In a statement from a Kroger Co. spokesperson this afternoon, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based grocery chain said it is getting out of the e-cigarette business. “Kroger is discontinuing the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products, or e-cigarettes, at all store and fuel center locations due to the mounting questions and increasingly-complex regulatory environment associated with these […]
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Food Lion Feeds Donating One Million Meals Through #NoEmptyPlate
With participation of customers, Food Lion associates and community partners in the Food Lion Feeds #NoEmptyPlate social media campaign, Food Lion Feeds is donating one million meals to Feeding America and their member food banks in Food Lion’s 10-state service area. Food Lion Feeds created the campaign in support of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month […]
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Kingsport Ingles Donating Meals To Help Families In East Tennessee
On Monday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. the Ingles Markets on Henry Drive in Kingsport, Tennessee, will donate $2,542 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee as part of the Feeding Hungry Families Campaign. Between the dates of Sept. 15-28, Ingles customers purchased Hungry Family icons during check-out at all participating Tennessee locations. Each […]
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Meijer Continues Investment In Pet Departments For Total Pet Care
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer Meijer is working to expand its pet departments for an even larger assortment of everyday essentials like food and grooming supplies, as well as the increasingly popular Halloween costumes. According to the National Retail Federation, an estimated 29 million people plan to dress their pets up for Halloween, and Meijer has […]
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Kroger Stores Selling Peekaboo Ice Cream With Hidden Vegetables
Whole vegetables hidden in ice cream is available in 1,800 Kroger family of stores now that the retailer is offering Peekaboo brand. The Miami, Florida-based company is expanding its reach by partnering with Kroger, America’s largest grocery retailer. Peekaboo is the only manufacturer of organic ice cream infused with veggies. The products are designed to […]
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Recommended: Kroger To Lay Off Hundreds, Turnaround Questioned
Kroger is laying off hundreds of employees across the family of grocery stores it owns, a person familiar with the situation tells CNBC. The unionized grocer, which also owns Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, has 443,000 full-time and part-time employees. A spokeswoman for Kroger told CNBC in a statement that “As part of ongoing talent […]
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Bristol Seafood’s My Fish Dish Launches In QFC Stores
Bristol Seafood’s new ready-to-cook brand My Fish Dish launched in all 62 locations of QFC in September. My Fish Dish is a retail line of seafood that includes scallops, cod, wild Sockeye salmon and Atlantic salmon in three different flavors in both frozen and slack and sell. “My Fish Dish addresses the primary barrier to […]
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Mighty Spark Launches All-Natural Poultry At Walmart And CVS
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Mighty Spark, an independent company that donates a meal with each purchase consumers make of its all-natural poultry, is expanding its assortment and presence at retailers nationwide with the launch of patties and ground blends at select Walmart stores, and chicken snack sticks at 2,500 CVS locations. “In addition to launching at Walmart […]