With food insecurity projected to reach an all-time high due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Beaverton, Oregon-based Reser’s Fine Foods announces a ‘Free Groceries for a Year’ consumer giveaway. “Many Americans are struggling during this time and we want to help put dinner on the table,” said Teresa Carter, marketing director for deli at Reser’s. “Reser’s […]
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WEST: Food City Supermarket In Mesa Celebrates Grand Opening
A Food City grocery store in Mesa, Arizona, celebrated its grand opening with shoppers Wednesday, Sept. 2. At 6 a.m., the Food City store team at Brown Road and Mesa Drive began giving reusable shopping bags filled with groceries to the first 300 customers who checked out with their purchases. Highlights of the new Mesa […]
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People Magazine Ranks Publix No. 1 On 50 Companies That Care List
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix has been recognized as the No. 1 company that cares by People magazine. The fourth annual list will be featured in the Sept. 14 issue of the magazine, which will be on newsstands nationwide Sept. 4. The list highlights the top U.S. companies that have succeeded in business while demonstrating outstanding respect, […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Sprouts Farmers Market Hiring 110 For Orlando Store
Sprouts Farmers Market says it soon will finish construction on its new store in Orlando, Florida, and will be hiring full- and part-time workers. The 26,000-square-foot store at 7603 Turkey Lake Road will open on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 a.m. and will be the third local Sprouts since the healthy grocer entered the Orlando […]
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Mom’s Organic Market To Open Sept. 4 In Abington, PA
Family owned and operated Mom’s Organic Market opens its fourth store in the Philadelphia region in Abington, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 4. The new store features: Only the highest quality, Certified Organic produce; A 265-kilowatt system rooftop solar array – generating approximately 40 percent of the stores’ energy needs; 10-ft. wide aisles (allowing plenty of […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Walmart, Sam’s Club Donating Cash, Products To Hurricane Relief
With the catastrophic storm, flooding and power outages affecting southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, Walmart, Sam’s Club and the Walmart Foundation are committing up to $2.5 million in cash and in-kind product donations to organizations leading hurricane relief efforts. The funds and product donations will support hurricane relief efforts in the area through four non-profits […]
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Cardenas Markets Foundation Awards 56 Scholarships Totaling $112,000
The Ontario, California-based Cardenas Markets Foundation continues its commitment to supporting the communities it serves. Fifty-six students in the areas where Cardenas Markets operates received scholarship funds of $2,000 each. The scholarship program, new this year, awarded a total of $112,000. Scholarship recipients were selected based on their academic qualifications, financial need and leadership attributes. […]
Posted inYear In Review - 2020, Corporate Store News, Home Page Latest News, Southeast
SOUTHEAST: Southeastern Grocers Selling 23 BI-LO And Harveys Stores
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers, parent company of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores, said Sept. 1 it has reached an agreement to sell 23 total stores: 20 BI-LO stores to Alex Lee Inc., and two BI-LO stores and one Harveys Supermarket to B&T Foods. These agreements follow the company’s previously announced decision […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Bogopa Service Corp. Acquires Fairway Westbury Store
Bogopa Service Corp. has announced its acquisition of the Fairway Market in Westbury, New York. The addition comes on the heels of Bogopa’s takeover of two other former Fairway Market stores just weeks ago in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and Douglaston, Queens. Bogopa is a family-owned business that has operated grocery stores in the New York area […]
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WEST: First Amazon Fresh Grocery Store Opens In California
Opening Aug. 27 in Woodland Hills, California, to select customers, Amazon Fresh is a new grocery store designed from the ground up to offer a seamless grocery shopping experience, whether customers are shopping in-store or online. The store will open to the public in the coming weeks. “We’ve taken our decades of operations experience to […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Big Y To Open Hiring Site For New Location In Simsbury, CT
Big Y Foods will open a hiring site to fill more than 100 part- time and full-time positions available at its newest World Class Market in Simsbury, Connecticut. The hiring site will be held at 1285 Hopmeadow St. in Simsbury, adjacent to the market. All interested applicants should apply at bigy.com prior to interview. Below […]
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The Giant Co.’s New Brand Platform Sets Course For Future
The Giant Co. has launched its new brand platform, For Today’s Table. Building on the new company name, logo and purpose launched earlier this year, For Today’s Table sets the course for the company’s continued growth, innovation and investment for today and into the future. For Today’s Table represents the notion that the world is […]
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Lidl Plans To Add 50 New Stores, 2,000 New Jobs By End Of 2021
Lidl U.S. says it plans to open 50 new stores by the end of 2021. The stores will be located in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. Below is a full list of the new Lidl U.S. locations, which will bring the company’s total number of stores […]
Posted inH-E-B, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, Southwest
H-E-B At Mueller’s Main Streat Food Hall Now Open
In a first for the Austin, Texas, community, H-E-B is opening a food hall inside one of its stores with a varied lineup of restaurants. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Main Streat food hall and bar opened inside H-E-B at Mueller with Roots Chicken Shak by Chef Tiffany Derry, True Texas BBQ, Calle Taqueria, Yumai Japanese […]
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Parker’s Opens New Store On Montgomery Cross Road In Savannah
Parker’s has opened a new state-of-the-art Parker’s Kitchen at 1930 E. Montgomery Cross Road in Savannah on Aug. 20. Located between the Truman Parkway and Skidaway Road, the new Parker’s Kitchen offers fresh, Southern-style food for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as gourmet coffee, freshly brewed sweet tea, lemonade, 28-degree beer, fountain drinks with Chewy Ice and […]
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New Whole Foods Market Now Open In Washington, D.C.
Whole Foods Market opened a new 46,000-square-foot store located at 967 Florida Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., on July 23. The store offers hundreds of local products, a variety of natural and organic grocery items and a plant-based fast-casual concept. Special features of the new store include: Friends of Whole Foods Market venue PLNT Burger, offering […]
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Servitas Partners With Brookshire Brothers At Park West Student Housing
Servitas has entered into a new partnership with Brookshire Brothers at Park West student housing in College Station, Texas. This venture provides high-quality grab-and-go food options and specialty coffees to residents at Park West, a 3,406-bed student housing community located at Texas A&M University. Park West is one of the largest student housing public-private partnership […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market In Santa Barbara To Open Sept. 2
Sprouts Farmers Market will open in Santa Barbara, California, at 29 South Milpas St. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 7 a.m. The new store will expand local access to fresh and healthy groceries, and will be open daily from 7 a.m.- 10 p.m. To celebrate the new location, every shopper on opening day will receive a […]
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Alltown Fresh Opens Fresh Convenience Market In Schenectady, NY
Alltown Fresh, the fresh convenience market, has opened its newest location in Schenectady, New York. Located at 1410-1424 Erie Blvd., the new market features fresh food choices and made-to-order meals including organic, natural, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options made with locally sourced ingredients. To commemorate the opening of the new location, Alltown Fresh planned an outdoor […]
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Whole Foods Market Manhattan West Store Now Open
Whole Foods Market opened its 14th location in New York City on Friday, July 17. The 60,245-square-foot store in Manhattan, located at 450 W. 33rd St., is part of the 5.4 million-square-foot Hudson Yards development. Shoppers can enter the plaza at Manhattan West on Ninth Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets or enter the store directly on the corner of 31st St. […]