SpartanNash was the first company to introduce Flashfood in Michigan and Indiana, through a pilot program at Family Fare and Martin's Super Markets. SpartanNash is expanding its rollout of the Flashfood app to 44 Family Fare and VG’s Grocery store locations throughout Michigan, Iowa, and Nebraska. Other retailers operating in the grocery space have also been piloting Flashfood. According to Flashfood, its regular shoppers save an average of $96 per month on grocery bills. Purchases are made directly through the app and customers then pick up their order from a designated Flashfood zone located inside a participating Giant Eagle or Market District location.
The Flashfood app enables customers to browse deals, directly from their phone or computer, on fresh items like meat, produce boxes, dairy, and bakery items, as well as center-store foods and snacks that are nearing their best-by dates. Since Giant Eagle first introduced the Flashfood program at 34 store locations in 2021, the retailer says that more than 430,000 pounds of food waste has been diverted from reaching landfills. Starting in Cleveland, the 140-store expansion will steadily roll out throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, and will be completed by the end of October. The Pittsburgh-based food, fuel and pharmacy retailer is expanding its partnership with Flashfood, a digital marketplace for heavily discounted food nearing its best-by date, to all of its 173 corporate Giant Eagle and Giant Eagle Market District stores. is offering reduced prices on soon-to-expire food at a growing number of stores.
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