Stop & Shop, Peapod open new grocery delivering facility near Boston

BOSTON Peapod LLC and Stop & Shop supermarkets, owned by Royal Ahold of the Netherlands, have opened a facility near Boston dedicated to delivering groceries to area schools, businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Customers will be able to choose among more than 4,000 products, including fresh produce, snacks, beverages, cleaning supplies and office products. Deliveries will be made between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays to downtown Boston and several suburbs.

“A growing trend in the workplace today is to provide convenient, nutritious food and beverages on-site for employees,” says Andrew Parkinson, president of Peapod. “Peapod by Stop & Shop makes it easier for companies to do so by offering the convenience of online grocery shopping and delivery.”