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Giant Co. Tweaks Layout, Assortment At Remodeled PA Stores

The Giant Co. will hold grand reopenings July 24 at its two Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, stores following several months of renovations. Both locations – 925 Norland Ave. and 993 Wayne Ave. – remained open during the work. The remodels updated fresh departments including produce, bakery, meat and seafood, along with center store aisles. The company said […]

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Giant Landover Promotes Dorazio To VP Of Marketing

Giant Food has appointed Gregg Dorazio VP of marketing, the Landover, Maryland-based grocer announced July 21. Dorazio succeeds Dyani Hanrahan, who departs Giant Food at the end of July after joining the company in 2017. Dorazio has been part of the leadership team at Giant Food since 2019, most recently as strategy and e-commerce lead. […]

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Stater Bros. Breaks Ground On Fourth Menifee Store

Stater Bros. Markets held a groundbreaking ceremony July 9 for a supermarket at the northwest corner of McCall Boulevard and Menifee Road in Menifee, California. Company leadership was joined by several Menifee City Council members and city officials. The store will anchor the McCall Square shopping center, which also will include a McDonald’s and more […]

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Food City Opening Another Store In Huntsville Market

Food City is set to open a new 57,000-square-foot store on Wednesday, July 22, at Lucas Ferry Road in Athens, Alabama. The location is the fifth of six stores the grocer has planned for the Huntsville market. The store will serve residents of Athens and Limestone County. “Our first four Huntsville locations have been very well […]

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Publix Reopens Winter Haven, FL, Store At New Location

Publix has reopened its Winter Haven, Florida, store at a new location, debuting a 54,964-square-foot supermarket July 16 at Mariana Acres at 1075 Brookstone Road. The store offers traditional departments including a full-service deli, produce, scratch bakery, meat, seafood and pharmacy. “While the location may be new, customers will find the same friendly service they […]

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Grocery Market Returns To NJ’s Point Pleasant Beach

The official opening of The Market of Point Pleasant Beach on Friday, July 24, will return a full-service supermarket to Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, according to Associated Supermarket Group. The store, which had a soft opening earlier in July, took over a former Stop & Shop space. Independently owned and operated by Shap Markets, […]

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Remodeled Baltimore Giant Now Offers Sushi, Ledo Pizza

Giant Food celebrated the grand reopening of its remodeled store at 6340-50 York Road in Baltimore on July 19, starting with a community event starting at 9 a.m. The store showcases an expanded seafood department, a broader selection of international foods, a Ledo Pizza corner shop, a full-service sushi bar with an in-store chef and […]

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NGA Asks NJ Gov. To Amend Fair Price Protection Act Before Signing

The National Grocers Association is urging New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to make “targeted, common-sense changes” to the Fair Price Protection Act (A4085) before signing it into law. In a July 17 letter to Sherrill, NGA outlined revisions it says would preserve the bill’s consumer transparency goals while avoiding unintended consequences for independent grocers. The […]

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Vallarta To Open Store In Food Desert Area Of South Phoenix

Vallarta Supermarkets is planning to open its first Phoenix location in South Phoenix, according to a report on the city’s website. The story said the project is “an adaptive reuse, transforming a currently vacant space into a full-service, culturally rich grocery store. The placement of this grocery store will help address a food desert in […]

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Wakefern Produce Summit Aims To Boost Local, Regional Growers

Wakefern Food Corp. hosted its annual Local Produce Supplier Summit on July 15 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, bringing together local and regional growers, agricultural leaders and the cooperative’s produce procurement teams. At the event, Ross Farnsworth, VP of produce and floral for Wakefern, reaffirmed the cooperative’s recently […]

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Stater Bros. Celebrates Grand Reopening Of Paramount Store

Stater Bros. Markets has announced the grand reopening of its remodeled supermarket at 8640 Alondra Blvd. in Paramount, California. The store exterior has been modernized with a new façade, and renovations were made to the interior to match the level of the chain’s newer stores. Shoppers will notice new décor, flooring and checkstands upon entering. […]