Feltman’s of Coney Island announced its launch at more than 150 Whole Foods Markets in the North Atlantic, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Florida. Feltman’s Original Casing Hot Dog 1-lb. 6-packs and Feltman’s Skinless Hot Dogs 1-lb. 10-packs have arrived at Whole Foods Market shelves in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, […]
Category: Meat/Seafood/Poultry
The Shelby Report covers meat, seafood and poultry for grocery retailers nationwide, from protein trends and pricing developments to supplier announcements and meat department merchandising strategies. Updated regularly across our five regional editions.
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MIDWEST: Fareway Stores To Purchase McGonigle’s In Kansas City, MO
McGonigle’s Food Store Inc. and Fareway Stores Inc. have entered into an agreement for Fareway to purchase the assets of McGonigle’s and proceed with the expansion of the market at 79th and Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, that was recently approved by the Kansas City Council. “I have been through a lengthy rezoning process, where […]
Midwest Distributor Lipari Foods Names Dave Littleson CFO
Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has named Dave Littleson as its chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Littleson will oversee all company financial operations. He will succeed Curtis Groves who will be retiring later this year and has served as Lipari’s CFO for eight years. Littleson will report directly to CEO Thom Lipari. “We are excited […]
Sprouts Farmers Market Hiring 110 For Maryland Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based healthy grocer Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. announced in mid-January that it soon will finish construction of a new store in Pasadena, Maryland. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 8048 Ritchie Highway will open at 7 a.m. April 15. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced later. “Since Sprouts first opened in the […]
H-E-B Returns To Meyerland With Bigger, Better Store
H-E-B’s reinvestment in the Meyerland community of Houston, Texas, has gone vertical. H-E-B Meyerland Market, located at 4955 Beechnut, opened Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 a.m. Serving as an anchor in the Meyerland Plaza, the brand new, 95,000-s.f. store replaces the former Braeswood store that closed after enduring significant damage from the floods following Hurricane […]
Brands Join McCormick For Grill Mates Turkey Breast Tenderloins
The Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms brands have joined with McCormick to introduce a new co-branded product, Grill Mates Marinated Turkey Breast Tenderloins. Available in two flavors, Montreal Turkey Seasoning and Southwest Style Chipotle, the tenderloins will be in select retail locations starting this month. The companies said Grill Mates Marinated Turkey Tenderloins were […]
Hanford, California’s First Smart & Final Extra! Store To Open Jan. 29
Smart & Final, the Los Angeles-based grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, is getting bigger in Hanford, California, with a new Smart & Final Extra! opening on Jan. 29. Located at 552 N. 11th Avenue, the new 35,000-s.f. Smart & Final Extra! will be almost three times the size of the existing store […]
Mata’s Fruit Store To Offer Customers Online Shopping With Local Express
Mata’s Fruit Store in El Paso, Texas, plans to open its first digital store in early 2020, deploying online shopping technology from Local Express. Owned and operated by the Mata family since 1955, Mata’s Fruit Store has expanded several times over the years and offers a large selection of fruits and vegetables, a full-service meat […]
SOUTHWEST: New Allsup’s Market Opens In Melrose, New Mexico
Allsup’s Convenience Stores, one of the first to offer self-serve gasoline and self-serve fountain drinks, is bringing another first to its customers—the new Allsup’s Market in Melrose, New Mexico. Allsup’s recently was acquired by Yesway, which is now the 18th largest convenience store chain in the country. One-part convenience store, with expanded grocery and perishables, […]
Butterball Launches Its New Premium Snacking Line
Over the past two years, Butterball says it has emphasized a renewed focus on innovation in the turkey space with a newly created innovation team to focus solely on new product development and identifying unmet consumer needs in the turkey space. “There has been a significant demographic shift in recent years and the buying power […]
Tyson Teams Up With Instant Brands To Offer Instant Pot Kits
The Tyson Brand and Instant Brands Inc.—creator of the multicooker, the Instant Pot—have teamed up to create the brand-new Tyson Instant Pot Kits. Designed to cook in 20 minutes, these fully prepped kits have everything needed for a meal, including Tyson 100 percent all-natural chicken made with no antibiotics ever, as well as premium long-grain rice and sauces. […]
New Food City Store Coming To Etowah, Tennessee
Food City is building a new store on US-411 North in Etowah, Tennessee. The 41,100-plus-s.f. supermarket will replace its existing location and be constructed on the same site. “The residents of Etowah have certainly been supportive of our company and we look forward to providing our valued customers with a new, larger state-of-the-art Food City […]
Basics To Open New Store In Hillsdale Neighborhood Of Portland, Oregon
Basics, a new market designed to help people cook more at home and support local farmers and producers with fresh, regional ingredients, will open its newest location in Hillsdale this February. The locally owned grocery is leasing the 12,000-s.f. space formerly occupied by Food Front at 6344 SW Capitol Highway. Basics was founded by Chuck […]
Mettler Toledo Debuts New Meat And Seafood Wrapper
Mettler Toledo has unveiled its new 865 Semi-Automatic Wrapper for grocery retailers looking for the efficiency of automatic weighing and wrapping, and the flexibility of manual label placement for meat and seafood products in backroom environments. The 865 Semi-Automatic Wrapper has an operational footprint of 19 s.f. Mettler Toledo describes it as one of the […]
Big Bear Stater Bros. Has Grand Reopening After Extensive Renovations
Stater Bros. Markets has served the Big Bear community since 1980, and nearly 40 years later, its Big Bear location has been extensively renovated in response to requests from local residents and visitors seeking to take to the slopes. Located at 42171 Big Bear Boulevard, the store will continue to be led by Rick Jaeger, […]
WEST: Photo Update: Smart & Final Extra! Opens In Watts Neighborhood Of LA
Smart & Final opened its doors Jan. 8 at Jordan Downs Plaza, a mixed-use public housing community in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood. The brand-new grocery store is a vital part of the redevelopment of Jordan Downs. In an area that has faced the challenge of convenient access to nutritious food, the new store says it […]
Impossible Foods Debuts Impossible Pork, Impossible Sausage At CES
This week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Impossible Foods is serving up Impossible Pork Made from Plants and Impossible Sausage Made from Plants—the startup’s first all-new products since the blockbuster Impossible Burger debuted in 2016. Impossible Pork Impossible Pork is a gluten-free, plant-based ground meat that can be used in any recipe […]
Pre Continues Distribution Expansion To Northeast
Pre Brands, a Chicago-based provider of branded grass-fed and finished beef, continues its expansion strategy with a launch in the New York and New Jersey markets. “Pre delivers category-leading basket size, repeat and household trips, due to our excellent product quality and strong consumer and customer investments,” said Pre Brands CEO Kevin Ponticelli. “We’re […]
Natural Grocers To Open 14th Oregon Store In Klamath Falls On Jan. 15
Natural Grocers will open a store in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, providing the community with access to organic and natural groceries. The store, located at 2800 S. 6th Street, will open at 8:30 a.m., and customers will have the chance to win up to $100 per week in free groceries for six […]
BlueNalu Highlights Cell-Based Yellowtail During Culinary Demonstration
BlueNalu, a San Diego-based food company developing seafood products directly from fish cells, recently held a culinary demonstration of one of its first commercial products, yellowtail amberjack, prepared with various cooking techniques. Investors and global partners were on hand to witness the preparation of the product. The company plans to introduce cell-based seafood in a […]
