Whole Foods Market 365 will open its first store in Long Beach, California, and eighth store nationwide on Wednesday, April 25. The 28,000-s.f. store at 3881 Lakewood Boulevard will be the third Whole Foods Market 365 in Southern California, joining Santa Monica and Silver Lake locations. All products sold in the store are free of […]
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Recommended: Farm Fresh’s Future Is A Mystery; Employees Brace For The Worst.
If the buzz among nervous Farm Fresh employees is any indication, something dramatic is about to happen at the grocer, and given the region’s crowded grocery landscape, two things seem possible: stores are going to be sold or closed. Frustrated employees who endured layoffs last year have been largely kept in the dark about what […]
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Former Haggen, Starbucks Exec Joins Albertsons As President, COO
Albertsons Cos. has appointed Jim Donald, former president and CEO of Starbucks, as its new president and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. “Donald is an experienced retail operator with extensive knowledge of Albertsons Cos., having previously held senior leadership roles at both Albertsons Inc. and Safeway Inc.,” the company says. Donald also served as […]
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Natural Grocers Adds Thousand Hills Grass-Fed Beef To All Stores
Natural Grocers has introduced Thousand Hills’ Lifetime Grazed beef in all of its grocery stores across 19 states. Natural Grocers selected Thousand Hills because of its “exceptional quality, humane-handling standards and because the cattle are raised on independent, family-owned U.S. farms,” the companies say. Natural Grocers’ meat standards for all unprocessed, fresh and frozen meat, include humane raising requirements, […]
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Study: Walmart Gains Ground In Amazon Price War
Walmart’s online grocery prices are edging closer to Amazon’s prices, with only a slim gap separating prices between the two retailers, according to a new study by global e-commerce analytics firm Profitero. In its report, Price Wars: Grocery, Household & Beauty, Profitero analyzed pricing for 21,000 products in grocery, beauty and household supplies, finding a 1.8 […]
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SpartanNash Recipe Contest Finalists Win Thousands In Free Groceries
SpartanNash has crowned Teresa Fiocchi of Augusta, Michigan as the grand prize winner of its “Our Family is Souper” recipe contest, awarding her $2,500 in free groceries for her Fiocchi Family Pasta e Fagioli soup. Fiocchi’s soup was selected by a panel of judges—including SpartanNash EVP, Merchandising and Marketing Larry Pierce; Grand Rapids Community College’s […]
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King Kullen Grocery Co. Co-Chairman Bernard Kennedy Dies At 92
King Kullen Grocery Co. Co-Chairman and former President Bernard D. Kennedy passed away Feb. 17 at his home in Point Lookout, New York. The announcement was made by Kennedy’s sons, King Kullen Co-President J. Donald Kennedy and King Kullen Secretary and General Counsel Bernard P. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy was 92. The second generation of four […]
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Recommended: Amazon Plans To Open As Many As Six More Go Stores This Year
Amazon’s much-heralded convenience store of the future, Amazon Go, may seem like a crazy experiment. But the company plans to open as many as six more of these storefronts this year, multiple people familiar with the company’s plans have told Recode. Some of the new high-tech stores are likely to open in Amazon’s hometown of […]