The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) announced winning bidders yesterday for 37 "zombie" liquor licenses, and Giant Food Stores won 11 of them. Interested parties had to submit sealed bids for the licenses, which had expired.
The Giant stores in Southeastern Pennsylvania with winning bids include Bristol Township (Bucks County), Coatesville and East Caln (Chester), and Narberth and Skippack (Montgomery). The Narberth and Skippack licenses sold for $491,300 and $526,000, respectively. According to Philly.com, the selling price for a license in Montgomery County last year was about $250,000.
Convenience store chain Sheetz bought 15 of the licenses.
The PLCB said that about 1,200 licenses have expired since 2000 and will be sold through auctions in the months and years ahead.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Wegmans and Aldi are cleanest stores in Philly, Bucks
The Philadelphia Inquirer examined two years of health department reports for large grocers in Philadelphia and Bucks Counties and determined that Wegmans and Aldi were the cleanest supermarket chains.
Fresh Grocer, Whole Foods and Shop N Bag ranked at the bottom of the list, while Giant, ShopRite and Acme were in the middle of the pack.
According to Supermarket News, a recent study found that 83% of customers only pick retail outlets that appear clean to them, and 33% of customers said that have left a store that did not seem clean.
The results:
1. Wegmans
2. Aldi
3. Walmart
4. Target
5. Giant
6. Save-A-Lot
7. Thriftway
8. ShopRite
9. Acme
10. Fresh Grocer
11. Whole Foods
12. Shop N Bag
Monday, July 8, 2013
ShopRite, Giant dominate Delaware Valley and Philadelphia market share
The annual Market Study issue, published by Jeff Metzger and friends at Food Trade News, came out last week and reported that ShopRite remained the supermarket leader in the 15-county Delaware Valley market, while Giant took over as the leader in the eight-county Philadelphia market.
"Other merchants may have opened more stores, made acretive acquisitions or achieved higher identical store sales gains," said the authors of the study in describing ShopRite's success, "but on the whole, nobody continued to protect market share, open new stores and have significant same store increases like the member/owners of Wakefern/ShopRite once again did."
Here is the list of Delaware Valley supermarket leaders*, as ranked by market share.
1. ShopRite/PriceRite - 30.08% market share
2. Giant/Carlisle - 21.74%
3. Acme Markets - 19.77%
4. A&P (Pathmark, Super Fresh, Food Basics) - 9.22%
5. Wegmans - 4.72%
6. Save-A-Lot - 3.43%
7. Whole Foods - 3.23%
8. Thriftway/Shop 'n Bag - 2.62%
9. Redner's Markets - 2.57%
10. Bottom Dollar Food (Food Lion) - 2.08%
It's interesting to note that Wegmans earned it's 4.72% share with only 8 stores, and Whole Foods earned its 3.23% share with 10 stores. In comparison, ShopRite/PriceRite has 69 stores in the market, Giant has 62, Acme has 91 and A&P has 48.
The Philadelphia market share leaders* are as follows (the market consists of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in PA, and Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties in NJ):
1. Giant/Carlisle - 27.88% market share
2. ShopRite/PriceRite - 23.52%
3. Acme Markets - 18.25%
4. A&P (Pathmark, Super Fresh, Food Basics) - 9.31%
5. Wegmans - 5.31%
6. Whole Foods - 3.65%
7. Save-A-Lot - 3.45%
8. Redner's Markets - 3.29%
9. Thriftway/Shop 'n Bag - 2.41%
10. Bottom Dollar Food - 2.27%
As for the retailers that have struggled over the past several years, the authors said "there was no relief in sight as the economy continued to be listless, competition remained fierce, shopper loyalty diminished and consumers in all economic strata maintained the mindset of thrift and caution."
* The lists above do not include supercenters (Walmart, Target), club stores (Costco, BJ's), drug stores, dollar stores or convenience stores. When including all retailers that sell groceries, Wawa's market share is higher than everyone else's except ShopRite and Giant in both the Delaware Valley and Philadelphia markets. Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid also fare well (top 10), and BJ's is the dominant club store in both markets.
For more detailed information, including sales numbers, lists by county and more, visit best-met.com.
"Other merchants may have opened more stores, made acretive acquisitions or achieved higher identical store sales gains," said the authors of the study in describing ShopRite's success, "but on the whole, nobody continued to protect market share, open new stores and have significant same store increases like the member/owners of Wakefern/ShopRite once again did."
Here is the list of Delaware Valley supermarket leaders*, as ranked by market share.
1. ShopRite/PriceRite - 30.08% market share
2. Giant/Carlisle - 21.74%
3. Acme Markets - 19.77%
4. A&P (Pathmark, Super Fresh, Food Basics) - 9.22%
5. Wegmans - 4.72%
6. Save-A-Lot - 3.43%
7. Whole Foods - 3.23%
8. Thriftway/Shop 'n Bag - 2.62%
9. Redner's Markets - 2.57%
10. Bottom Dollar Food (Food Lion) - 2.08%
It's interesting to note that Wegmans earned it's 4.72% share with only 8 stores, and Whole Foods earned its 3.23% share with 10 stores. In comparison, ShopRite/PriceRite has 69 stores in the market, Giant has 62, Acme has 91 and A&P has 48.
The Philadelphia market share leaders* are as follows (the market consists of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in PA, and Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties in NJ):
1. Giant/Carlisle - 27.88% market share
2. ShopRite/PriceRite - 23.52%
3. Acme Markets - 18.25%
4. A&P (Pathmark, Super Fresh, Food Basics) - 9.31%
5. Wegmans - 5.31%
6. Whole Foods - 3.65%
7. Save-A-Lot - 3.45%
8. Redner's Markets - 3.29%
9. Thriftway/Shop 'n Bag - 2.41%
10. Bottom Dollar Food - 2.27%
As for the retailers that have struggled over the past several years, the authors said "there was no relief in sight as the economy continued to be listless, competition remained fierce, shopper loyalty diminished and consumers in all economic strata maintained the mindset of thrift and caution."
* The lists above do not include supercenters (Walmart, Target), club stores (Costco, BJ's), drug stores, dollar stores or convenience stores. When including all retailers that sell groceries, Wawa's market share is higher than everyone else's except ShopRite and Giant in both the Delaware Valley and Philadelphia markets. Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid also fare well (top 10), and BJ's is the dominant club store in both markets.
For more detailed information, including sales numbers, lists by county and more, visit best-met.com.
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