by Alissa Marchat/staff writer Ethnic retailing is a bright spot in the supermarket industry, and One World Market believes that the Asian demographic is emerging as one of the brightest. The Asian population in the U.S. has grown by 43 percent in the last decade, recently replacing Hispanics as the country’s largest immigrant group, the […]
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The Shelby Report newsroom covers the grocery industry for retailers, wholesalers and suppliers. Staff reports include store openings, executive appointments, company announcements and industry event coverage. Since 1967, The Shelby Report has covered supermarkets, grocery chains and independent grocers through five regional editions.
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Kroger Introduces Chef Junior Program At Select Georgia Stores
Kroger’s Atlanta Division has launched its Chef Junior program, aimed at developing the culinary talents of its youngest shoppers and hosted at more than 20 stores throughout Georgia. Each 20-minute workshop includes personal guidance from a Kroger chef as the children learn to create foods like cupcakes and personal fruit pizza. As part of every […]
Posted inPrivate Label Brands, Corporate Store News, Home Page Latest News, Southeast, Store News
Southeastern Grocers Streamlines Private Label Brands
The Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie grocery banners, all owned by Southeastern Grocers (SEG), are merging their own brand products into a single, uniform brand featuring a new label. It allows SEG to provide more value, choice and differentiation to its customers, according to the Jacksonville, Florida-based company. SEG calls the move the company’s “largest-ever transformation of […]
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Mondelēz International Launches One Of The First Sponsored SmartLabel Apps
Mondelēz International has launched one of the first sponsored SmartLabel apps, making in-store, on-the-spot access to detailed product information for many of its U.S. snacking products possible from smartphones. More than 1,100 products across the U.S. snack product portfolio—biscuits, crackers, cookies, chocolate, gum and candy—now are searchable through the new “SmartLabel Sponsored by Mondelēz International” […]
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Costco Buyers Share Plans, Successes At FISMC Luncheon
Executives and associates from Costco Wholesale’s Los Angeles-area buying office were the guests of honor at the Food Industries Sales Managers’ Club of Los Angeles luncheon on Jan. 25. Sarah Wehling, VP/GM for the Los Angeles regional buying office, introduced four guest speakers for the event—buyers in different categories. Wehling herself oversees the buying of […]
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First Trucks To Depart From Publix’s New Alabama Distribution Center On Feb. 22
Publix Super Markets will begin shipping grocery items from its new McCalla, Alabama, distribution center on Feb. 22, the same day the Jefferson County facility hosts its grand opening ceremony. It is Publix’s first distribution center in the Cotton State; the grocery chain currently operates seven DCs in Florida and one in Georgia. The first […]
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Stop & Shop Unveils Plans For Supermarket In Mixed-Use Development
Stop & Shop has filed a letter of intent with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) outlining plans for a new state-of-the-art supermarket at the site of its existing store at 60 Everett Street in Allston, Massachusetts, as part of a broader, new mixed-use residential community. Known as Allston Yards, the proposed project is fully […]
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BJ’s Expands Own Brands Lines
BJ’s Wholesale Club is adding more products to its own brands lines—Wellsley Farms and Berkley Jensen. The expansion will include a wide assortment of fresh foods, organic options and premium home products, according to the Westborough, Massachusetts-based membership club. Upcoming new releases from Wellsley Farms include seltzer, Greek yogurt and an expanded assortment in the […]
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HP Hood Now Accepting Apps For Sportsmanship Scholarships
HP Hood, one of the largest branded dairy operators in the U.S., is accepting applications for its 2017 Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship program, which celebrates student athletes in New England who demonstrate integrity and sportsmanship on and off the field. With more than $600,000 awarded since 2009, the Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship program has become one […]
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WinCo Foods Opens DC In Denton, Texas
WinCo Foods opened a new distribution center on Tuesday—an 800,000-s.f. facility in Denton, Texas. The $135 million DC is located at 300 S. Western Boulevard. Boise, Idaho-based WinCo opened its first Texas stores in 2014 and now operates nine units in the state. The new DC, which will support stores in Texas and Oklahoma, includes […]
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Study: Gap Between Shoppers Using Social Media And Connecting With Their Supermarkets Remains Wide
The Retail Feedback Group (RFG) has released the “U.S. Supermarket Shopper Digital Update,” a new report focusing specifically on the digital aspects of shopper engagement with supermarkets. The report is an offshoot from RFG’s annual report of supermarket shopper satisfaction, the “U.S. Supermarket Experience Study.” Social media gap remains an opportunity While 87 percent of supermarket […]
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Fareway Stores Promotes Eight
Fareway Stores on Tuesday announced eight promotions during the Boone,-Iowa-based company’s quarterly managers meeting. The company did not provide the employees’ previous roles. • SVP-procurement: Aaron J. Irlbeck • SVP-merchandising: Michael J. McCormick • VP-engineering: Matthew J. Sherwood • VP-direct store delivery: Thomas J. Laven • VP-warehouse and trucking operations: Wesley D. Bass • VP-produce […]
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Rosie Will Serve As First Online Grocery Platform For Independents To Accept SNAP Payments
Participants in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will soon have a new, convenient way to shop and pay for their groceries. At The NGA Show, happening now in Las Vegas, Rosie announced that independent grocers using its e-commerce app can now offer customers the ability to shop online and pay for SNAP-eligible items at-store using […]
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Ridley’s Family Markets Partners With Digital Foodie To Offer On-Demand Ordering
Jerome, Idaho-based Ridley’s Family Markets, which operates nearly three-dozen stores in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, has deployed Digital Foodie’s on-demand platform. The new service will include branded websites and mobile applications that provide personalized shopping experiences for customers across the retailer’s Mountain West footprint. Ridley’s also will put Digital Foodie’s picking and fulfillment tools […]
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Whole Foods Selects Dunnhumby To Aid Customer Merchandise Strategy
Whole Foods Market has selected dunnhumby as a partner to evolve the chain’s category management and merchandising by using customer data and insights. Dunnhumby says it is working with the Austin, Texas-based grocery chain to apply its customer data models, science and industry-leading processes to make store-level merchandising decisions based on specific customer needs. Dunnhumby […]
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NOCO Express Opens New Buffalo Store
NOCO Express recently hosted a grand opening celebration at its newest Buffalo, New York, store at 2058 Delaware Avenue. The family-owned and locally operated c-store chain purchased the former Sunoco location in 2016 and recently completed a three-month interior and exterior remodel. The company says the store, which was closed during the renovations, debuts a redesign […]
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IGA Announces Its New Cause Marketing Partner
by Lorrie Griffith/editor-in-chief IGA USA revealed its new cause marketing partner at its 2017 Global Rally, Feb. 10-12 in Las Vegas. The new partner is Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, an organization that is summed up best by its tagline, according to President and CEO Marcia Lee Taylor: Where families find answers. The organization offers support […]
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Unified Grocers Goes The Extra Miles For Retailers In Alaska And Guam
by Alissa Marchat/staff writer The grocery industry is a tough one to succeed in, particularly when your store is located thousands of miles away from your wholesaler. That’s the challenge faced by those retailers in Alaska and Guam, which are served by Unified Grocers out of Seattle and California. Grocers and consumers alike face their […]
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Product Of The Year USA 2017 Winners Announced
Product of the Year, the world’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, has announced the winners of its 2017 Product of the Year Awards. A national representative survey of 40,000 consumers conducted by Kantar TNS, a global leader in consumer research, helps determine the Product of the Year winners each year so that Americans can best […]
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Supervalu Aids Hunger Relief With $1M In Donations
Supervalu says that its Supervalu Foundation will donate $1 million to 34 nonprofits that provide hunger and food-related relief to those in need in local communities across the country. The $1 million in donations will benefit local communities in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Recipient organizations include local food bank affiliates of Feeding […]