In a statement from a Kroger Co. spokesperson this afternoon, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based grocery chain said it is getting out of the e-cigarette business. “Kroger is discontinuing the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products, or e-cigarettes, at all store and fuel center locations due to the mounting questions and increasingly-complex regulatory environment associated with these […]
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Drew Mize Of PDI Chosen To Lead NACS Supplier Board
Drew Mize, EVP of global ERP solutions at PDI, has been named 2019–20 chairman of the NACS Supplier Board. Mize began his career in retail convenience technology in 1995 as a business analyst for TMI Services, holding the position of VP when he left in 2005 to join The Pinnacle Corp. He joined Pinnacle as […]
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Online Grocery Shopping Now Available At Buehler’s Dover Parkside
Buehler’s Fresh Foods now offers online grocery shopping at its Dover Parkside location. Customers can order groceries online for curbside pickup the same day. Dover Parkside is the sixth Buehler’s store to offer this service, joining Wooster Milltown, Medina River Styx, Canton, Wadsworth and Ashland. The new service, powered by Buehler’s partner Freshop, allows customers […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Food Lion Feeds Donating One Million Meals Through #NoEmptyPlate
With participation of customers, Food Lion associates and community partners in the Food Lion Feeds #NoEmptyPlate social media campaign, Food Lion Feeds is donating one million meals to Feeding America and their member food banks in Food Lion’s 10-state service area. Food Lion Feeds created the campaign in support of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month […]
Posted inIngles Markets, Corporate Store News, Health & Wellness, Southeast
Kingsport Ingles Donating Meals To Help Families In East Tennessee
On Monday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. the Ingles Markets on Henry Drive in Kingsport, Tennessee, will donate $2,542 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee as part of the Feeding Hungry Families Campaign. Between the dates of Sept. 15-28, Ingles customers purchased Hungry Family icons during check-out at all participating Tennessee locations. Each […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Midwest, Nonfood Items, Private Label Brands
Meijer Continues Investment In Pet Departments For Total Pet Care
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer Meijer is working to expand its pet departments for an even larger assortment of everyday essentials like food and grooming supplies, as well as the increasingly popular Halloween costumes. According to the National Retail Federation, an estimated 29 million people plan to dress their pets up for Halloween, and Meijer has […]
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Kum & Go Commits To Healthier Convenience Retailing With PHA, NACS
Kum & Go has made a commitment with the nonprofit Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) to offer healthier foods throughout its 400 locations. PHA has helped to expand healthier options in more than 2,500 convenience store locations nationwide. A NACS member, Kum & Go is a […]
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Kroger Stores Selling Peekaboo Ice Cream With Hidden Vegetables
Whole vegetables hidden in ice cream is available in 1,800 Kroger family of stores now that the retailer is offering Peekaboo brand. The Miami, Florida-based company is expanding its reach by partnering with Kroger, America’s largest grocery retailer. Peekaboo is the only manufacturer of organic ice cream infused with veggies. The products are designed to […]
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Dogtown Pizza Expands To Texas Through Central Market
Family-owned Dogtown Pizza is expanding into Central Market, a Texas-based grocery chain. Once only available in St. Louis, customers will now be able to find Dogtown Pizza in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Fort Worth, Plano and South Lake. “When we first started Dogtown Pizza out of our home in St. Louis, we dreamed about […]
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Circle K Launches On-Demand Delivery Across Texas Via Favor
San Antonio, Texas-based convenience store brand Circle K now offers delivery from nearly 600 of its locations across Texas via its partnership with Texas-based on-demand delivery company Favor. Customers can now get Circle K items, including beer and snack foods, delivered to their door in under an hour via Favor, with no order minimum. This […]
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Recommended: Kroger To Lay Off Hundreds, Turnaround Questioned
Kroger is laying off hundreds of employees across the family of grocery stores it owns, a person familiar with the situation tells CNBC. The unionized grocer, which also owns Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, has 443,000 full-time and part-time employees. A spokeswoman for Kroger told CNBC in a statement that “As part of ongoing talent […]
Posted inFrozen Food, Corporate Store News, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, West, Wholesaler/Distributor News
Bristol Seafood’s My Fish Dish Launches In QFC Stores
Bristol Seafood’s new ready-to-cook brand My Fish Dish launched in all 62 locations of QFC in September. My Fish Dish is a retail line of seafood that includes scallops, cod, wild Sockeye salmon and Atlantic salmon in three different flavors in both frozen and slack and sell. “My Fish Dish addresses the primary barrier to […]
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Mighty Spark Launches All-Natural Poultry At Walmart And CVS
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Mighty Spark, an independent company that donates a meal with each purchase consumers make of its all-natural poultry, is expanding its assortment and presence at retailers nationwide with the launch of patties and ground blends at select Walmart stores, and chicken snack sticks at 2,500 CVS locations. “In addition to launching at Walmart […]
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Giant Eagle Joins InComm Healthcare’s Retail Network
InComm, a payments technology company, is adding multi-format food, fuel and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle Inc. to InComm Healthcare’s OTC Network, which provides health plan supplemental benefit and incentive spending solutions designed to encourage healthy purchases. With the new partnership, the more than 5 million health plan OTC Network cardholders will now be able to […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Beverage News, Center Store, Deli News, Home Page Slider, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Organic Natural, Perishables, Snacks Brands, Southeast
GreenWise Market Is Coming To St. Augustine
Lakeland, Florida-based GreenWise Market is building a new concept store located near the intersection of State Road 16 and International Golf Parkway at World Commerce Center in St. Augustine, Florida. This will be the second GreenWise Market for St. Johns County, following the Nocatee Town Center location in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, which is slated […]
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Weis Markets Buys Two Thomas’ Stores In Pennsylvania, Reopening One
Weis Markets has entered into an asset purchase agreement with T.C.D. Realty Inc. to purchase two of its supermarket locations in Pennsylvania. The locations are the Thomas’ Foodtown in Dallas and the Thomas’ Food Basics in Shavertown. The company expects the transaction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. Once the purchase is […]
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Save Mart Opening The Tipping Point Restaurant In New Modesto Store
Save Mart, the flagship store of The Save Mart Cos. (TSMC), is opening a new location Oct. 2 in Modesto, California, featuring a fast casual restaurant called The Tipping Point. With both indoor and outdoor garden seating, the restaurant will serve tri-tip barbequed and served five different ways—wet or dry sandwich, torta, taco or salad, […]
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Inserra ShopRite Partners With Butterflake Bakery In New Milford
New Milford, New Jersey-based Inserra ShopRite is partnering with Butterflake Bakery of Teaneck, New Jersey. Butterflake’s specially made breads, cakes and desserts will be delivered daily fresh to ShopRite of New Milford, home to the ShopRite Bake Shop, which features professionally trained bakers and cake decorators. “We are delighted to partner with another family-owned and operated local […]
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Palm Beach Capital Makes Investment In J. Polep Distribution Services
Palm Beach Capital has made an investment in J. Polep Distribution Services, a convenience store and grocery distributor serving more than 6,000 customers in the northern U.S. Financial terms were not disclosed in the Sept. 30 announcement. Based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, J. Polep distributes candy and snacks; fresh, frozen and refrigerated foods; cigarettes and cigars; […]
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Port Orleans Brewing Co., Winn-Dixie Team Up To Fight Cancer
Winn-Dixie and Port Orleans Brewing Co. are partnering to support the fight against cancer with a two-part campaign inviting customers to “Lend a Helping Can.” This partnership will support cancer patients receiving treatment at the Ochsner Cancer Institute with a Winn-Dixie community donation program and a Port Orleans beer contribution campaign. Winn-Dixie customers can make […]