The selection in the meat case at Rouses Markets just got bigger and even more local, thanks to a new and exclusive partnership between family-owned Rouses and family-owned Royal Family Farms of Crystal Springs, Miss., to retail goat and lamb. “I love the idea of two local family companies working together,” says Donny Rouse, Rouses’ […]
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Brookshire’s Completes Kaye’s Remodels In Louisiana Towns
Brookshire Grocery Co. held grand openings for three Louisiana stores earlier this month. Though the former Kaye’s Food Market stores have been operating since Brookshire purchased them last November, now they have been refreshed and christened by Brookshire. The first, a Super 1 Foods banner store, had its grand reopening in Winnsboro on May 1 […]
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Schnucks Begins Process Monday To Bring All Stores Under One Banner
Starting Monday, old signs will come down and new “Schnucks” signs will go up on the exterior of both the Logli Rockton (3150 N. Rockton Ave.) and Hilander Cherry Valley (2206 Barnes Blvd.), signaling the launch of the renaming for all 11 Logli and Hilander stores across the Rockford, Ill., area and in Janesville, Wis. […]
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New IGA Program Expected To Increase Store Sales
IGA USA today announced the launch of IGA Performance Insights, a new marketing program that organizes IGA independent retailers as a single marketing entity, leveraging their combined sales volume to increase individual store sales. As part of IGA Performance Insights: Added-value shopper offers (IGA Hometown Proud Offers) are sponsored by a group of the industry’s […]
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Brookshire’s Benefit Golf Tournament Raises $400K For Charities
For 25 years, the Brookshire’s Benefit Golf Tournament has united company leaders, vendor- partners and business associates to help raise money for charities and programs benefiting children. This year’s tournament was held April 29 and raised $400,000 for more than 50 children’s charities, including March of Dimes, Children’s Miracle Network, Champions for Children, Boys and […]
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Reasor’s Celebrates 50 Years Of Its Mission To Be The Best
Larry Reasor began the Reasor’s legacy when he bought his first store in Tahlequah, Okla., on June 3, 1963 with two simple yet effective ideas in mind: put customers first and sell customers the items they want to buy. Fifty years later, Reasor’s namesake store has 17 full-service locations […]
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Batenic: Future Is Bright For IGA
The annual IGA Global Rally wrapped up Tuesday in Chicago. The show, which began April 13, returned this year to The Windy City for the first time in a decade. IGA CEO Mark Batenic told The Shelby Report at the show that “attendance is off the charts.” “We had over 500 people who came and […]
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Sendik’s Balistreri Participated In Boston Marathon, Is Safe
Ted Balistreri, co-owner of Sendik’s Food Markets, was a participant in the Boston Marathon on Monday, but had finished the race before the bombings occurred. Balistreri had crossed the finish line about an hour before the blasts, his sister Margaret Harris, Sendik’s co-owner, told The Business Journal. She said the company’s reception desk had been […]