The Henry Ford and Plum Market have officially opened a joint dining experience with a unique location inside Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan. This collaboration marks the first time the Plum Market team has partnered with a cultural destination. Plum Market Kitchen @ The Henry Ford features chef-crafted, prepared foods available […]
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Fortune Names Grocers To ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ List
Great Place to Work has just published its 23rd annual ranking of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, the list of the best workplaces in the U.S., created in partnership with Fortune. Grocers Wegmans, Publix and Nugget Markets were included on the 2020 list. “The 100 Best show the way forward,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO […]
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Hy-Vee Explains Changes In Operation Hours, Staffing
Hy-Vee recently released a statement concerning upcoming changes in its stores hours of operation and staffing changes. The company says it recently initiated a major companywide effort called Helpful Smile 2020, “with the goal of keeping Hy-Vee the best place to work and shop in America.” “Today, the retail grocery industry continues to evolve and […]
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Wegmans Offers Expanded Grocery Delivery From New Brooklyn Store
Four months after opening in Brooklyn, Wegmans Food Markets is now offering grocery delivery to Manhattan residents with the help of delivery provider, Instacart. “Expanding delivery into Manhattan has been on our radar since opening our Brooklyn store,” said Erica Tickle, director of e-Commerce for Wegmans. “We’ve heard from customers this would make life easier […]
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MIDWEST: Price Chopper Plans Major Investment In Kansas City In 2020
Price Chopper, Kansas City’s locally-owned grocer, is planning to invest more than $54 million into new stores and remodels of existing stores over the course of 2020. This year’s investment is more than the previous two years combined and brings the company’s total investments to more than $104 million in just three years. According to […]
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WEST: Cardenas Markets Foundation Launches New Scholarship Program
With the support of Cardenas Markets, the Cardenas Markets Foundation is launching a new scholarship program intended to support students in California (Inland Empire, Imperial Valley and Bay Area), Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson) and Nevada (Las Vegas). Specifically, they will be granting a total of 59 scholarships—one $2,000 award per each of the stores they […]
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Festival Foods Releases Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign Results
Shoppers at Festival Foods’ 33 stores throughout Wisconsin gave more than $431,000 to the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in 2019. Of the total, $389,000 in cash was dropped in the traditional red kettles and $42,000 was added to shoppers’ grocery totals at Festival Foods checkouts. “The checkout option is a win for our guests […]
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Recommended: Salvatore Sendik, Of Downer Avenue Sendik’s Grocery Store, Dies At 84
Salvatore Sendik had picture-perfect produce. He knew people bought food with their eyes, so he ran the Downer Avenue Sendik’s grocery store with a focus on presentation, his family said: vegetables on beds of ice, shiny fruits without blemishes. Sendik, whose independent Milwaukee market became known for quality foodstuffs amid chain stores’ growth, died Thursday […]
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Publix Plans To Open New Store In Buford, GA, On Feb. 26
Publix Super Markets will open a new store Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7 a.m. at the Holland Point Shopping Center in Buford, Georgia. “Our customers are looking for ways to save time during their busy day,” said Brenda Reid, community relations manager for Publix’s Atlanta Division. “Our new store offers curbside pick-up, online ordering for […]
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Allegiance Retail Services Opens Foodtown Of Roosevelt Island In NYC
Allegiance Retail Services LLC held the grand opening of the Foodtown of Roosevelt Island on Friday, Feb. 7. The store, which is a former Gristedes, is operated by the New York Food Group (John Catsimatidis, chairman, and Nick D’Agostino III, president). The supermarket is located at 686 North Main Street and is open every day […]
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SpartanNash Foundation, Store Guests Support Habitat For Humanity
As part of its commitment to building stronger communities, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash Foundation invites store guests to take part in its companywide fundraising effort to build a strong foundation and a path toward homeownership in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. The SpartanNash Foundation’s fundraising effort to secure shelter—one of the Foundation’s pillars—will run […]
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Publix Leaders Recognized With Company’s Most Prestigious Awards
Twelve Publix Super Markets managers were recognized for their leadership and dedication during a dinner Feb. 11 at the company’s annual Retail Operations Conference in Orlando, Florida. The George W. Jenkins Award and the President’s Award are Publix’s two most prestigious recognitions. The George W. Jenkins Award—named after Publix’s late founder—was presented to five store […]
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10Box Cost Plus Acquires FoodWise Supermarket In Little Rock
10Box Cost Plus Food Stores has acquired FoodWise Cost Plus Supermarket located at 8801 Geyer Springs Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We would like to thank all of our customers for their past business and we know that our great friends at 10Box are looking forward to being your choice for all of your grocery […]
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Instacart Drives Job Creation, Revenue Growth For Grocery Industry
A new study by Dr. Robert Kulick of NERA Economic Consulting released Feb. 12 reveals the positive economic impact that Instacart has on the broader U.S. retail grocery industry. The study leverages statistical analysis to quantify Instacart’s role—deemed “The Instacart Effect”—in driving significant increases in retail grocery employment and revenue. The study found that by […]
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NORTHEAST: ShopRite’s Big Brand Bash Follows January’s Can Can Sale
While ShopRite’s January Can Can sale is over, the supermarket’s digital coupon Big Brand Bash is underway in stores and online. Shoppers who clip coupons online during Big Brand Bash can save on hundreds of products throughout the store—with more than $200 in savings on groceries. The digital coupon event runs for two weeks. Shoppers […]
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Earth Fare Store Leases, Intellectual Property Assets Up For Sale
A&G Real Estate Partners (AGREP) and Hilco Streambank have been engaged by Asheville, North Carolina-based Earth Fare to market and sell all Earth Fare stores and leases, and its intellectual property, respectively. Earth Fare, the natural and organic grocer, announced liquidation sales at all of its stores on Feb. 3, and filed for Chapter 11 […]
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Hy-Vee To Bring Dollar Fresh Locations To 6 Iowa Communities
Hy-Vee has agreed to acquire six former Shopko locations in Iowa that will re-open under the Dollar Fresh brand by late summer. In the upcoming weeks, several former Shopko locations will begin renovations to open as Dollar Fresh stores. The former Shopko buildings in Hampton, Cresco, Oelwein, Waukon, Dyersville and Vinton are all part of […]
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Recommended: Save A Lot Closes 3 NE Florida Stores, A Fourth Expected
Another grocery retailer, Save A Lot, is closing some area stores. The discount grocery chain closed at least three stores in Northeast Florida since December. Those are in Southgate Plaza and the Edgewood Avenue Shopping Center in Jacksonville and at Tuesday Morning Plaza in Orange Park. The Jacksonville Daily Record was told that employees were […]
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Updated: Service Set for Twain Harte Market Owner Parriott
Family and friends of Robert (Bob) Bernard Parriott, owner of Twain Harte Market in Twain Harte, California, will gather at 11 a.m. at the Black Oak Casino Conference Room in Tuolumne on March 8, 2020, to honor the life of a passionate grocer, loving father and grandfather, and devoted husband. Mr. Parriott died in a […]
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New York’s Grace’s Marketplace Offers Same-Day Grocery Delivery
Grace’s Marketplace, the European-style neighborhood market in New York City, is offering online delivery through Mercato, the online grocery e-commerce platform for independently owned grocery and specialty food stores. Grace’s Marketplace, which located on New York’s Upper East Side, with a second location in Greenvale, New York, will offer same-day delivery of globally sourced gourmet products, […]