Walmart's announcement that it's expanding its grocery delivery service to more than 100 metro areas with the potential to serve more than 40% of U.S. homes is just the latest blast in this front-door food war. Grocery delivery is a $4.5 billion industry — a small sliver of the $680 billion for grocery overall, according to Pentallect. That figure is expected to jump 12.5% each year and reach $9 billion out of $735 billion in 2022.

Mattel is paying homage to fashion icon Iris Apfel with her own Barbie doll. The 96 year old is being commemorated in conjunction with the release of her new interior design book, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon. The doll features Apfel's signature round black glasses and silver bob and wears a Gucci outfit and loads of accessories. The dolls will be available in the fall and will be marketed through the Home Shopping Network.  

Chris Brandt, who helmed marketing at Taco Bell as well as other chains such as Outback Steakhouse, will take over as Chipotle's chief marketing officer on April 2. He was brought on board by new Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol, who himself came from the Mexican-themed fast-food chain.

Krispy Kreme is hoping that it can cut in on Easter candy phenomenon with a Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg doughnut. The holiday-themed doughnut will be decorated with blue and yellow stripes on a brown background to make it look like an Easter egg. It will be unglazed, topped with chocolate icing and nuts and filled with a peanut butter. It will be available through Easter, April 1.

Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., is pulling "a few assault-rifle themed periodicals" from its supermarkets, but will continue to carry some gun magazines, according to spokeswoman Kristal Howard. The move comes a few weeks after the grocer joined Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods in tightening gun restrictions in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting last month in Parkland, Fla.

Yelp’s partnership with Grubhub allows diners to make mobile and online orders from 80,000 restaurants found on Grubhub in 1,600 U.S. cities including chains like P.F. Chang’s, Yard House, Buffalo Wild Wings and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. The offering is now available through Yelp’s mobile app. It will be available on desktop and mobile web orders in the coming weeks, Yelp said.

Scientists and National Institute of Health officials waged a concerted campaign to obtain funding from the alcohol industry for research that may enshrine alcohol as a part of a healthy diet. The 10-year government trial is now underway, and Anheuser Busch InBev, Heineken and other alcohol companies are picking up most of the tab, through donations to a private foundation that raises money for the NIH.

The world's largest burger chain said it expects the changes to prevent 165 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere by 2030, equal to taking 32 million cars off the road for a year. Altogether, McDonald's expects to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 40% by 2030 from 2015 levels.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop will open a culinary-focused pop-up in Dallas in April. The boutique will serve complementary drinks and snacks at a “Goop x Cointreau Margarita Bar” and devote a third of the inventory to culinary products. Items features include olive oil, vinegar, organic teas, pasta and gummy candies, cookbooks, cocktail fixings and a Summerill & Bishop tablecloth that was designed by Paltrow. 

Volkswagen Group plans to add a third vehicle to its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant — a new sport-utility model that the company said it will reveal at the New York Auto Show next week. The new SUV will be a five-passenger version of the larger seven-passenger Atlas SUV, which arrived in 2017 and has been an early hit. VW said it would reveal the model's name in New York. It was not clear when the vehicle would arrive in dealerships.