cash bid.

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Ahold Delhaize Bolsters Investment In eCommerce

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As COVID-19 leads more customers to purchase groceries through the web, Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV is putting more resources toward online shopping operations. The company owns the Peapod eCommerce grocery offering in the United States in addition to click-and collect offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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The Race For Online Grocery Shopping Heats Up

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The first big move was the introduction this month of an online marketplace to enhance the popular Kroger Ship service and widely expand the digital assortment of private-label products that Kroger has on offer. That will be a very big shift in operations, as eCommerce only accounted for 3.6 Ahold Delhaize’s Latest Moves .

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Yandex, The Russian Google, Has 15-Minute Grocery Delivery 

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Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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Grocers Bolster Delivery Efforts With Small Warehouses

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As grocers test out different approaches to get products to shoppers in a more efficient manner, food retailers are betting big on small warehouses to shore up their growing delivery operations. Kroger, which is reportedly the country’s largest supermarket operator, is making larger distribution centers for delivery.

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How Grocery Retail Will Evolve In 2020

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As grocers test out different approaches to get products to shoppers in a more efficient manner, food retailers are betting big on small warehouses to shore up their growing delivery operations. Kroger, which is reportedly the country’s largest supermarket operator, is making larger distribution centers for delivery.

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Retail Pulse: H-E-B Rolls Out New App; Jimmy John’s Launches Loyalty Program

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Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B , in one case, is rolling out a new app that the company says is one of many technologies that it will use “to enhance its digital services to better meet the evolving needs and expectations” of online and in-store customers. Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart U.S.,

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