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, […]
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Martin’s Potato Rolls Now Available In Texas Stores
Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls and Bread has expanded into the Austin and Houston market, through H-E-B retail stores. At select H-E-B locations, customers can purchase a variety of Martin’s products, including Martin’s Famous Sandwich Potato Rolls. Other products available include: Long (hot dog) Potato Rolls, Martin’s Old-Fashioned Real Butter Bread, Martin’s Potato Bread, and Martin’s 100% Whole Wheat […]
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2020: NGA Reveals Creative Choice Awards Category Winners
The National Grocers Association (NGA) has revealed this year’s winners in its Creative Choice Awards contest, sponsored by Kellogg’s and Unilever. The contest honors the best marketing and merchandising campaigns in the grocery industry that positively impact sales, benefit the community and stand out creatively. Entries are judged by a panel of 26 industry experts. The Creative […]
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NORTHEAST: Four New Jersey Supermarkets To Be Rebranded As The Fresh Grocer
The Maniaci family and its Nicholas Markets company, which currently operate four Foodtown stores in Cedar Grove, Colonia, North Haledon, and the Township of Washington, New Jersey, will transition its stores to The Fresh Grocer brand starting in February. The Fresh Grocer is a registered trademark of the retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. specializing in […]
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Bob Childers Retires From Edwards Food Giant After 53 Years
Bob Childers, director of meat operations for Arkansas-based GES Inc., parent company of Edwards Food Giant, retired in December after 53 years with the company. Childers started with GES in July 1966 as a meat cutter at Liberty Supermarket in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was promoted to meat market manager several years later and managed […]
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Paul Wahlberg On Hand For Hy-Vee Wahlburgers Opening
Hy-Vee Inc. opened its fifth Wahlburgers franchise location Jan. 24 in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. It is the second Wahlburgers location in Wisconsin. The 5,300-s.f. Wahlburgers is located at 322 North Broadway. Chef Paul Wahlberg, who founded the Wahlburgers restaurants along with his celebrity brothers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg, spoke to The Shelby Report’s VP […]
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MIDWEST: Fareway Stores To Purchase McGonigle’s In Kansas City, MO
McGonigle’s Food Store Inc. and Fareway Stores Inc. have entered into an agreement for Fareway to purchase the assets of McGonigle’s and proceed with the expansion of the market at 79th and Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, that was recently approved by the Kansas City Council. “I have been through a lengthy rezoning process, where […]