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Stop & Shop launches ’90s nostalgic grocery website

Online destination caters to comfort-food seekers amid pandemic

Russell Redman

October 28, 2020

3 Min Read
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Stop & Shop said the special website intersects trends toward nostalgia and personalized e-commerce experiences.Stop & Shop

With many Americans turning to comfort foods during the coronavirus crisis, Stop & Shop has gone live with a 1990s nostalgia website selling popular foods and beverages from the decade.

Stop & Shop said Wednesday that the “throwback” website — called “The ’90s — A Decade of Unforgettable Foods” — offers a curated assortment of hundreds of items across six main categories: breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, desserts and beverages, including some of the decade’s most recognizable products.

Sporting a design inspired by Saved By the Bell, the new site lets customers shop throwbacks like Fruit Gushers and Chips Ahoy!, the Quincy, Mass.-based supermarket chain said. This year also saw the relaunch of the cookie-and-frosting combo snack Dunkaroos (General Mills) and Twix Cookies & Creme bars (Mars) as more brands bring back onetime best-sellers. General Mills, too, relaunched Trix and other classic cereals, such as Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp and Golden Grahams.

 

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The '90s Throwback site offers a curated assortment of hundreds of items across six main categories: breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, desserts and beverages.

According to Stop & Shop, the COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing lifestyle changes — including social distancing and eating more at home — have spurred “sentimental shopping” as U.S. consumers look to buy foods that are “familiar and comforting.”

“Food is a source of comfort for many people, and making sure our stores are stocked with customer favorites — new and old — is a top priority for our brand,” Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop, said in a statement.

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Examples of retro food and drink products on Stop & Shop’s ’90s throwback site include Kellogg’s Froot Loops cereal, Eggo waffles and Pop-Tarts pastries for breakfast; Smucker's Uncrustables, Totino's pizza rolls and Lunchables kids meals for lunch; Fruit Gushers, Chex Mix and Fruit Roll-Ups for snacks; and Chef Boyardee beef ravioli, McCain Smiles Crispy Mashed Potato Shapes and Stouffer’s lasagna for dinner.

Beverage offerings include Kool-Aid Jammers, SunnyD and Capri Sun drinks, while Chips Ahoy! cookies, Popsicle Firecracker ice pops and Pillsbury Confetti Funfetti vanilla-flavored frosting are among the nostalgic dessert items on the site.

A ’90s Favorites section features such products as Ore Ida Bagel Bites, Yoplait Go-GURT, Arizona ice tea, Smucker’s Goober peanut butter and grape jelly, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers, Hot Pockets snacks and Ellio’s frozen pizza.

In a promotion highlighted at the top of the page, Stop & Shop customers can get free home delivery or store pickup — an up to $6.95 value — if they purchase $19.90 of eligible General Mills products. Some products across the site offer “$1 savings on two” coupons.

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Stop & Shop noted that the special website intersects trends toward nostalgia and personalized e-commerce experiences, in which consumers can go online and easily find online a curated index of the items they want.

“We will continue to do our part to take care of our customers during these changing times, and we hope this trip down memory lane includes a few treats that will make them smile,” Reid added.

Part of Ahold Delhaize USA, Stop & Shop operates more than 400 supermarkets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey.

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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