BRAINTREE, Mass., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leading Internet grocer Peapod, LLC., and Stop & Shop, today announced the opening of a third facility on Long Island to better serve the needs of consumers looking for the convenience of online grocery shopping and delivery to their home or business.

"Peapod by Stop & Shop is excited to be able to serve additional customers in Long Island," said Peapod President Andrew Parkinson. "Our growth on Long Island reflects the demand for this service and we believe that our increased capacity will enable us to better serve our customers. As always, we will strive to provide a wide selection of well-priced, top quality, fresh products with the ease of Internet shopping and home delivery."

Residents and businesses in most Suffolk and Nassau County zip codes can now visit http://www.stopandshop.com/ to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat and dairy as well as best selling national brands and Stop & Shop private label items. In addition, Peapod by Stop & Shop has expanded service to more communities in Queens including Bayside, Cambria Heights, College Point, Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Hollis, Jamaica, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens and Whitestone.

Shoppers can create personal lists, read nutrition information online, sort products rapidly by price or by nutrition criteria and take advantage of personalized online coupons. Stop & Shop cardholders can jumpstart their first shop online from a list of items they have bought at their local Stop & Shop simply by entering their card number online. Groceries can be delivered as soon as the next day after the order is placed.

"Stop & Shop is very happy to be offering delivery service as another shopping option to more customers on Long Island," said Jose Alvarez CEO of Stop & Shop. "Our customers expect the best and they will get it from Peapod by Stop & Shop."

Stop & Shop and Peapod are both owned by Royal Ahold of the Netherlands which operates over 800 supermarkets in the US and around the world with total consolidated sales of USD 50 billion. Founded in 1989 as a smart shopping option for busy people, Peapod today stands as the country's leading Internet grocer, serving 17 U.S. markets including the metro areas of Chicago, Boston, Long Island and Washington, D.C., and communities in the states of Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Rhode Island. Peapod has achieved over 10 million deliveries since its first delivery in 1990. For more information on Peapod, call 1.800.5.PEAPOD (573.2763); e-mail service@peapod.com or visit http://www.peapod.com/.

CONTACT: Elana Margolis of Peapod, LLC., +1-847-583-6313, mobile,
+1-773-610-0019

Web site: http://www.peapod.com/
http://www.stopandshop.com/