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In partnership with Albertsons, DoorDash says it will be offering consumers delivery of fresh groceries in under 30 minutes. There’ll be 6,000 items available, including frozen and dairy.

Harvard might be hard to get into with a 4.5% admittance rate, but only 2.6% of Walmart applicants are accepted, according to bestlifeonline.com. According to its Feb. 17 conference call, Walmart said home delivery was six times higher in the fourth quarter than pre-pandemic levels.

J&J Snack Foods will be introducing three new flavors of Italian Gelato next month under its Luigi’s brand.

True story: In his obituary, a lifetime Cleveland Browns season ticket holder asked for “six Cleveland Browns pallbearers” at his funeral. Why? “So the Browns can let him down one last time.”

No, Kroger doesn’t have any stores in Oklahoma, but shoppers there will still be able to buy their groceries online from the chain. Orders will be fulfilled through Kroger’s automated facility in Dallas, then delivered to a facility in Oklahoma City.

Food inflation jumped 7.4% in January. Oppenheimer, the investment firm, expects elevated levels of food inflation to last throughout 2022, and perhaps longer.

Recent research says consumers are looking for foods and beverages that “1) support immunity 2) are affordable and value-based and 3) promote comfort and emotional well-being.”

Registration is open for the NFRA’s annual
convention Oct. 15-18 in Orlando, Fla. For info:
NFRAConvention.org.