Food City officials held a groundbreaking ceremony July 12 on a new store in the Owens Cross Roads community of Huntsville, Alabama. The 60,000-square-foot retail supermarket is expected to open early next year and is the first of six stores planned for the Huntsville market. “We are excited to be joining the Owens Cross Roads […]
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Posted inH-E-B, Independent Store News, Southwest
H-E-B Begins Construction On Third Pflugerville Store
H-E-B has begun construction on a new 127,000-square-foot store in Pflugerville, Texas, that is expected to open in fall 2024. The new H-E-B store will be located at Pflugerville Parkway and State Highway 130. Upon completion, it will become the third H-E-B store in Pflugerville, a community north of Austin. In October 1987, the company […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
Renovated Save A Lot Store Ready To Reopen In Perryopolis, PA
Save A Lot will hold a grand reopening July 15 for its recently renovated store at 3454 Pittsburgh Road in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. Part of Save a Lot’s efforts to work with its independent license owners to modernize stores across the country, the remodel reflects its new brand image, featuring an easier-to-shop footprint with new décor […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
ARS Converts Two Brooklyn Stores To Foodtown Banner
Iselin, New Jersey-based Allegiance Retail Services, a retailer-owned grocery co-op, has announced changes involving two stores – both owned and operated by Fouad Elayyan – that will now carry the Foodtown banner in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Harvest of Metropolitan Avenue, an ARS banner, has been converted to Foodtown of Metropolitan Avenue. It and Foodtown […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Southwest
Brookshire Grocery Co. To Sell Pharmacy Business To Walgreens
Tyler, Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. has reached an agreement for Walgreens to acquire its 120 pharmacies in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, which includes pharmacy customer prescription files and related pharmacy inventory. The majority of these locations will be converted to Walgreens pharmacies that operate inside of Brookshire Grocery Co.’s stores. “We are excited to take […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Albertsons, Southwest
Albertsons Market, Market Street Donate $42K To Hunger Nonprofits
Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Albertsons Market and Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Market Street joined The Food Depot and Roadrunner Food Bank for two check presentation ceremonies following a 12-day statewide donate-at-the-register fundraising campaign. Guests and team members combined to raise more than $42,500 to help these organizations fight food insecurity across New Mexico. The fundraiser ran […]
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Independent Store News, Southeast
Publix Pushing Expansion With Two More Stores
Publix Supermarkets has expanded its reach in Florida by opening two locations – a 54,964-square-foot store in Royal Palm Beach and a 46,811-square-foot store in Miami. “We are excited to welcome our customers to [these new stores]…and look forward to providing them with the premier service and quality Publix is known for,” said Lindsey Willis, […]
Posted inH-E-B, Independent Store News, Southwest
Site Of New H-E-B Store Steeped In Austin History
H-E-B has opened a 107,000-square-foot store at 12021 Highway 290 West in Austin, Texas, the site of a longtime popular music venue. Previously operated as the Nutty Brown Café & Amphitheatre, the location also was the original home of Nutty Brown Mills, a flour mill and candy shop. H-E-B bought the property in 2015, with […]