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Hy-Vee Customers Donate Nearly $140K To Slain Police Officers’ Families

Hy-Vee customers generously showed their respect and gratitude to slain Urbandale Police Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Police Sgt. Anthony Beminio by donating nearly $140,000 to their families during a four-day period in November. Hy-Vee sent out a thank-you message to its customers on Nov. 10. Following the officers’ fatal shootings the previous week, Hy-Vee […]

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Hy-Vee To Host Annual Veterans Day Breakfasts On 11-11

On Friday, Hy-Vee will host its annual Veterans Day breakfasts to recognize and thank veterans and active-duty military members for their service and will provide them with a complimentary meal. The grocery chain expects to serve more than 90,000 veterans, military members and their guests at 242 stores across its eight-state Midwest operating area this […]

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Hy-Vee Pledges $25K To Slain Officers’ Families In Addition To Customer Donations

All of Hy-Vee’s Des Moines-area stores collected customers’ donations last week and through the weekend to benefit the families of two police officers who were gunned down in their patrol cars on Nov. 2. To supplement customers’ donations, Hy-Vee is giving $25,000 to each officer’s family. Justin Martin, a 24-year-old rookie officer in the Des […]

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Fry’s Food Stores Ratifies Agreement With UFCW Local 99

The Kroger Co. says that associates working at the company’s Fry’s Foods division have ratified a new agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99. The agreement covers more than 20,000 associates working at 122 stores throughout Arizona. “We are pleased to reach an agreement that is good for our associates. This new contract […]

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Save-A-Lot Rolls Out New Private Label Line

Hard discount grocery chain Save-A-Lot has launched a new private label brand called America’s Choice Creations, a collection of flavorful favorites crafted with quality ingredients at great prices, according to the company. The line is exclusively found at Save-A-Lot food stores. The line is now available at all 400 corporate locations and currently rolling out across independently-owned […]

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Southeastern Grocers Launches Veterans Day Wall Of Honor

Leading up to Veterans Day on Nov. 11, Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie stores, has launched its Veterans Day Wall of Honor community donation program in all stores, together with the Southeastern Grocers Foundation. Through Nov. 15, customers and associates can show their support for veterans of […]

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Publix Sales Increase 2.4 Percent For 3Q, Same-Store Also Up

Publix reports that sales for the third quarter of 2016 are $8 billion, a 2.4 percent increase from last year’s $7.8 billion. Comparable-store sales for the third quarter of 2016 saw an increase of 0.9 percent. Net earnings for the third quarter total $421.1 million, compared to $412.3 million in 2015, an increase of 2.1 percent. Earnings […]

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Washington Food Industry Association Names New Board Leaders

The Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA) has named two longtime leaders in the state’s grocery industry to lead the organization’s board of directors in 2017. Mike Erickson, chairman of Harbor Wholesale Foods in Lacey, will serve as the WFIA’s board chairman, succeeding Mike Trask of Stanlar Foods Inc. The association’s new first vice chair, Metropolitan […]