Shipt is expanding its delivery coverage with Harris Teeter in three North Carolina metros as well as with Costco Wholesale in the Tampa, Florida, area. On March 23, Shipt will begin to deliver grocery products, beer and wine from Harris Teeter stores to customers in the Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Asheville metros. With this expansion, the […]
Author Archives: Lorrie Griffith
Lorrie began covering the supermarket and foodservice industries at Shelby Publishing in 1988, an English major fresh out of the University of Georgia. She started as an editorial assistant and proofreader—and, in spite of herself, she still proofreads everything, everywhere. Over more than three decades with Shelby, she held a variety of editorial roles. After a detour into business development, she rejoined Shelby in June 2024. “It’s good to be back covering the greatest industry in the world,” she says.
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Safeway Community Markets To Open In California March 1
Safeway will introduce shoppers in the Northern California towns of Berkeley, Los Altos and San Anselmo to its new Safeway Community Markets banner on Wednesday, March 1. This banner is being used on former Andronico’s Markets stores, which Safeway purchased in early November last year. Safeway purchased five stores; four are being reopened under the […]
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Big Red, Kroger And Weber Kicked Up Summer Sales
Austin, Texas-based beverage company Big Red reports that its “100 Days of BBQ” summer retail promotion and marketing campaign in Kroger stores in Louisville, Kentucky—with help from Weber—generated a 15.7 percent sales increase in dollars. The goal? A 10 percent increase. Big Red hosted Weber Mobile Grill Academy classes at the Kroger stores as part of […]
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Lloyd, Goelzer To Hold Supermarket Management Class 2.0 In May
Longtime grocery educator Harold Lloyd of Harold Lloyd Presents and Paulo Goelzer, president of the IGA Coca-Cola Institute, are teaming up to present Supermarket Management Class 2.0 in Chicago in May. Lloyd, who created the course about 15 years ago, used to hold the class in January, but saw an opportunity this year, with FMI […]
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Total Sales Up Slightly, Net Income Down For Ingles’ Fiscal Year
Asheville, North Carolina-based Ingles Markets, operating 201 stores in six states in the Southeast, reported fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended Sept. 24. In a news release Dec. 16, Ingles said total sales for fiscal 2016 were $3.79 billion vs. $3.78 billion in fiscal 2015. Net income for the year was $54.2 […]
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Phil Smith Elected Stater Bros. Markets Chairman
Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., parent company of Stater Bros. Markets, has elected Phillip J. “Phil” Smith to chairman of the board of Stater Bros. Markets, following the passing of Executive Chairman Jack H. Brown on Nov. 13. Smith formerly served as vice chairman of Stater Bros. Holdings—a position to which Brown appointed him in 2012. […]
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Veteran Grocer Jesse Lewis Launches Consulting Firm
Jesse Lewis, who has spent nearly 60 years in the grocery industry, has stepped down from his day-to-day role as EVP and COO at K-VA-T/Food City in Abingdon, Virginia, and launched his own firm, JAL Consulting LLC. Lewis, and his wife of 57 years, Joyce, reside in Piney Flats, Tennessee, in the eastern part of […]
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Albertsons Cos. Supports, Celebrates Veterans
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Albertsons Cos. announced that it is paying tribute to veterans with a host of community-based events, financial support to veterans organizations and additional outreach to honor and show appreciation for America’s veterans. The company and its 19 store banners, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, has dedicated a week of […]
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Hy-Vee Customers Donate Nearly $140K To Slain Police Officers’ Families
Hy-Vee customers generously showed their respect and gratitude to slain Urbandale Police Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Police Sgt. Anthony Beminio by donating nearly $140,000 to their families during a four-day period in November. Hy-Vee sent out a thank-you message to its customers on Nov. 10. Following the officers’ fatal shootings the previous week, Hy-Vee […]
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California Fresh Market Opens Line-Free Grocery Store
Business partners Alfred Holzheu, Greg King and Sean Walwick have opened a California Fresh Market in a former Haggen/Albertsons store in San Luis Obispo, California, that allows shoppers to skip the checkout line by using an app on their smartphone. The store opened Nov. 9 at 767 Foothill Boulevard. To skip the line, shoppers download […]
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KKR Invests In Two California Hispanic Grocers
Vendor memos from Mi Pueblo Food Center and Cardenas Markets dated Nov. 1 said that KKR, a global investment firm, has made investments in each company. Mi Pueblo operates in Northern California, Cardenas in Southern California. Both grocers say KKR is committed to their growth, saying the investment will be used for “creating new jobs […]
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Hy-Vee To Host Annual Veterans Day Breakfasts On 11-11
On Friday, Hy-Vee will host its annual Veterans Day breakfasts to recognize and thank veterans and active-duty military members for their service and will provide them with a complimentary meal. The grocery chain expects to serve more than 90,000 veterans, military members and their guests at 242 stores across its eight-state Midwest operating area this […]
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McLane Expands ‘Spark’ Initiative To Increase Workforce Diversity
McLane Co. Inc., the Temple, Texas-based supply chain services company offering grocery and foodservice solutions, said Oct. 3 that it has expanded its Spark program, a companywide initiative focused on identifying workplace diversity opportunities through a variety of programs, community outreach and lending support to nationally recognized diversity-focused annual events. The expansion underscores McLane’s commitment […]
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Publix Pharmacies In Florida To Offer Strep, Flu Tests
Publix Super Markets said Oct. 3 that its Florida Publix pharmacies are offering testing and treatment for strep throat and flu for customers 13 years of age or older. Publix pharmacists now can evaluate patients, perform a diagnostic test and dispense treatment in one visit. For patients who test positive for flu, pharmacists also are […]
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Dean Foods Reveals CEO Succession Plan
Dean Foods Co., the Dallas, Texas-based processor and direct-to-store distributor of fresh fluid milk and other dairy and dairy case products, said Sept. 1 that Ralph Scozzafava, EVP and COO, will succeed Gregg A. Tanner as the company’s CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2017. For transition purposes, Tanner […]
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Acosta Appoints Matthesen President And CEO
Acosta has named Steve Matthesen president and CEO, effective Sept. 6. Matthesen succeeds current President and CEO Robert Hill, who will become vice chair of the board of directors, also effective Sept. 6, and will continue to work with Acosta’s clients and customers in this new role. Hill has been with the company and industry […]
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Louisiana Flood Update: Waters Receding But Flooding Persists
Jay Campbell, executive chairman of Associated Grocers Baton Rouge, provided The Shelby Report with an update on the flooding in the area as of Sunday, Aug. 21. “Flood waters have been receding in most areas, and yet flooding persists in the most southerly portions of the state of Louisiana. The estimated number of personal residences […]
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Ky. University Adds Online Associate Degree For Food Retail Associates
University of the Cumberlands, a nonprofit, private university in the state of Kentucky, has teamed up with the Retail Learning Institute (RLI), a provider of online training programs for food retailers, to provide educational opportunities to food retail associates worldwide. Through this partnership, RLI students can validate their online training courses for college credit towards […]
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Dollar General Completes Buy Of 41 Walmart Express Locations
Dollar General said July 27 that it had completed its purchase of 41 former Walmart Express locations in 11 states. Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General anticipates relocating 40 existing Dollar Generals into the purchased sites by October 2016 and entering one new market—Coal Hill, Arkansas—as part of the purchase. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. […]
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Big Y Holds Annual Paul & Gerry D’Amour Memorial Charity Golf Outing
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