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Giant Eagle Joins InComm Healthcare’s Retail Network

InComm, a payments technology company, is adding multi-format food, fuel and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle Inc. to InComm Healthcare’s OTC Network, which provides health plan supplemental benefit and incentive spending solutions designed to encourage healthy purchases. With the new partnership, the more than 5 million health plan OTC Network cardholders will now be able to […]

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Save Mart Opening The Tipping Point Restaurant In New Modesto Store

Save Mart, the flagship store of The Save Mart Cos. (TSMC), is opening a new location Oct. 2 in Modesto, California, featuring a fast casual restaurant called The Tipping Point. With both indoor and outdoor garden seating, the restaurant will serve tri-tip barbequed and served five different ways—wet or dry sandwich, torta, taco or salad, […]

Posted inBakery News, Corporate Store News, Northeast, Store News

Inserra ShopRite Partners With Butterflake Bakery In New Milford

New Milford, New Jersey-based Inserra ShopRite is partnering with Butterflake Bakery of Teaneck, New Jersey. Butterflake’s specially made breads, cakes and desserts will be delivered daily fresh to ShopRite of New Milford, home to the ShopRite Bake Shop, which features professionally trained bakers and cake decorators. “We are delighted to partner with another family-owned and operated local […]

Posted inBeverage News, Corporate Store News, Health & Wellness, Southeast

Port Orleans Brewing Co., Winn-Dixie Team Up To Fight Cancer

Winn-Dixie and Port Orleans Brewing Co. are partnering to support the fight against cancer with a two-part campaign inviting customers to “Lend a Helping Can.” This partnership will support cancer patients receiving treatment at the Ochsner Cancer Institute with a Winn-Dixie community donation program and a Port Orleans beer contribution campaign. Winn-Dixie customers can make […]

Posted inDollar General, Corporate Store News, Home Page Latest News, Private Label Brands, Southeast

Dollar General Opens Its 16,000th Store In Panama City, Florida

On Sept. 28, Dollar General Corp. held the grand opening of its 16,000th store in Panama City, Florida. The company marked the event with a community celebration and donations to two local elementary schools at its new store on East Third Street, which will serve Gulf Coast residents still rebuilding from devastation caused by Hurricane Michael […]

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Debut Of Big Slice From Rustic Crust Includes Social Media Promo

Rustic Crust, maker of  all-natural ready-made pizza crusts, has a new angle when it comes to pizza geometrics. Its new Big Slice—available exclusively at 2,400 Walmarts nationwide—is literally a giant pizza slice, more than 15 inches long and triangular. Made with all-natural premium ingredients—no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives—the Big Slice is handcrafted and wood-fired. […]

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Kroger Opens Two-Level Store In Cincinnati With First-Ever Food Hall

On Sept. 25, The Kroger Co. opened a new, 52,000-s.f., two-level urban-format store in downtown Cincinnati, offering the grocer’s first-ever food hall, named On The Rhine Eatery. The experience features Cincinnati eateries Django Western Taco, Dope! Asian Street Fare, Eli’s BBQ and Queen City Whip, as well as Kitchen 1883 Café and Bar, Kroger’s American […]

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Albertsons Changes Frozen Lineup, Launches Plant-Based Private Label

Seizing on consumer demand in frozen meals, Albertsons Cos. has revamped its lineup of Own Brands entrees with 55 new items, from organic plant-based meals for the “flexitarian” to protein power bowls. “We’re in a new age for frozen meals,” says Chad Coester, SVP of Albertsons Cos. Own Brands. “Shoppers deserve premium meals that deliver […]