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Summit Marketing Partners Acquires Howard F. George Food Brokers

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Summit Marketing Partners has finalized an agreement to acquire Howard F. George Food Brokers. With this acquisition, Summit Marketing continues its growth and expansion and furthers its goal of becoming the premier food brokerage in the Midwest in deli/bakery, meat/seafood and frozen/grocery. “This move allows us to continue to focus on growing […]

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Lidl Opens Its First Two Stores On Long Island, New York

On Dec. 11, Lidl opened its first two stores on Long Island, New York. The West Babylon store is located at 725 Sunrise Highway; the Center Moriches store is at 821 Montauk Highway. ShopOne Centers REIT Inc. an owner, operator and manager of grocery-anchored shopping centers, is owner of the Hubbards Commons shopping center in West […]

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Bashas’ Supermarkets Offering Signature Holiday Donuts

Bashas’ is offering its shoppers specially created signature holiday donuts in its bakery departments across Arizona. Available for a limited time, the special holiday assortment includes:  Reindeer Donut, which is a maple bar with pretzel antlers and sugar-frosted red nose and eyes (available Dec. 15-22). Arizona Christmas Cactus Donut, which is iced in green and […]

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H-E-B Harper’s Trace Is Latest Houston-Area Store For Grocer

H-E-B expanded its footprint in the Houston area on Dec. 4 with its 102,000-s.f. Harper’s Trace location at 10200 Highway 242 in Conroe. Jamie Lee, an 18-year H-E-B Partner (employee) who started as a bagger while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, is the store leader. After graduation, she served at several H-E-B stores, […]

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Muffin Mam Opens Second S.C. Production Facility, Appoints Leadership

The Muffin Mam Inc. has opened a second production facility in Laurens, South Carolina. The 100,000-s.f. anchor facility is in the Hunter Industrial Park, 20 miles from its current location in Simpsonville. This new facility allows Muffin Mam to broaden its offerings of fully decorated and layer cakes and expand its selection of cupcakes. The […]

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Publix Set To Open New Store In Northport, Alabama

Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Super Markets will open a new store Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 a.m. at the Shops at Bristol Park in Northport, Alabama. “We look forward to offering the Publix shopping experience to more customers in Northport,” said Brenda Reid, Publix media and community relations manager for the Atlanta division. It will be […]

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Key Food Stores Opens SuperFresh Location In Brooklyn

Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, held a grand opening of its newest SuperFresh location in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 22. Local officials and Key Food executives including CEO Dean Janeway, COO George Knobloch, CFO Sharon Konzelman, CIO Tammy Teague and VP of business development […]

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‘Frozen 2’ Ice Cream Cake Makes Its Grocery Store Debut

To mark the release of Disney’s “Frozen 2,” which hit theaters Nov. 22, Carvel, in partnership with Rich Products/I Love Ice Cream Cakes, released a special-edition Disney “Frozen 2” Ice Cream Cake.   The new product, which is the first ice cream cake under the Disney “Frozen 2” moniker, is a snowflake-themed cake with vanilla and chocolate ice […]