Gabe Bowling, courtesy clerk at the Food City in Louisa, Kentucky, recently won the Kentucky Best Bagger competition, receiving a $250 cash prize along with an all-expenses paid trip in February to Las Vegas, where he will compete for the national title during The NGA Show. An 18-year-old senior at Lawerence County High School, Bowling […]
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Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Vallarta Supermarkets, West
Vallarta Supermarkets Commemorates 40th Anniversary
Vallarta Supermarkets is celebrating its 40th anniversary and evolution from 1985 as a single carnicería in Van Nuys, California, into a large independent grocer with 63 locations across the state. For four decades, Vallarta has been more than a grocery store – it has been a cultural hub for generations of families seeking authentic ingredients […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Northeast, Wegmans
Wegmans Customers Raise Nearly $3.1M For Hunger Relief
Wegmans Food Markets customers donated nearly $3.1 million during the company’s fall 2025 Check Out Hunger scanning campaign, the third highest amount in the program’s history. The campaign ran from Oct. 22-Nov. 29 at the company’s 114 stores, with all proceeds going to each location’s local Feeding America food bank partner. Companywide, customers donated $570,000 […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Midwest, News, SpartanNash
Family Fare Penny Event Encourages Shoppers To Swap Coins For Rewards
SpartanNash, a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, has shared that all 57 Family Fare locations in Michigan will be participating in “Small Coins, BIG IMPACT,” a one-day event Dec. 13 that encourages customers to bring in spare pennies for double rewards. There is a minimum of 50 cents in pennies exchanged […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Big Y Foods, News, Northeast
Big Y Donates $1M To Support New Children’s Hospital Tower
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, the state’s only health system focused on children’s well-being, received a $1 million gift from Big Y to support its new eight-story clinical tower, which opened Dec. 4. In recognition of the gift, the tower lobby’s 30-foot-tall visual centerpiece will be named the Big Y Tree of Life. “Big Y has […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Publix Super Markets, Southeast
Publix Charities Donates $15M To Support Housing, Shelter Programs
Publix Super Markets Charities (PSMC) has donated $15 million to more than 300 nonprofits across its operating region, aimed at supporting services such as home building, transitional housing and emergency shelter for those facing homelessness. The donation will support a broad array of partners, including affiliates of Habitat for Humanity. Since 2015, the foundation has […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, International Foods, News, Northeast
99 Ranch Market Opens New Food Hall Inside NYC Store
99 Ranch Market has opened Eat Up, a 12,000-square-foot food hall featuring more than 20 Pan-Asian food concepts, inside its store in Flushing, Queens. One of the largest Asian food destinations in New York City, the food hall offers cuisines ranging from Taiwanese fried chicken cutlet and Hong Kong milk tea to Guangxi rice noodles […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Midwest, News, SpartanNash
SpartanNash Opens 5th Supermercado Nuestra Familia Store In Topeka, KS
SpartanNash, a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, celebrated the grand opening of its fifth Supermercado Nuestra Familia location at 2021 SE 29th St. in Topeka, Kansas, expanding the retail banner and the company’s footprint into the state. The 50,000-square-foot store offers Hispanic flavors and culture for the Highland Crest, Central Highland […]