Grocery Outlet’s top executive was candid in his remarks to the investment community during the grocer’s earnings call March 4. Jason Potter, who took over as president and CEO of Emeryville, California-based Grocery Outlet in February 2025 after nearly five years as CEO of upscale retailer The Fresh Market, said, “I joined Grocery Outlet because […]
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Harris Teeter Packs 5K Meal Boxes At Annual Company Meeting
More than 300 Harris Teeter store managers, directors and support center leaders packed 4,992 seven-day meal boxes during the company’s annual leadership meeting, generating more than 104,000 meals for residents of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Through a partnership with Nourish Up, each box was filled with items ranging from mac and cheese, tuna and pasta […]
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Food Lion Opens New Store In Simpsonville, SC
Food Lion will open a new location March 25 at 2321 W. Georgia Road in Simpsonville, South Carolina, marking the brand’s fifth in the area and its fourth store opening in the first quarter of 2026. The opening will be followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The first 100 customers in line will receive a mystery […]
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Dollar General Names Fleeman As CEO, Succeeding Vasos
Dollar General Corp. has appointed JJ Fleeman as its next CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Todd Vasos, who has led the discount retailer for a combined 10 years across two terms. The appointment comes the same day Ahold Delhaize confirmed Fleeman will depart as CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA at the end of June to pursue […]
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Kroger, Peoria Area Anti-Hunger Coalition Launch Annual Canathon Food Drive
The Peoria Area Anti-Hunger Coalition launched its 40th annual Canathon food drive March 19 at area Kroger stores, collecting donations through the end of March with a goal of 50,000 pounds of food for 11 participating central Illinois food pantries. Kroger opened the drive with $1,000 in non-perishable food donations and $1,500 in Kroger gift […]
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Hannaford Donates 29M Pounds Of Food To Nonprofits In 2025
Hannaford Supermarkets donated nearly 29 million pounds of food to food banks and pantries across the Northeast in 2025 – a record for the grocer and a 15 percent increase over its 2022 donation total. The contributions equate to 24 million meals for food-insecure residents in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Fresh […]
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Whole Foods To Open 43,000-Square-Foot Market In Los Gatos, CA
Whole Foods Market will open a new 43,130-square-foot store April 15 at 15650 Los Gatos Blvd. in Los Gatos, California, replacing a location that is more than 30 years old. The new store, which is nearly double the size of its predecessor, features more than 2,000 products from 350-plus California-based suppliers, sourced with the help of […]
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Amazon, Winn-Dixie Expand Grocery Delivery To Greater Tampa Bay Area
Amazon and The Winn-Dixie Co. expanded their grocery delivery partnership to the Greater Tampa Bay area, adding six counties and dozens of communities to a service that reaches nearly 100 cities and towns across Florida and South Georgia. Customers in Hillsborough, Pasco, North Pinellas, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota counties can order from more than 15,000 […]