The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation held its 20th annual fall golf outing Oct. 22 at Pine Tree Country Club in Birmingham, Ala. The tournament included two flights and raised more than $30,000 for the Alabama Grocers Education Foundation, which funds scholarships to employees and children of employees of Alabama Grocers Association member companies. To date […]
Author Archives: Kristen Cloud
Kristen was Editor at The Shelby Report.
Posted in, West
Frieda’s Hosts Produce Retailers From India
Retailers from India recently made a stop at Frieda’s Inc. to get an insider perspective on the operation side of a wholesale specialty produce company. The tour consisted of 10 retailers who represented Walmart, Tesco and Metro Markets in India. They were in town for their first experience of PMA Fresh Summit, held late last […]
Posted in, National, Perishables
NFRA To Enhance Consumer Marketing Efforts In 2013
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) has hired PR firm Edelman to help enhance NFRA’s existing marketing campaigns and recharge efforts around promoting frozen and refrigerated dairy foods. Efforts will officially kick off in January 2013 with a focus on expanding NFRA’s annual March Frozen Food Month promotion. Enhanced efforts will include “influencer […]
Posted in, Southwest, Suppliers
Cargill Donates 600 Turkeys To Arkansas Foodbank
Cargill’s turkey processing facility in Springdale, Ark., collaborated with the tri-state Poultry Federation representing Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to donate 600 turkeys—totaling 15,400 pounds—to the Arkansas Foodbank in Little Rock, including a truckload of turkeys delivered this week for Thanksgiving. Over the past 20 years, Cargill’s Springdale facility has donated more than 288,000 pounds of […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Safeway Reaches Tentative Agreement With NorCal UFCW Locals
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year labor agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Locals 5, 8 and 648 representing the company’s employees in Northern California. The new agreement will be recommended for ratification by the local unions to their members. “This new agreement provides our […]
Posted in, Southwest, Store News
Whole Foods Opens First U.K. Store Outside Existing London Locations
Whole Foods Market opened Wednesday in Cheltenham on the Gallagher Retail Park. This Whole Foods is the Austin, Texas-based grocer’s first English store outside of the five existing London stores (plus one in Glasgow). Situated right at the heart of the Cotswolds and offering a vast range of high-quality, natural foods, beauty and health products, […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Lazy Acres Hosts Big Grand Opening For New Long Beach Store
More than 300 customers waited in a line that wrapped around the newest Lazy Acres store in Long Beach, Calif., on Wednesday in anticipation of the grocer’s grand opening. “We’re real excited about the turnout that we’ve had for the grand opening,” Kevin Davis, president and CEO of Bristol Farms, which owns the Lazy Acres […]
Posted in, National, Suppliers
New Kraft Foods Group Reports 3Q Net Revenue Increase
Newly independent Kraft Foods Group Inc. has reported strong third quarter 2012 results with top- and bottom-line growth fueled by new products, increased investments in advertising and consumer spending, and significant productivity gains. “Our third quarter results demonstrate the power of our brands, our people and our innovation,” said Tony Vernon, CEO of Kraft. “We […]
Posted in, Northeast, Suppliers
Goya Donates 300K Pounds Of Food, 25K Meals To Sandy Victims
Goya Foods, America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, is donating more than 300,000 pounds of Goya products and more than 25,000 meals to victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. With the aid of City Harvest in New York, The Community FoodBank of New Jersey, The United Way of Hudson County, local elected […]
Posted in, National, West
Prop 37 Defeated: California Voters Say No To GMO Labeling Proposal
Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of genetically modified foods, was soundly defeated Tuesday in California, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The measure trailed 53 percent to 47 percent with nearly 90 percent of the vote counted at 3:30 a.m. (PT) Proposition 37 advocates relied on social media and a strong grass-roots campaign […]
Posted in, Center Store, National
Report: Pet Market Increases 15 Percent In Past Five Years
Pets are not only a man’s best friend, they are often looked upon as a four-legged member of the family. As a result, the retail sales of pets and related supplies and services have produced consistent gains from 2007-12, despite a turbulent economy. Mintel’s latest report estimates the pet market is worth more than $49 […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National
Unified Grocers Establishes Online ‘eShop-Rewards’ Program
Unified Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western United States, is offering independent retailers an exclusive “eShop-Rewards” program that allows consumers to earn points toward a $25 prepaid Visa Rewards card (in addition to their regular credit card points) while shopping online at more than 1,000 of the nation’s top online merchants. Consumers […]
Posted in, Northeast, Perishables
Fairway Market’s Turkey Ordering Website Goes Live
Need an organic turkey for Thanksgiving? Or a kosher one? A locally, humanely raised bird? Or do you want to impress your friends and family with a bird descended from the original Thanksgiving table? New York, N.Y.-based Fairway Market has them all and more, and all it takes to get them is a click on […]
Posted in, Perishables, Southwest, The Kroger Co.
‘Cake Boss’ Cakes Roll Out At King Soopers
The giant photo of Buddy Valastro at the front of the King Soopers store in southeast Denver and the employee offering free samples could only mean one thing: the line of “Cake Boss” cakes has made it to town, according to the Denver Business Journal. Valastro, the “Cake Boss” on the TLC reality show of […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacies Offering Free Antibiotics
Stater Bros. Supermarkets’ 27 Super Rx Pharmacies throughout Southern California on Nov. 1 began offering free antibiotics based on a 14-day eligible quantity. This includes refills to anyone with or without health insurance coverage who presents a prescription. Five different classes of antibiotics are available, including: • Amoxicillin (Generic for Amoxil); • Ampicillin; • Ciprofloxacin […]
Posted in, Executive News, National
Campbell Soup Co. Appoints Senackerib To New CMO Position
Campbell Soup Co. has appointed Michael Senackerib to the newly-created role of CMO, reporting directly to Campbell’s President and CEO Denise Morrison. Senackerib, 47, will lead Campbell’s marketing function, including marketing services, global advertising, design, media, digital marketing and consumer and customer insights. “World-class marketing is critical to Campbell’s success as we seek to drive […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Foods Co. To Build New Store In East Oakland
Foods Co. plans to start construction on an 80,000-s.f. new store in Foothill Square in Oakland, the San Francisco Business Times reports. The store at 10790 MacArthur Blvd. will be the supermarket’s first store in Oakland. It plans to finish construction in the summer of 2013. Foods Co., a division of Kroger Co., made plans […]
Posted in, Southwest, Store News
United, Market Street Sponsors Two Cars In NASCAR Races This Weekend
Market Street and its parent company, United Supermarkets, have partnered with Go Green Racing and Randy Hill Racing LLC to sponsor two cars at this weekend’s NASCAR events at Texas Motor Speedway. United will sponsor the No. 39 car, driven by Tim Andrews, in the NASCAR Nationwide Series “O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge” on Saturday, Nov. […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
N.C.-based blu eCigs To Help Rid Wrightsville Beach Of Littered Butts
blu eCigs has teamed up with Keep New Hanover County Beautiful and InnovaGreen Systems for the second annual Great American Butt Clean event taking place on the coastline in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., on Saturday, Nov. 3. “Flicking a butt is kicking our environment’s butt because, every year, discarded cigarette butts litter our parks, sidewalks, public […]
Posted in, Beverage News, National, Perishables
Almond Breeze Introduces Single-Serve Packs
There’s a new addition to the grab ‘n’ go cooler—Almond Breeze Almondmilk, now available in 11-oz. single-serve aseptic packs with a convenient, resealable screw-top closure. There are three available flavors, Original, Original Unsweetened and Vanilla Unsweetened. Made from real almonds, Almond Breeze Almondmilk is free of dairy, soy, lactose, cholesterol, peanuts, casein, gluten, eggs, saturated […]