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, […]
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GreenWise Market Opens In Lexington, South Carolina
On Dec. 4, GreenWise Market opened a new store in Lexington, South Carolina, at 5336 Sunset Boulevard, in the Lexington Marketplace shopping center. This is the fourth GreenWise Market to open and the second in South Carolina. “Our GreenWise Market team is very excited to bring this new shopping experience to Lexington and the greater […]
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AWG’s 10 DCs Celebrate Giving Tuesday With $75,000 For Nonprofits
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) employees are celebrating Tuesday, Dec. 3, known as “Giving Tuesday,” by highlighting work in each of its 10 distribution centers throughout the year to raise more than $75,000 for nonprofit and charitable organizations, with matches by AWG through the AWG Cares Employee Charitable Foundation. Now in its second year, AWG Cares […]
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Publix Set To Open New Store In Northport, Alabama
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Super Markets will open a new store Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 a.m. at the Shops at Bristol Park in Northport, Alabama. “We look forward to offering the Publix shopping experience to more customers in Northport,” said Brenda Reid, Publix media and community relations manager for the Atlanta division. It will be […]
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Recommended: Jacksonville Approves $750,000 Grant To Rowe’s IGA
After sitting empty for nearly two years, the former Harveys Supermarket in the Commonwealth Shopping Center in Northwest Jacksonville will reopen as Rowe’s IGA. City Council approved a $750,000 grant Tuesday night to partially finance renovations to open the Rowe’s IGA Supermarket. Ordinance 2019-0767 passed unanimously as part of the consent agenda. The bill provides […]