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Schnucks Names 10 Companies To Third ‘Springboard’

by Shelby Report Staff

Schnuck Markets Inc. has selected 10 Midwest businesses for the third cohort of Schnucks Springboard, the grocer’s emerging business accelerator, the company announced July 21. The companies begin business development classes at Schnucks’ St. Louis, Missouri, headquarters on Aug. 6. Each will receive $5,000 in equity-free funding along with networking opportunities. Participants that meet food […]

Posted inNonfood Items, Center Store, Featured News, Independent Store News, Midwest, News

Meijer Cuts Prices On Nearly 200 Back-To-School Items

by Shelby Report Staff

Meijer is lowering prices by up to 50 percent on nearly 200 school supplies and grocery items ahead of the 2026-27 school year, including more than 50 supplies priced under $1. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer’s promotion runs through Sept. 8 and covers both Meijer brand and national-brand items commonly found on classroom supply lists […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast

Giant Co. Tweaks Layout, Assortment At Remodeled PA Stores

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inExecutive News, Corporate Store News, Giant Food, News, Northeast

Giant Landover Promotes Dorazio To VP Of Marketing

by Shelby Report Staff

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. […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Stater Bros. Markets, West

Stater Bros. Breaks Ground On Fourth Menifee Store

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Food City, News, Southeast

Food City Opening Another Store In Huntsville Market

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inSoutheast, Independent Store News, News, Publix Super Markets

Publix Reopens Winter Haven, FL, Store At New Location

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast

Grocery Market Returns To NJ’s Point Pleasant Beach

by Shelby Report Staff

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

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inAssociation News, Featured News, Independent Store News, National, News

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

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Vallarta Supermarkets, West

Vallarta To Open Store In Food Desert Area Of South Phoenix

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]

Posted inProduce News, Featured News, Independent Store News, News, Northeast, Wakefern

Wakefern Produce Summit Aims To Boost Local, Regional Growers

by Shelby Report Staff

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 […]