ShopRite unveiled two new store brands that debut on store shelves this month. ShopRite’s launch of Bowl & Basket and Paperbird food and household lines kicks off a transformation of the supermarket’s own brands with newly designed and carefully crafted products, starting with approximately 100 items in November, expanding to 300 by year’s end, and more than 3,500 newly […]
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Posted inInternational Foods, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Southeast
Sedano’s Opens 35th Florida Store In Hialeah With New Look, Features
Miami-based Sedano’s Supermarkets opened its 35th store in Florida and its 10th location in Hialeah, the city where the storied retailer was founded in 1962, on Nov. 6. With nearly 100 new employees, the 35,000-s.f. store located at 1170 West 49th Street introduces Sedano’s new look and a more spacious layout inclusive of an expansive […]
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Alex Lee Using AI Technologies In Its MDI Wholesale Biz
To support its wholesale distribution business, Merchants Distributors (MDI), Alex Lee is implementing Demand ForecastingAI and Warehouse Replenishment from Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain. Headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, MDI supplies more than 600 retail food stores with food […]
Posted inOrganic Natural, Independent Store News, Produce News, Southwest
Natural Grocers Customers Raise More Than $100K For Organic Farmers
In September, Organic Harvest Month, Natural Grocers customers raised $100,585 for the Organic Farmers Association, an organization led and controlled by certified organic farmers that works to create a voice for all organic farmers. Natural Grocers shoppers across 19 states made in-store contributions and exceeded the $50,000 target goal by more than 100 percent, further proving […]
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Thibodaux, Louisiana, Rouses Features Nicholls State University Theme
Rouses Markets has teamed up with Nicholls State University for its first-ever collegiate-themed grocery store. The décor and merchandise at Rouses Markets is tailored to each location, but this new store goes a step further. The interior is painted Colonels’ red and gray, and there are Nicholls logos and school photos throughout. There’s even a […]
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Basics Opens Doors To New Market In Tualatin, Oregon
Basics, a new food market designed to help people cook more at home with fresh, regional ingredients, is opening this month in Tualatin, Oregon. Across from Dutch Bros. Coffee at 8680 Southwest Old Tualatin Sherwood Road, the store features seasonally rotating meal stations, nutrition classes and cooking demos, all under one roof. Locally owned Basics […]
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Smart & Final Introduces New Online Shopping Options Through Mercatus
Commerce, California-based Smart & Final, the grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, launched two customized online shopping portals at SmartandFinal.com and Business.SmartandFinal.com. The new platforms are powered by technology partner Mercatus and delivered by Shipt, TForce and others who provide fulfillment of household and business orders. Household customers now can view weekly specials on Smart […]
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Central Market Gives $50K To Dallas School District For Tornado Relief
Central Market has given $50,000 in tornado relief funds to the Dallas Independent School District’s (ISD) education foundation. The funds will be used to replace school supplies for students and teachers in three schools ravaged by an Oct. 20 tornado. “We saw an immediate need to help by making this donation, which will provide supplies […]