Food City held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 8 for an expanded and remodeled store on Crimson Drive in Trenton, Georgia. The grand reopening celebration includes special pricing on select items throughout the store. “Our customers will find the same smiling faces, top quality products, exceptional customer service and competitive pricing they have come to expect […]
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Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Northeast, ShopRite
Kenny Family ShopRites Of Delaware Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware is celebrating its 30th anniversary Oct. 13 with the unveiling of a community mural on its store at 501 S. Walnut St. in Wilmington. A video documenting the creation of the mural can be viewed here. Members of the Kenny family and store team will be joined by local Delaware […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Anniversary Issues, News, Publix Super Markets, Retailer of the Year, Southeast
Publix Super Markets Expands Kentucky Presence With ‘55 Model’ Prototype
Publix Super Markets, The Shelby Report of the Southeast’s 2025 Retailer of the Year, is continuing its expansion into Kentucky with the opening of another store – part of a new market for the Florida-based grocer but one CEO Kevin Murphy says is already exceeding expectations. The second Lexington store, which opened June 4, is […]
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Food Club Hosts Boy Band Bake-Off To Celebrate 80 Years
As part of its 80th anniversary celebration, Topco’s Food Club brand recently held a Boy Band Bake-Off featuring Lance Bass – multi-platinum Grammy winner of boy band *NSYNC – and A.J. McLean – member of the eight-time Grammy-nominated music group Backstreet Boys. The bake-off challenged Bass and McLean to use Food Club ingredients to bake […]
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Wegmans Feeds Local Families With Grow-A-Row, Interfaith Food Pantry Network
Wegmans employees recently completed a full-circle volunteer initiative – planting, harvesting and delivering fresh produce to families in need. Through a partnership with America’s Grow-a-Row (AGAR), the employees began their journey in the fields, planting rows of zucchini. Weeks later, they returned to harvest the produce and deliver it to the Interfaith Food Pantry Network […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, H-E-B, News, Southwest
H-E-B Names 2025 Quest For Texas Best Competition Winners
H-E-B has announced the winners of its 12th Annual H-E-B Quest for Texas Best competition, a statewide search for superior products made in the Lone Star State. Judges and H-E-B employees convened in San Antonio for the final decisions and selected the winners, who will receive a combined $110,000 in prize money and the opportunity […]
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Enhanced Fareway Exhibit Opens At Boone County History Center
The Boone County (Iowa) Historical Society is celebrating the grand reopening of its remodeled Fareway history exhibit on display at the Boone County History Center. Society members joined staff from Fareway and residents for a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. The exhibit celebrates the legacy of Fareway Stores Inc., which opened its first store in 1938 in […]
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Column: Why Are There So Many Food Deserts In America?
By Ashley Page, VP of marketing and public affairs for the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) Most Americans, and certainly those of us in the grocery business, have grown used to seeing a bounty of food in our local grocery store. Rows of vibrantly colored fruits and vegetables, fresh meat and dairy and a huge variety […]