Walmart, Instacart and Safeway top the week’s headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Walmart resuming Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccinations. Among other stories featured in this week’s gallery:

Instacart campaign turns spotlight on its personal shoppers

Google Pay serves up grocery deals for Safeway

For first time, digital coupons overtake print circulars in redemption

Two studies made it on our list this week. U.S. grocery shoppers are gradually returning to in-store purchases as more Americans receive COVID-19 vaccines, a new survey from Inmar Intelligence finds. When it comes to home delivery, U.S. online shoppers clearly favor speed, the latest NielsenIQ omnibus poll finds. Same-day delivery, same-day pickup and next-day/later pickup all gained traction among online consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas two-day and next-day delivery lost interest, according to NielsenIQ’s Omnichannel Shopping Fundamentals Survey, conducted Feb. 26 to March 28.

In other news, Supercenter retailer Meijer has topped 1 million COVID-19 vaccines administered through its pharmacies’ in-store clinics. Meijer also said it’s now launching a walk-in coronavirus vaccination program at all of its pharmacy locations.