Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is opening its first Virginia store today at 12995 Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax. The new store boasts 100 percent organic produce, a fresh bakery and gourmet coffee bar, all-natural vitamins and supplements as well as prepared meals, among other features. Mrs. Green’s says it is a neighborhood store, passionately […]
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IGA Recognizes Five Star Retailers
A number of IGA retailers in the U.S. have achieved IGA Five Star status, the highest level of recognition possible based on the alliance’s rigorous standards. The Five Star assessment program aligns a series of in-store appraisals, IGA Coca-Cola Institute training and online customer feedback to provide a unique “brand-building” tool available only to IGA […]
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Today Is Buche Foods Day In South Dakota
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard declared Jan. 20 Buche Foods Day in the state. The proclamation honors the grocery company that began operations in 1905 in Lake Andes. It recognizes the opening of a new Buche Foods stores in Scotland, S.D., and that the GF Buche Co. now serves eight communities with 11 stores, “all […]
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IGA Launches Label Savers Program
IGA has launched its IGA Hometown Label Savers, a new community-based marketing program that encourages community nonprofit organizations to collect IGA Exclusive Brand product barcodes in exchange for funding toward organizational needs. To implement the program, eligible nonprofit organizations can submit an application to the IGA Hometown Label Savers team, identifying a preferred IGA store […]
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Fields Foods Opens In St. Louis
Fields Foods, a locally owned and operated grocery store specializing in locally produced food products, opened its doors in St. Louis on Saturday. Located at 1500 Lafayette Ave. near the south side of the city, the store is dedicated to bringing fresh, high-quality foods to residents of St. Louis, which has several urban food desert […]
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Vallarta Supermarkets Donating $54K, Time To Hospital For Three Kings Day
Vallarta Supermarkets is celebrating the 2nd annual Three Kings Day (Dia de Reyes) with patients, families and staff at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles today. Vallarta staff is joining in the festivities by dressing as the Three Kings and bringing toys for patients. Additionally, the grocer is bringing its traditional Rosca de Reyes (traditional sweet bread in […]
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Sales Up, Earnings Down At Stater Bros. For 4Q And Fiscal 2013
Stater Bros. has reported its sales and earnings results for its fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 year ended Sept. 29. Fourth quarter fiscal 2013 sales were $960.4 million, an increase of $3.2 million, or 0.33 percent, compared to normalized 13-week 2012 fourth quarter sales. Fiscal 2013 sales were $3.9 billion, an increase of $54.4 million, […]
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Russ’s-Sponsored Lincoln Wine And Food Event Coming In February
The sixth annual Lincoln Wine and Food Experience returns in 2014 to offer wine connoisseurs and novices alike the opportunity to sample and savor new flavors. The event, presented by Russ’s Market, is the largest annual fundraiser for Nebraska’s Lincoln Community Playhouse and will be held at the Embassy Suites from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. […]