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Weis Markets to launch same-day delivery with Shipt

Online grocery marketplace also expands service with H-E-B

Russell Redman

August 27, 2018

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Weis Markets Inc. next week plans to kick off online grocery delivery with the rollout of Shipt’s same-day service in 11 markets in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.

And later this week, Texas grocer H-E-B is slated to expand its partnership with Shipt by launching same-day delivery in nine more communities, to be followed by another in mid-September.

Same-day delivery of groceries and household essentials from Weis stores is set to begin on Sept. 6 in Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Lewes, Millsboro, Millville and Rehoboth Beach, Del.; and Baltimore.

The expansion will mark Shipt’s debut in Delaware and build on its initial launches in Baltimore this past March and in Philadelphia in April. The Birmingham, Ala.-based company said the rollout will give nearly 2.6 million households across the three states access to products delivered from Weis in as soon as one hour. More than 500 new Shipt personal shoppers also will be added in those states to help fill online grocery delivery orders.

For Weis customers, home delivery with Shipt provides another option to the Sunbury, Pa.-based supermarket chain’s expanding Weis 2 Go click-and-collect online grocery service, now available at about 90 stores. The retailer operates 206 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia.

Related:Weis Markets equips for omnichannel marketplace

“We’re pleased that our partnership with Shipt will provide customers the additional convenience of having groceries delivered directly to their homes,” Ron Bonacci, vice president of advertising and marketing at Weis, said in a statement.

Meanwhile, H-E-B stores in the Texas markets of Fredericksburg, Laredo, Stephenville, Granbury, Uvalde, Victoria, Huntsville and San Angelo are due to start Shipt grocery delivery on Aug. 30. Target stores in Huntsville and San Angelo also are slated to launch Shipt delivery of groceries and household products on that date. And on Sept. 18, Shipt’s service is due to get under way from H-E-B in Bay City, Texas.

With the expansion, Shipt said it plans to add 450-plus personal shoppers across the 10 new metropolitan markets in Texas to help pick, pack, bag and deliver the online orders.

Shipt originally launched in Texas in 2015, and this latest rollout extends its reach to over 200,000 more households across the state.

H-E-B and Shipt unveiled their partnership in May 2016, beginning with online grocery delivery in the retailer’s hometown of San Antonio and then in Houston, Austin and Dallas.

Related:H-E-B dives into delivery with Shipt, Instacart

“Texas was one of the first states where we launched Shipt in back in 2015, and we’ve since built a lot of momentum in the state, making it a natural fit to expand our marketplace,” stated Bill Smith, founder and CEO of Shipt.

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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