The Fresh Market Inc. has opened a second store in Carmel, Indiana, an Indianapolis suburb. The location is the fifth in the state and 160th overall. To celebrate the grand opening, a celebration featuring a “bread breaking” ceremony, vendor sampling, specialty presentations, giveaways and drawings was held on May 24 to officially welcome Carmel guests to […]
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Posted inCorporate Store News, Albertsons, Southwest
United Supermarkets Opens New Location In Wichita Falls, TX
The United Family debuted a new United Supermarkets location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and store tour May 23 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Opened to the public on May 24, this store marks the company’s fourth location in the city, in addition to a location in nearby Burkburnett. Now the 98th location for The United Family, this […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Southwest
Walmart Opens First Market Fulfillment Center In Arkansas
Walmart opened its first Market Fulfillment Center May 22 at 406 S Walton Blvd. in Bentonville, Arkansas. The center is built within the store and is powered by a proprietary storage and retrieval system named Alphabot. Walmart believes fulfillment through digitization and connecting its store and supply chain assets end to end will transform fulfillment, customer satisfaction […]
Posted inNatural Grocers, Corporate Store News, Southwest
Natural Grocers Introduces Summer Sweepstakes
Lakewood, Colorado-based Natural Grocers has introduced a new special summer sweepstakes from June 1-August 31. Customers at the two Colorado Springs stores can enter to win $100 worth of free groceries each week. All entries will be entered to win a grand prize weekend getaway for two at the Broadmoor, a Colorado Springs resort. Customers can enter to win once per week by submitting […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Corporate Store News, National
Report Finds Save A Lot Is Top Retailer For SNAP Customers
Dunnhumby has released a special report examining which U.S. grocery retailers are best positioned to win the loyalty of current and potential Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and how retailers can limit grocery sales losses due to recently enacted SNAP reductions. “The SNAP Rollercoaster: A dunnhumby Special Report on Hunger” in the U.S. ranked Save-A-Lot, Food 4 Less and […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Northeast
Hannaford Supermarkets Acquires Pharmacy In Blue Hill
Hannaford Supermarkets has reached an agreement to purchase Community Pharmacy in Blue Hill, Maine. The pharmacy, which is located inside the new Hannaford store formerly operated as Tradewinds Marketplace, will begin serving customers under the Hannaford banner. Community Pharmacy in Blue Hill will close at 2 p.m. on June 10. Hannaford will reopen the pharmacy […]
Posted inC-Store News, Northeast
Big Y Express To Open Two Locations In Connecticut
Big Y Foods will open two new Big Y Express Fuel and Convenience locations July 15 in Connecticut. Located at 580 Main St. in Somers and 241 Hazard Ave. in Enfield, the stores will open as Big Y Express. These locations will bring the total number in Connecticut to six. The first Big Y Express opened […]
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Save A Lot Reopens Store May 17 In Carlisle, KY
Save A Lot held a grand opening for a store May 17 at 2473 Concrete Road in Carlisle, Kentucky. The store closed two years ago after sustaining flood damage from record rainfall in the area. To celebrate the opening, the retailer held a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Save A Lot CEO Leon Bergmann joined Saver […]