Raley’s has launched Member Prices, a loyalty benefit that automatically applies discounts at checkout without requiring customers to clip digital coupons or log into accounts. The West Sacramento, California-based company describes the new program as part of broader efforts to evolve alongside changing customer expectations and shopping behaviors. Shoppers enter their Something Extra phone number […]
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Kroger Invests $23M To Expand Store In Marietta, GA
Kroger is expanding its Parkaire Landing location in Marietta, Georgia, with a $23 million investment that will increase the store’s size by more than 26,000 square feet. The project will grow the store from about 59,000 to 85,000 square feet by filling three adjacent vacancies in the East Cobb shopping center. A new 12-pump fuel […]
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Hannaford Commits $100K Toward Youth Food Access In ME, NY
Scarborough, Maine-based Hannaford Supermarkets has committed $100,000 to two nonprofits working to provide food to unhoused youth in Maine and New York. New Beginnings in Lewiston, Maine, and Hudson River Housing in Poughkeepsie, New York, will each receive $50,000 to expand food access and increase kitchen capacity. About 4.2 million youth and young adults experience homelessness […]
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Weis Markets To Welcome New Store In Waldorf, MD
Weis Markets will open a new 65,000-square-foot store Feb. 19 at 4535 Fairway Village Place in Waldorf, Maryland, following a media preview and ribbon cutting Feb. 18. Chairman and CEO Jonathan Weis and COO Bob Gleeson will attend the ceremony, as will elected officials from Charles County and the community. To mark the occasion, Weis […]
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Food Lion Awards $20K To North Carolina College Hunger Challenge Winners
Food Lion Feeds and North Carolina Campus Engagement awarded $20,000 to three North Carolina colleges for student-led hunger-relief efforts. Alamance Community College received $10,000 as Grand Hunger Champion, while Catawba College won $5,000 as the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Private Sector Hunger Champion. North Carolina Central University received $5,000 as the UNC System […]
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Redner’s Markets Triples Charitable Donations Using Pin Pad Prompts
Redner’s Markets more than tripled charitable donations by shifting from cashier-initiated requests to pin pad prompts at checkout, ECRS announced Feb. 4. The Reading, Pennsylvania-based independent grocer recorded $10,507.71 in donations over nine days using the pin pad prompt, compared to $3,219.62 over 18 days with cashier prompts during its September round-up campaign. The pin […]
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ASG To Open New Met Fresh Store In NYC
Independent supermarket owner Danny Hamdan and Associated Supermarket Group (ASG) will open a new Met Fresh supermarket Feb. 20 at 7 Madison St. in Lower Manhattan, not far from New York City Hall. The 16,000-square-foot store will serve residents and thousands of clerks, municipal employees and first responders supporting city hall and nearby government offices. […]
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Ahold Delhaize USA Breaks Ground On $860M DC In Burlington, NC
Ahold Delhaize USA recently broke ground on a new distribution center in Burlington, North Carolina, marking an $860 million investment in supply chain expansion. The facility, which will be the largest in the company’s network, will add more than one million square feet of fresh and frozen distribution capacity to support Food Lion and other […]