BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$75.0M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Founded in 1989 by brothers Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, Peapod has grown to be one of America's leading Internet grocers. Peapod is a wholly owned subsidiary of international food provider Royal Ahold, and works in partnership with Ahold USA supermarket companies including Stop & Shop and Giant Food.
President
Andrew B. ParkinsonNumber of Employees 1,800
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Computer Related Services: 541519
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Peapod unveils 'virtual nutritionist'
SKOKIE, Ill. -- The online grocery ordering and delivery service Peapod, a unit of Ahold NV, has developed NutriFilter, a "virtual nutritionist" designed to make shopping easier for people with dietary restrictions. A new software program Peapod has developed essentially reads product labels for its customers, sifting through all...
West Bridgewater, Mass.-based grocery chain plans to leap online.
By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--Shaw's Supermarkets said it plans to jump into the online grocery market and compete head to head against Peapod and Stop & Shop, taking a chance on a business where failure has...
The Boston Globe Consumer Column.
By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--RIVALS GONE, PEAPOD SEEMS TO WIELD POWER LIGHTLY: Peapod Inc., the last online grocer left standing, hasn't started acting like a monopoly yet. The company's prices have gone up...
Online Grocer Shuts Down Popular Food Delivery Service in Boston Area.
By Stephanie Stoughton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--Three days after the dramatic failure of online grocer Webvan, HomeRuns.com Inc. abruptly shut down its popular local delivery service following a cash crunch and pulled the shades down on its Web ...
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Gambling for Groceries with Priceline.com
It looks like the business model of selling groceries over the Internet and delivering them to your door is a loser. Peapod's PPOD high profile stock is plummeting. Streamline SLNE, Webvan WBVN and the newest kid on the block, Homegrocer.com HOMG, have prices hovering around their IPO debut price. Statistics...
The Internet Analyst News - Online Grocers: Fertile Ground Yet to Bear Fruit
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 19, 1999-- In a business characterized by tight margins and slow growth, even well known online grocers like Peapod (Nasdaq:PPOD) are struggling to reach profitability. One of Peapod's direct competitors is Streamline.com (Nasdaq:SLNE), which sells groceries and other goods and services. Webvan Group (Nasdaq:WBVN), which...
Peapod Rated No. 1 Online Grocer by Gomez Scorecard
SKOKIE, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 8, 1999-- Peapod, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPOD) today reported that it has been rated the No. 1 Internet grocer by Gomez Advisors, Inc., the leading provider of Internet research and analysis. Peapod outranked nine other Internet grocers in an evaluation covering aspects such as ease of use,...
Multex Investor Network Presents Featured Broker Research - John G. Kinnard & Co. - Peapod Inc. —PPOD—
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 16, 1999-- Analysts at John G. Kinnard & Co. rate Peapod a BUY. The analysts, however, say Peapod, a leading Internet grocery store, must penetrate its target markets over the next 12 to 18 months in order to retain its first-to-market advantage. The analysts state, "the...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrew B. Parkinson | President |
| John Burchard | Chief Information Officer |
| Thomas L. Parkinson | CTO & Senior Vice President |
| Michael P. Brennen | Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Scott DeGraeve | Senior Vice President |
| Dave McHugh | Vice President |
| Jonathan C. Wilson | Vice President, IT |
| Tony Stallone | Vice President, Fresh Markets & Mdsg |
| Annette McMillan | Director, Marketing & Corp Relations |
| Peg Merzbacher | Director, Marketing |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark VanStekelenburg | Board of Directors |
| Trygve E Myhren | Board Member |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | President | Current |
| Winona Capital Management / Private Investment Firm | Board of Directors | Current |
| Meals.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Peapod, LLC | Founder | Former |
| Wesleyan University | B.A. In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miga Solutions, Inc | Chief Information Officer, Peapod | Current |
| Peapod, LLC | Chief Information Officer | Current |
| Miga Solutions, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University | Former | |
| Middlebury College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | CTO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Peapod, LLC | General Manager | Current |
| Executive Ministries | Leader | Current |
| School District 95 Educational Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alpine Chapel | Board of Directors | Former |
| Southern Illinois University | BS Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Vice President, IT | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Vice President, Fresh Markets & Mdsg | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Director, Marketing & Corp Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peapod, LLC | Director, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| March of Dimes | Trustee | Current |
| The American Health Care Partnership, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Arrowstream | Member | Current |
| P&J Brands, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The American Health Care Partnership, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Peapod, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vendex International | senior executive positions | Former |
| Saval Foods Corporation | chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| University of Denver | Trustee | Current |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | Chairman | Current |
| The Colorado Forum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Verio Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Peapod, LLC | Board Member | Current |
| The Cable Center | Board Member | Current |
| University of Denver | Board of Directors | Current |
| Megunticook Management, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Megunticook Management, Inc. | Investment Committee Member for the Funds | Current |
| The Providence Journal Co. | CEO | Former |
| Atc, Inc. | president | Former |
| The Providence Journal Co. | President | Former |
| Atc, Inc. | vice president of marketing and programming | Former |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Co-Founder | Former |
| Home Box Office Inc. | director of Time | Former |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | executive committee member | Former |
| Megunticook Management, Inc. | Investment Committee Member | Former |
| The Providence Journal Co. | Chairman | Former |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Director | Former |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | Director | Former |
| Dartmouth College | Graduate | Former |
| Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth | Graduate | Former |
| Business Administration | Former |
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