The USA Rice Federation presented South Carolina-based BI-LO with its Retailer of the Year award at the company’s headquarters. This honor is given to the chain retailer that displays, merchandises and promotes U.S.-grown rice in creative and profitable ways during September National Rice Month (NRM) and throughout the year. USA Rice provides marketing materials to […]
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.
Posted in, West
Sunflower Farmers Market Opens First California Store
Sunflower Farmers Market, the full-service natural and organic grocer famous for “serious food at silly prices,” opened its first store in the California market on May 11 at 424 Roseville Sq. Sunflower Farmers Market currently has 33 stores throughout six Southwestern states, but this is Sunflower’s first foray into California. The new store will also […]
Posted in, Northeast
A&P Completes Auction of 25 Superfresh Stores
Montvale, N.J.-based Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. (A&P) recently completed the auction of 25 southern Superfresh locations, as it continues to fully implement its comprehensive financial and operational restructuring. The winning bids, which are subject to approval from the bankruptcy court before the sales would be completed, will be listed in motions of […]
Posted in, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast
Safeway’s Lewis Honored by Magazine
Safeway Inc.’s Assistant Vice President of Legal, Valerie D. Lewis, was named to the prestigious Top Women in Retail and Finance list by Women of Color magazine. Lewis is one of a handful of women professionals chosen by the magazine, a business and technology publication geared for women of diverse ethnic backgrounds, to honor and […]
Posted in, West
Fresh & Easy Announces San Francisco Opening Dates
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market revealed the opening dates for its first two stores in San Francisco. These store openings will create more than 50 good jobs and the company is currently accepting applications for positions on its website at www.freshandeasy.com/joinus. Fresh & Easy will open two stores in San Francisco this summer at 32nd […]
Posted in, National
J.M. Smucker Increases Coffee Prices
The J. M. Smucker Co. has increased the list price for the majority of its coffee products sold in the United States, primarily consisting of items sold under the Folgers®, Dunkin’ Donuts®, Millstone®, and Folgers® Gourmet Selections® brand names. Prices will increase an average of 11 percent on impacted items. The increase in price is […]
Posted in, C-Store News, National
Alarm It Protects ATMs from Internal Theft
To help ATM owners and operators protect their investment and the cash in their ATMs, Matthews, N.C.-based Alarm It Security Solutions has developed the MT3000 ATM security system. The only product on the market that protects against internal theft, the MT3000 is an anti-tamper, anti-abuse security system that offers protection against unauthorized intrusion from thieves. […]
Posted in, Northeast, Perishables
N.Y. Resident a Winner in Beef Checkoff Veal Promotion
The Beef Checkoff Program has announced the winner in its recent veal promotion designed to help retailers expand veal sales. Susan Motisi of New Rochelle, N.Y., was awarded $1,000 in free groceries. A frequent shopper of her local Super Stop & Shop, Motisi’s winning entry was one of more than 200,000 received in the “Eat […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Center Store, National
Coca-Cola Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Coca-Cola plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary all summer long with a variety of activities from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The 125 Years of Summer Fun, beginning May 8th, features two summer-long programs, promotions, advertising and celebratory packaging. “For 125 years, Coca-Cola has refreshed the world and celebrated with people as they enjoy fun […]
Posted in, National, The Independent Perspective
Are You Prepared?
The month of June marks the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, and forecasters are predicting a busy season, but hurricanes are only one of many events that can impact retail and wholesale operations. As we’ve seen earlier this year disaster can strike at any given moment. The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan literally […]
Posted in, Midwest
Supervalu 4Q Sales Slip Nearly 6 Percent
Company lost $1.5B in FY11 Supervalu Inc. continues to “rightsize” itself, but reported a slip in net sales and negative 5 percent same-store sales in the fourth quarter. Net sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 were $8.7 billion vs. $9.2 billion in the same period a year ago. Fourth quarter net earnings were $95 […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Midwest
Hy-Vee Partners With Curtis Stone
Iowa-based Hy-Vee has teamed with celebrity chef Curtis Stone to develop a series of recipes designed to bring families together for meals that are easy, affordable and fun. Stone, a native of Australian trained in London, is the host of Top Chef Masters on Bravo and appears as an investor/mentor on NBC’s “America’s Next Great […]
Posted in, Marketing News, National
FMI Recognizes Three Store Managers for Service
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) presented the 12th Annual Store Manager Awards at Future Connect in Dallas May 11. Finalists were selected based on stories submitted from their supervisors or store associates. The entries were judged on originality and creativity and the person’s impact on sales growth, customer satisfaction and community service. Winners are Shawn […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National
FMI Starts Online Petition Supporting Swipe Fee Reform
by Lorrie Griffith/editor On the one-year anniversary of the Durbin Amendment in May, hometown businesses and their customers across America are still facing the financial difficulties of the ongoing battle against interchange swipe fees, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). To keep focus on this important issue, FMI has launched an online petition for […]
Posted in, Perishables, Southeast
Fresh Market to Offer Anna Mae Bread
Greensboro, N.C.-based Anna Mae Southern Bread Co. announced that The Fresh Market will distribute the local company’s frozen rolls at 101 store locations in 20 states, reports The Business Journal. It will mark the first national grocery outlet for Anna Mae Southern Bread Co., which was founded by Shana Martin in 2009. Consumers will be […]
Posted in, Southeast
Harris Teeter to Donate $215K to Food Banks
The Harris Teeter Inc. supermarket chain will donate $215,000 to its food bank partners, including Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina in Winston-Salem. Harris Teeter raised the funds during its annual spring golf outing. According to The Business Journal, proceeds will be divided among 14 of Harris Teeter’s food-bank partner agencies. “The past […]
Posted in, Southeast
Western Boca Raton to get Fresh Market
The Fresh Market is coming to western Boca Raton. The Greensboro, N.C.-based chain of gourmet supermarkets plans to open its 25th store in Florida at 20409 S. State Road 7 on June 8, reports the South Florida Business Journal. “We are excited to open our store in west Boca and to expand our reach in […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Center Store, Southeast
J.M. Smucker Buys Rowland Coffee
J.M. Smucker Co. has paid $360 million for Miami-based Rowland Coffee Roasters, whose brands include Café Pilon, Café Bustelo, Café Oquendo, Medaglia d’Oro and El Pico brands. According to the South Florida Business Journal, a news release said Rowland’s 2010 revenue of more than $110 million makes it the nation’s largest coffee company marketing to […]
Posted in, California Perspective, Guest Contributors, West
Help Us, Mr. Attorney General — Our Industry Is on the Ropes
CGA President Ronald Fong continues his series of open letters to our newly elected state constitutional officers. This issue’s letter is addressed to California Attorney General Kamal D. Harris. Dear Attorney General Harris, California is the nation’s leader in many things and most of them are admirable. But our state’s increasingly anti-grocery regulatory and litigation […]
Posted in, Southwest
FSA Hits Home Run with 2011-12 Scholarship Winners
Excitement was in the air at the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington April 13. This was the venue for the 14th Annual Food Sales Association (FSA) Scholarship Awards Luncheon. Scholarship winners had the opportunity to see the ballpark and had the opportunity to have their picture taken with Nolan […]