Grocery Outlet Inc. has leased a former Nugget Market site in Sacramento’s Greenhaven area. The Sacramento Business Journal reports that the deep-discount grocer will invest nearly $2 million to remodel the 23,000-s.f. building at Florin Road and Riverside Boulevard. The building has been vacant for about a decade—ever since Nugget moved out for a bigger […]
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Posted in, Independent Store News, West
Stater Bros. To Break Ground On New Redlands Store This Week
Stater Bros. will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, to celebrate the construction of the company’s newest and most modern supermarket—located in the Redlands Village Shopping Center and being developed by Lewis Retail Centers. The new Redlands Stater Bros. store will be located on the northwest corner of Lugonia and Wabash […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest
Save-A-Lot Store In Lebanon, Ohio, Has New Owners
The Save-A-Lot store in Lebanon, Ohio, is under new ownership by Bill and Paul Price. The brothers also own Save-A-Lot stores in Middletown and Franklin. Additionally, Bill owns the Save-A-Lot in Fairborn and an IGA in Brookville. The brothers plan to retain all the former employees of the Lebanon store. “We are excited to take […]
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Haggen Closing Federal Way, Wash., TOP Foods Store
Haggen Inc. is closing its TOP Food & Drug store in Federal Way, Wash., in April, the company said earlier this week. The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that the closure whittles the Bellingham, Wash.-based chain to 27 supermarkets in Washington and Oregon operating under the TOP Food & Drug and Haggen Food & Pharmacy […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Southwest
Celebrity Chef Coming To Reasor’s In Bixby, Okla.
Famed Italian chef, author and television personality Nick Stellino will be making an in-store appearance at Reasor’s in Bixby, Okla., from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. Stellino is celebrating his 18th year on national television with his latest TV series, “Cooking with Nick Stellino,” which will start airing on PBS in April. Over the last […]
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New Seasons To Anchor Con-Way Redevelopment In Portland’s Slabtown
New Seasons Market has officially signed on to join developer C.E. John Co. to revive the 16-acre, mixed-use Con-way site in Northwest Portland. The locally owned and operated grocer will convert an old 28,000-s.f. freight warehouse, located at 2170 NW Raleigh St., into a full-service market, featuring thousands of home-grown products and homemade foods, an […]
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Niemann Foods To Acquire Four Hickman IGA Stores
Jim Hickman, president of Hickman’s IGA, and Rich Niemann Jr., president and CEO of Niemann Foods Inc. (NFI), an associate-owned company that operates under the County Market and several other retail banners, jointly announced Monday the signing of a purchase agreement for NFI to acquire four Hickman stores. The stores are located in Mexico, Vandalia, […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Southeast
J&J Foods Transforms Dahlonega, Ga., Store Into Cost-Plus Format
by Kristen Cloud/staff writer J&J Foods, based in Gainesville, Ga., has kicked off 2013 with a new banner. On Dec. 3, the three-store operator opened Fresh n’ Frugal in Dahlonega after converting its former J&J store into the cost-plus format—which uses the store’s at-cost price as the shelf price and adds 10 percent on the […]