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Weis Markets kicks off DoorDash delivery

Launch marks Mid-Atlantic grocer’s second third-party delivery partner

Russell Redman

September 24, 2021

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DoorDash same-day delivery is now available at more than 170 Weis Markets stores in six states.Weis Markets

Weis Markets has added DoorDash as another third-party partner for on-demand grocery delivery.

Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis said Friday that DoorDash same-day delivery service is now available at more than 170 stores across its Mid-Atlantic market area via the DoorDash online marketplace and mobile app. Customers receive their grocery order in an hour, on average.

Weis is offering more than 47,000 items through DoorDash, including fresh meat and seafood, fresh produce, dairy, snacks and center-store groceries.

In addition, Weis customers also can sign up for DoorDash’s DashPass membership program. For eligible orders of $25 or more, Weis members get $0 delivery fees and reduced service fees from thousands of restaurants, grocery, and convenience stores nationwide.

“We’re committed to bringing our customers a strong combination of convenience and value every day,” Ron Bonacci, vice president of advertising and marketing at Weis Markets, said in a statement. “This partnership expands online shopping and delivery options available to customers and offers them the convenience of shopping a wide variety of the high-quality Weis Markets products they trust within the DoorDash app.”

Weis Markets currently offers online grocery delivery and pickup service through its own service, Weis 2 Go, and same-day delivery via third-party provider Shipt at most stores. The company began its partnership with Shipt, a subsidiary of Target Corp., in September 2018.

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Overall, Weis operates 197 supermarkets in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia. The DoorDash service currently isn’t available via Weis in Virginia.

“As consumer expectations for convenience and accessibility increase, we are excited to partner with Weis Markets to bring their extensive selection of groceries to customers’ doorsteps on-demand throughout the mid-Atlantic region,” commented Shanna Prevé, vice president of strategic partnerships and business development at DoorDash.

Known primarily for restaurant food delivery, San Francisco-based DoorDash officially announced its entry into the grocery retail market in August 2020. The company previously provided grocery retailers only with last-mile delivery of groceries and meals through its white-label DoorDash Drive service, in which retail partners fielded, picked and packed the orders. Now DoorDash offers an end-to-end online grocery marketplace solution, encompassing ordering, fulfillment and delivery.

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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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