Acme Markets and Bringing Hope Home, both based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, teamed up the week before Thanksgiving with the Philadelphia Eagles’ Zach Ertz and his wife, FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion Julie Ertz, through their Ertz Family Foundation, to provide approximately 100 Thanksgiving meals to area families battling cancer. Bringing Hope Home is an organization that […]
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Weis Markets Joins Customers To Celebrate National Day Of Giving
Weis Markets, based in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, joined with customers to support local nonprofits on Nov. 27, the National Day of Giving. All customers are invited to donate to a local nonprofit, chosen by employees at each store location, by adding $1, $3 or $5 when they check out at registers or by rounding up their […]
Redskins And Safeway Announce Exclusive Grocery Partnership
The Washington Redskins has named Safeway its Official Supermarket and the Redskins’ exclusive grocery partner. Activations of the partnership include public events, player appearances, charitable programs, in-store promotions and onsite fan experiences. Stores in the Washington, D.C., area will also develop Redskins “Hailgating” sections where fans will be able to pick up game-day items, food, beverages and Redskins […]
Tops Markets Emerges From Chapter 11 Reorganization
Tops Markets LLC has successfully completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11. The company, which reorganized with the support of its secured creditors and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, says it is emerging with “enhanced financial flexibility and (is) well positioned for long-term success,” adding that it will invest in its stores […]
7-Eleven Franchise Owners Vote No Confidence In Corporate Leadership
The Board of the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) has taken a vote of no confidence in the management of 7-Eleven Inc. (SEI). The board’s decision reflects franchisees’ belief that SEI has failed to focus resources and energy on improving declining store-level net profits, instead shoring up corporate gross profits at franchisee’s […]
Giant Opens New Willow Valley Store, Makes Large Donation
As Giant Food Stores officially cut the ribbon on its newest Lancaster, Pennsylvania-area store on Friday, Nov. 16, the company made a $50,000 donation to the Extraordinary Give, Lancaster County’s largest day of giving. Nearly 500 local organizations supporting causes like education, health, children and families, the environment and more will benefit from the day’s gifts. […]
Giant Food Donates 6,000 Turkeys To Five Local Food Banks
Giant Food has donated 6,000 Nature’s Promise turkeys to five Feeding America food banks within its region: Capital Area Food Bank, Maryland Food Bank, Food Bank of Delaware, Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank and Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The turkeys will help feed 72,000 people this holiday season. The donations kicked off a food drive being held at […]
Walmart Introduces New Focus On Hiring Military Spouses
Walmart now is giving hiring preference to military spouses, becoming the largest U.S. company to make such a commitment. The Military Spouse Career Connection, a new initiative by Walmart to recruit and hire military spouses, complements its 2013 Veterans Welcome Home commitment, enhanced in 2015, to hire 250,000 military veterans by 2020, a goal it […]
