Between Rounds Bakery Sandwich Café, a fast-casual restaurant operator based in South Windsor, Connecticut, recently obtained a license to manufacture prepared foods and now plans to offer its signature bagels, breakfast and lunch sandwiches at convenience stores in Hartford County and beyond. Currently, the company’s prepared breakfast and lunch sandwiches are available in the refrigerated […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Lake Forest, California, Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, is hiring for its soon-to-be finished new store in Lake Forest, California. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 24332 Rockfield Boulevard will open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. […]
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Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7
Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]
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QuickChek Names Smyly, Kwiecien To Lead Culinary Team
QuickChek has appointed Chris Smyly as director of foodservice and has hired Chef Ted Kwiecien as culinary specialist. The Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based fresh convenience market chain has been opening newly designed stores with more than half of each new store’s space dedicated to fresh foodservice. Smyly has been a senior category manager with the […]
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Reese’s Ice Cream Cake Now Available In Grocery Stores
Reese’s Ice Cream Cake will roll out into select grocery stores across the country in time for “I Love Reese’s Day” on May 18. The cake is made with chocolate ice cream, chunks of real Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, a layer of Reese’s peanut butter and whipped icing with a Hershey’s chocolate drizzle on top. […]
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Voortman Bakery Expands S’mores Cookie Portfolio
Voortman Bakery will return its seasonal s’mores offerings with the release of a brand new cookie and the return of the classic S’mores Crème Wafer. This collection comes after Voortman’s fast-selling s’mores wafer quickly became a fan favorite last year. Evoking a sense of nostalgia, the new s’mores cookie instantly takes consumers back to fond […]
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McKee Foods Purchases Prairie City Bakery, Will Retain Employees
Collegedale, Tennessee-based McKee Foods, best known for its Little Debbie brand of snack cakes, has acquired Vernon Hills, Illinois-based Prairie City Bakery. Mike McKee, president and CEO of McKee Foods, and Bill Skeens, CEO of Prairie City Bakery, made the announcement May 3. Prairie City Bakery was co-founded by Skeens more than 25 years ago. […]
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Associated Supermarket Group Opens Two NY Stores
ASG (Associated Supermarket Group) of Port Washington, New York, has opened two Fresh concept supermarkets, adding to its network of independent stores and to the 220,000 small businesses located in New York City. These small businesses employ nearly half of the city’s workforce, according to a government report. Met Fresh opened in Whitestone on Friday, […]