Tony the Tiger and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Mission Tiger are partnering with Meijer to make a $55,000 donation through the education nonprofit DonorsChoose to help fund middle school sports projects. Since 2019, Tony the Tiger and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes have embarked on a mission to give more kids access to the benefits of sports with the launch […]
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Publix Reopens Hurricane-Impacted Store In Fort Myers Beach, FL
Publix Super Markets has reopened a location at 4791 Estero Blvd. in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, following its closure after Hurricane Ian impacted the area. The 29,425-square-foot store offers departments for grocery, dairy, frozen food, seafood, meat and fresh produce, as well as a bakery and deli. The reopening provided the grocer an opportunity to […]
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Report Finds Save A Lot Is Top Retailer For SNAP Customers
Dunnhumby has released a special report examining which U.S. grocery retailers are best positioned to win the loyalty of current and potential Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and how retailers can limit grocery sales losses due to recently enacted SNAP reductions. “The SNAP Rollercoaster: A dunnhumby Special Report on Hunger” in the U.S. ranked Save-A-Lot, Food 4 Less and […]
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Publix Ceremony Commemorates Planting 1M Trees
For the seventh consecutive year, Publix Super Markets is supporting the Arbor Day Foundation by funding tree plantings to support reforestation projects throughout Florida. Funded by a portion of the proceeds from the sale of reusable bags, these plantings are part of its efforts to support the restoration of damaged watersheds. Most recently, Publix funded […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
CTown Supermarkets Opens New Location In New Haven
CTown Supermarkets will celebrate the opening of a new location in New Haven, Connecticut, under the collaborative banner, The Meat King by CTown, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on June 10. Located at 664 Grand Ave., the new store offers more than 16,000 square feet of a reimagined grocery and meat experience for […]
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New Publix Opens In Melbourne, FL
Publix Super Markets opened a new store May 18 at the Lake Washington Crossing Shopping Center in Melbourne, Florida. The 48,387-square-foot store offers departments for grocery, dairy, frozen food, seafood, meat and fresh produce, as well as a full-service bakery and deli and pharmacy area. “We are excited to welcome our customers to their new […]
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NGA Foundation Awards Executive Leadership Development Scholarships
Employees of Northeast grocery cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. have been awarded scholarships to attend the Executive Leadership Development Program, hosted by the NGA Foundation, June 4-8 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Edwin “Nino” Vazquez, district manager with Wakefern’s Price Rite Marketplace banner, received this year’s PepsiCo Diversity in Leadership Scholarship, sponsored by PepsiCo. […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Midwest
Wakefern Expands In-Store Retail Media With Freeosk
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding use of Freeosk’s interactive multimedia sampling kiosks for turn-key, multisensory, in-store retail media activation. Following a pilot, Wakefern is placing Freeosk units in 95 ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer stores. Freeosk transforms ordinary in-store spaces into discovery destinations for new products and categories. According to the company, Freeosk […]