For the seventh consecutive year, Publix Super Markets is supporting the Arbor Day Foundation by funding tree plantings to support reforestation projects throughout Florida. Funded by a portion of the proceeds from the sale of reusable bags, these plantings are part of its efforts to support the restoration of damaged watersheds. Most recently, Publix funded […]
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Posted inExecutive News, Albertsons, Corporate Store News, West
Albertsons Cos. Names Moriarty As EVP, General Counsel
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. has named Tom Moriarty as EVP and general counsel, effective June 5. Moriarty brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience to Albertsons Cos., including senior positions across legal, corporate strategy, policy and operations. He joins the company from CVS Health, where he spent more than 10 years serving in roles […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
CTown Supermarkets Opens New Location In New Haven
CTown Supermarkets will celebrate the opening of a new location in New Haven, Connecticut, under the collaborative banner, The Meat King by CTown, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on June 10. Located at 664 Grand Ave., the new store offers more than 16,000 square feet of a reimagined grocery and meat experience for […]
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Independent Store News, Southeast
New Publix Opens In Melbourne, FL
Publix Super Markets opened a new store May 18 at the Lake Washington Crossing Shopping Center in Melbourne, Florida. The 48,387-square-foot store offers departments for grocery, dairy, frozen food, seafood, meat and fresh produce, as well as a full-service bakery and deli and pharmacy area. “We are excited to welcome our customers to their new […]
Posted inSustainability News, Corporate Store News, Northeast
Ratio Institute Recertifies Hannaford For Operational Sustainability
Ratio Institute has announced that Hannaford Supermarkets has completed Ratio Institute’s Sustainable Food Retail Certification. The process revealed large emissions reductions and enhanced operational efficiencies for the company, which operates 186 grocery stores in New England and New York. A key component of the certification process is sustainability benchmarking at all of a food retailer’s stores. […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Albertsons, Southwest
Market Street Donates $50K To Mansfield Mission Center
On May 17, Mansfield Mission Center celebrated a new Mission Market food pantry and a $50,000 donation from the Market Street grocery store team to help fund its operation. The Mission Market provides free food for hundreds of Mansfield, Texas, area residents each week. The gift has allowed the facility to expand and increase nutritional […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Association News, National
NGA Foundation Awards Executive Leadership Development Scholarships
Employees of Northeast grocery cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. have been awarded scholarships to attend the Executive Leadership Development Program, hosted by the NGA Foundation, June 4-8 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Edwin “Nino” Vazquez, district manager with Wakefern’s Price Rite Marketplace banner, received this year’s PepsiCo Diversity in Leadership Scholarship, sponsored by PepsiCo. […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Midwest
Wakefern Expands In-Store Retail Media With Freeosk
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding use of Freeosk’s interactive multimedia sampling kiosks for turn-key, multisensory, in-store retail media activation. Following a pilot, Wakefern is placing Freeosk units in 95 ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer stores. Freeosk transforms ordinary in-store spaces into discovery destinations for new products and categories. According to the company, Freeosk […]