New Channels News In Brief… Whole Foods Market is working with national solar providers NRG and SolarCity to increase the number of rooftop solar units on the company’s U.S. stores. The company aims to install up to 100 additional solar rooftop units on its stores. “This program showcases an exciting step in Whole Foods Market’s […]
Author Archives: Shelby Report Staff
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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CEO Says Smart & Final Had ‘Exceptional’ 2015
Smart & Final Stores on Wednesday reported its financial results for the 13-week and 53-week periods ended Jan. 3. Net income for the 13-week fourth quarter rose 7.4 percent to $10 million. Sales increased 18.9 percent to $997.6 million, including $73.3 million attributable to an extra week in this year’s fourth quarter. Comparable store sales increased 3.5 percent, including […]
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Food Lion To Begin Remodeling Stores In Greater Charlotte
Food Lion says it will remodel 142 stores in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina, market in 2016 as part of its “Easy, Fresh and Affordable… You Can Count on Food Lion Every Day!” strategy. The company expects to spend $215 million to remodel the stores as well as for additional price investments throughout the year […]
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Fareway And Pepsi Donate $5K To Iowa Children’s Charity
Pepsi Beverages Co. partnered with Des Moines, Iowa-based Fareway Stores to present a $5,000 donation to Variety—the Children’s Charity. Funds were raised during Pepsi’s recent Cases for Kids promotion held at Fareway locations. “We’re very proud to partner with Fareway and make this donation to Variety,” said Pepsi Beverages Co. GM Market Director Andy Dougherty. […]
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Supermarket Buyers’ Presence Growing At Housewares Show
Perry Reynolds, VP of global trade development for the International Housewares Association, told Shelby Report VP-Midwest Geoff Welch that the number of buyers from U.S. supermarkets is up at the 2016 International Home + Housewares Show this year. Reynolds spoke from the show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago, where the show wraps up today, […]
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Aldi Appoints Third Co-President For U.S. Operations
Aldi on Tuesday said that Brent Laubaugh, VP of its Saxonburg division, has been promoted to co-president of Aldi in the U.S., joining David Behm and Chuck Youngstrom, who continue in their roles as co-presidents. All three co-presidents report to CEO Jason Hart. Laubaugh, whose promotion becomes effective March 28, has been with Aldi for […]
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World’s Largest Idaho Potato Display Unveiled At Northgate González Market
The team at Northgate González Market in Southern California recently made final preparations for the culmination of the grocer’s six-month mission to build the world’s largest Idaho potato display. Pallets? Check. Spuddy Buddies? Check. 100,000-plus pounds of Idaho potatoes? Check. But the real hopes of Northgate, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and Melissa’s Produce lay […]
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IDDBA Kicks Off ‘Safe Food Matters!’ Campaign Focused On Food Allergens
Reaction to food allergens results in 200,000 emergency room visits and as many as 200 deaths each year. One in every 25 customers served in a day has a food allergy or is shopping for someone with an allergy. And the number of consumers affected by food allergens is increasing. The Centers for Disease Control […]
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Mondelez Launching Its First New Snack Brand In More Than A Decade
Mondelez International is rolling out a new snack brand—its first in more than a decade—called GOOD THiNS. The brand “starts with real ingredients (like wheat, potato and rice), combines them with enticing flavors (like garlic, spinach and sweet potato) and bakes each piece thin and crispy without any artificial flavors, colors, cholesterol, partially hydrogenated oils […]
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New England Food Show Kicks Off Sunday At Boston Convention Center
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and musician Joey Kramer will serve as keynote speakers at the New England Food Show (NEFS), sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA), which begins Sunday, March 13. Kramer will kick off the show at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Kramer, drummer for Aerosmith, launched his own 100 percent USDA Organic […]
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GMO Labeling Bill Passes Massachusetts Legislative Committee
A bill that would give shoppers clear labels for foods containing GMOs cleared the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture on March 4. The Genetic Engineering Transparency Food Labeling Act would require clear labeling of food products that contain genetically engineered ingredients, or GMOs. Similar laws have recently passed in Connecticut, Maine and […]
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Mars Named To Fortune’s Best Companies To Work For List, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… For the fourth year in a row Mars has been named to the Fortune Magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For”… NOCO Express has completed renovations at its store at 6724 Williams Road, at the corner of Niagara Falls Boulevard, in Niagara Falls. The remodel includes the […]
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California Assembly Votes To Raise Tobacco Age To 21
The California Assembly on Thursday voted to raise the age of sale for tobacco products to 21, add electronic cigarettes to state tobacco regulations and approve other measures to further reduce tobacco use. The state Senate previously approved similar measures and is expected to give final approval soon. By increasing the tobacco age to 21, […]
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Cottleville Firefighters Outreach Brings Caroline’s Cart To Schnucks
On Friday, Schnucks welcomed members of the Cottleville Firefighters Outreach (CFO) as they dedicated a Caroline’s Cart shopping cart to the grocer’s Cottleville, Missouri, location at 6083 Mid Rivers Mall Drive. CFO partnered with Schnucks Cottleville to make a cart available for local residents after learning how Caroline’s Cart helps parents of children with special needs better […]
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Fry’s Opening Seven New Arizona Stores This Year, Six Are Marketplaces
Fry’s Food Stores, a banner of The Kroger Co., is expanding its presence in Arizona with the addition of seven new stores in 2016. Fry’s says it will invest $260 million in Arizona to build six new Marketplace stores and to add one new store in Tucson along with multiple fuel centers at the properties. […]
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United’s Market Street Banner Growing Under Albertsons Umbrella
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor United Supermarkets adopted a strategic growth plan in 1998 that grew the company into what it is today. It was a milestone in the company’s timeline, as United Supermarkets opened its very first Market Street store in Wichita Falls. The Market Street banner is described as “where everyday meets gourmet” with […]
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Franchise Expansion Planned For Wahlburgers
Wahlburgers of Hingham, Massachusetts, founded by Chef Paul Wahlberg with celebrity brothers Mark and Donnie, has announced franchise deals with five new franchise groups to open more than 30 stores in several major metro markets in Massachusetts, California, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina. Seven restaurants currently are open, with three more slated […]
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Wegmans Moves Up On Fortune List, And More…
Grocery News In Brief… Wegmans is once again on Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. This year, the grocer moves up from seventh to fourth place on the list. The family-owned supermarket chain, marking its 100th anniversary in 2016, has appeared on the Fortune list for 19 consecutive years and is one […]
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Anheuser-Busch Partners With Ibotta To Offer Cash Back On Beer Purchases, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Ibotta, a mobile shopping app that pays consumers cash back on their everyday purchases, has partnered with Anheuser-Busch to offer beer shoppers cash-back rebates on Anheuser-Busch products through the Ibotta app. The partnership, which runs through February 2018, will provide Ibotta shoppers over 21 years old with special offers on […]
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All Ahold USA Stores Offer 100 Percent Sustainably Sourced Seafood, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Ahold USA said March 3 that all seafood sold from the service counters at its retail divisions of Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover and Giant Carlisle are now 100 percent sustainably and responsibly sourced. In addition, 100 percent of Ahold USA’s Nature’s […]