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Lidl to pilot home delivery with Boxed.com

Test slated for Lidl stores in New York and Georgia

Russell Redman

May 15, 2019

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Lidl US has partnered with Boxed.com to test a home delivery service using the online retailer’s technology.

A Lidl US spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that Lidl stores in New York and Georgia will pilot the Boxed delivery service “in the coming weeks.” Lidl currently operates one store in New York, in Staten Island.

Lidl and Boxed declined to provide further details. “We are happy to continue to expand Lidl home delivery into more markets with more partners to bring shoppers convenient ways to experience Lidl’s award-winning products,” William Harwood, director of communications for Lidl US, said in an email.

With its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Va., Lidl operates more than 65 stores in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

Lidl plans to open its first stores in Long Island, N.Y., in early 2020. Lidl also partners with Target Corp. subsidiary Shipt for grocery home delivery.

Lidl US currently stands poised for a major brick-and-mortar expansion as well. At the end of April, the hard discount grocer said it plans to open its first stores in Long Island, N.Y., in early 2020. The move stems from Lidl’s acquisition of 27 Best Market community grocery stores in mid-November. The transaction, closed in early 2019, includes 24 stores on Long Island, two in New York City (Astoria and Harlem) and one in Holmdel, N.J. Lidl expects to convert the Best Market locations to its banner over the next two to three years.

Related:Lidl to make Long Island debut next year

A pure-play online retailer, New York-based Boxed offers consumers and businesses club-sized packages with free two-day delivery in the continental U.S. on purchases of over $49, without the membership fees of traditional warehouse clubs. Customers also get cash rewards on the total price of every purchase. Early last year, Boxed — known for its technology prowess and highly automated warehouses — gave a thumbs-down to an acquisition bid from The Kroger Co.

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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