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HowGood and Stop & Shop Partner On Sustainability Ratings

HowGood, an independent research organization aiming to bring transparency to the shopping experience, has formed a partnership with select Stop & Shop grocery stores in Massachusetts. HowGood’s research identifies food products that meet rigorous environmental and social benchmarks. The HowGood ratings system can be found in four Massachusetts grocery store locations including Braintree, Hingham, Pembroke and […]

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Living Wall Highlights New Whole Foods In Chicago Neighborhood

Whole Foods Market’s new Midwest flagship store in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood—at the historic Ashland-Belmont-Lincoln intersection—is wrapped on three sides by a 10-foot-high vertical garden with more than 5,000 plants, created with the “LiveWall” system. The new Whole Foods Market is 75,000 s.f. “The living wall softens the building’s exterior while providing beautiful greenery along the […]

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Food Lion Feeds To Provide 1 Million Meals To Families In Need

Food Lion is partnering with its customers to help end hunger by launching specially marked Food Lion Feeds bagged apples for sale in its stores. In its fourth year, the bagged apple campaign will help provide more than 1 million meals to families facing hunger in local communities across the grocer’s 10-state footprint. With the […]

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Kroger To Open Kitchen 1883 Restaurant In Kentucky

The Kroger Co.’s culinary development team has revealed a new restaurant concept—Kitchen 1883—that will open in Union, Kentucky, in late October, serving “new American comfort food.” “With Kitchen 1883, our goal is to create a gathering place that offers a genuinely delicious place to relax and experience our food,” said Daniel Hammer, Kroger’s VP of […]

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eMeals Customizable Meal Kits Available At Walmart, Kroger

Digital and mobile meal planning service eMeals has introduced what it says is the first choose-your-food-style meal kit solution as well as the first that works with local grocery pickup and delivery partners, providing variety, flexibility and affordability not available from other meal kit services. Subscribers can select from 15 different eating styles ranging from Quick […]

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Starbucks Taps Former Sam’s Club Exec As Group President And COO

Starbucks Corp. has appointed Rosalind Brewer group president and COO, effective Oct. 2. Brewer, former president and CEO of Sam’s Club and current Starbucks board member, has more than 30 years of management experience and more than 10 years of experience leading multi-national retailers. “Starbucks is a culture-first company focused on performance, and Roz is […]

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Northeast Retailers Continue Their Hurricane Relief Efforts

Ahold USA and its brands—Stop & Shop, Giant Food of Landover and Giant Food Stores of Carlisle—on Sept. 5 announced donations totaling $250,000 to help with relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane Harvey. Other donations were announced by Key Food Stores Co-operative and Sheetz convenience stores. The donations, comprising $175,000 in cash donations and additional donations of $75,000 in food and supplies, will […]

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Walmart Has Reopened Most Locations In Harvey-Impacted Areas

Walmart said Sept. 5 that it has reopened most of its stores and is again serving customers in the Gulf region following the devastation from Hurricane Harvey. All but five of its stores in the Gulf region have reopened; the remaining five stores that remain closed are along the coast where the storm made landfall. Walmart […]