Mood Media, an in-store media solutions company, has partnered with organic and natural foods grocery store Earth Fare. Mood installed multiple custom-designed digital signage display options and strategies in the café of an Earth Fare store in Charlotte, North Carolina. This trial, as part of a full renovation of the store, took place in mid-2019, […]
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Northgate González Market Holds 23rd Annual Toy Giveaway
Northgate González Market kicked off Las Posadas celebrations on Dec. 13 with its 23rd Annual Toy Giveaway, bringing gifts to more than 47,600 boys and girls throughout Southern California. “It’s one of our favorite times of year for everyone at Northgate González Market. Seeing children’s eyes light up at the sight of Santa Claus and […]
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Bashas’ Supermarkets Offering Signature Holiday Donuts
Bashas’ is offering its shoppers specially created signature holiday donuts in its bakery departments across Arizona. Available for a limited time, the special holiday assortment includes: Reindeer Donut, which is a maple bar with pretzel antlers and sugar-frosted red nose and eyes (available Dec. 15-22). Arizona Christmas Cactus Donut, which is iced in green and […]
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Wegmans’ Distribution Center To Create 700 Jobs In Ashland, Virginia
Wegmans, a grocery retailer with stores throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, will invest $175 million to establish a full-service, regional distribution operation in Hanover County; Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina for the project, which will create 700 new jobs. Located along Sliding Hill and Ashcake Roads in Ashland, Virginia, the new campus will […]
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H-E-B Launches Its New My H-E-B Mobile Shopping App
Focused on delivering a convenient experience both in-store and online, H-E-B has made it easier for customers to shop on their mobile devices with the launch of its new My H-E-B mobile app. The San Antonio, Texas-based retailer says the My H-E-B app brings dozens of new and improved features that make it more convenient and simpler to shop and provides more ways to save. In a single […]
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Recommended: Suit Filed Against Former Central Grocers Directors
A bankruptcy trustee has sued the former officers and directors of Central Grocers, once the largest grocery cooperative in the Chicago area and a wholesaler to hundreds of local retailers, for allegedly making self-interested decisions that drove the company into the ground. The suit, filed Tuesday [Nov. 19] in Chicago federal court, names 20 defendants, […]
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H-E-B Harper’s Trace Is Latest Houston-Area Store For Grocer
H-E-B expanded its footprint in the Houston area on Dec. 4 with its 102,000-s.f. Harper’s Trace location at 10200 Highway 242 in Conroe. Jamie Lee, an 18-year H-E-B Partner (employee) who started as a bagger while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, is the store leader. After graduation, she served at several H-E-B stores, […]