Timewise Food Stores, a leading convenience store chain based in Houston, Texas, and Cardtronics, the world’s largest retail ATM operator, have extended their long-standing partnership. Cardtronics will continue to provide complete turnkey ATM services to the entire portfolio of more than 220 Timewise stores. Started in 1982, Timewise Food Stores, a division of Landmark Industries, is […]
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‘King Of Wines’ Barolo Reserva Debuts At Lidl’s Italian Wine Fair
Lidl debuted the ‘King of Wines:’ its private label Barolo DOCG Riserva 2012 on July 24, as part of its Italian Wine Fair. It is available for $13.99, with Lidl’s limited-time mix and match case deal. Wine enthusiasts can save on Lidl’s unique Italian wines with 30 percent off mix and match bottles when purchasing […]
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Kroger, Ocado Break Ground On 2nd High-Tech CFC, In Florida
The Kroger Co. and Ocado broke ground July 24 on America’s second customer fulfillment center (CFC), located in Groveland, Florida—a new market for the retailer. “Kroger is excited to enter Florida to redefine the customer experience through our industry-leading partnership with Ocado,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO. “There’s a substantial demand for Kroger products and services in […]
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Wakefern, Takeoff Technologies Open Automated E-Commerce Center
Takeoff Technologies and Wakefern Food Corp. have teamed up to launch an automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) in Clifton, New Jersey. With Takeoff, orders are placed online through retailers—whether using their existing e-commerce platform or Takeoff’s customized UI solution—and Takeoff’s automated technology fulfills the order using robots in MFCs. Takeoff utilizes advanced robotics in the MFC, […]
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Weis Markets Expands Online Shopping To 61 More Stores
Weis Markets has launched Weis 2 Go online ordering, with pickup and home delivery (where available), in 61 additional stores. With the additions, Weis 2 Go is offered in 150 stores in the Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based grocer’s seven-state market area. That represented the majority of the company’s 200 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New […]
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Ingles Markets Kicks Off Annual Tools For Schools Program
Ingles Markets is allowing customers to link their Ingles Advantage cards to schools that have registered for the Ingles Tools for Schools program. Over the past 21 years, Ingles Markets has contributed more than $17 million to schools using the Ingles Tools for Schools program. The money earned in the program has been used to […]
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AG Baton Rouge Reveals Changes In Key Leadership
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Associated Grocers Inc. named Manard Lagasse Jr. its new president and CEO May 30. In July, Lagasse announced leadership changes designed to “enhance Associated Grocers’ position for growth in the coming years.” “We have been a leader in the wholesale grocery industry for many years, and I am confident with these changes, […]
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Kroger’s 84.51° Launches New Insights Product, Stratum
84.51°, a Kroger-owned technology platform, has launched Stratum, an analytics solution that combines customer behavior insights with retail performance measures. Stratum is expected to revolutionize how brands position their products with consumers—both in-store and online—as it is powered by data captured from brick and mortar as well as online transactions. Because of the collaboration between […]
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Dollar General Opens Longview, Texas, Distribution Center
Dollar General employees, their families and local and state officials celebrated the official grand opening of the company’s 16th distribution center in Longview, Texas, on July 20. At full capacity, the state-of-the-art Longview facility is expected to employ more than 400 people and support approximately 1,000 Dollar General stores. “Today marks another growth milestone for Dollar […]
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Publix Stores Now Selling Just Bare Chicken In Fresh Case
Just Bare natural boneless skinless chicken breasts, thighs and tenderloins now are available at Publix. “Just Bare adds to Publix’s outstanding quality options, delivering more of what shoppers want wholesome, high-quality and natural food choices,” said Laston Charriez, CMO of parent company Pilgrim’s in Greeley, Colorado. “Just Bare is striving to raise goodness and values customers’ growing […]
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Spot Coffee Cafés To Be Opened In Two Tops Friendly Markets
Spot Coffee, an international coffee chain headquartered in Buffalo, New York, has signed a franchise agreement with Tops Friendly Markets to develop a second Spot Express in Tops Supermarket #239, at 1740 Sheridan Drive in Buffalo. Tops announced June 28 that it signed a franchise agreement with the supermarket to develop a first Spot Express […]
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Wegmans, Teamsters Local 118 Reach Tentative Agreement
After months of negotiations, Teamsters Local 118 has a new five-year tentative agreement with Wegmans Food Markets, headquartered in Rochester, New York. Local 118 represents approximately 4,300 members throughout the greater Rochester area. Subject to ratification by the membership, this agreement provides for the largest wage package of any agreement previously reached with the company. […]
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Three Zupan’s Markets In Portland, Ore., Offering DogSpot Service
DogSpot, a New York City-based pet-tech startup company, has launched in Portland, Oregon, with grocery store partner Zupan’s Markets. The service is available at all three Zupan’s Markets locations: Burnside, Macadam and Lake Oswego. Customers can use the app-connected houses as a safer and smarter solution when shopping with their dogs rather than leaving them […]
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Bob Gleeson Joins Weis Markets As VP Of Fresh Merchandising
Weis Markets has hired Bob Gleeson, a former Shoppers Food and Pharmacy and Supervalu executive, to become the Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based company’s VP of fresh merchandising. In this position, Gleeson will oversee the day-to-day merchandising and procurement of the company’s meat, produce, bakery, deli/foodservice, seafood and floral departments. He replaces John Grimes, who retired at the […]
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Manhattan Key Food Store And Artolution To Unveil Mural
Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc. has teamed up with Artolution, an international, community-based public art initiative based in New York City, to create a mural with youth that promotes positive social change as well as reconciliation and healing through collaborative art making. The Key Food located at 52 Avenue A in Manhattan, a Man-Dell Group […]
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Weigel’s Expands Into Kingsport Market With New Store Design
Weigel’s, Knoxville, Tennessee’s oldest local dairy, is opening its 68th store—a state-of-the art convenience store at 4401 West Stone Drive in Kingsport, Tennessee. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Thursday, July 18, at 1:30 p.m. A special grand opening celebration starts on Monday, July 22, and runs through Sunday, July 28. “We’ve had many […]
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New Kpop Sauces, Crafted By Chris Oh, Available At Bristol Farms
Kpop Foods, which formerly offered its products exclusively online, has made the products available at retail for the first time at Bristol Farms stores in California. The products include Kpop Sea Snacks and all four new Kpop sauces. The sauces, crafted by the company’s resident chef and Food Network Champion, Chris Oh, have been proven […]
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Infinity Fresh Kitchen Facility In R.I. To Supply Hannaford, Stop & Shop
Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, through its subsidiary Infinity Fresh Kitchen, will open a fresh processing facility and culinary innovation center in Rhode Island. The facility, which is located at 320 Commerce Park Road in North Kingstown, will process fresh food items for area grocery stores, including cut fruit and […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Laveen, Arizona, Store
Sprouts Farmers Market soon will finish construction on its new store in Laveen, Arizona, and has scheduled a hiring fair to fill about 150 full- and part-time jobs. The hiring fair, with open interviews, is scheduled for 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1, at the Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Downtown, 15 E. Monroe […]
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Second Giant Heirloom In Philly To Open In University City
Giant Food Stores will open its new Giant Heirloom Market in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia on August 2, at 8:00 a.m. The store, located at 3401 Chestnut Street, is the second Giant Heirloom Market to open in the city. “The opening of our second Giant Heirloom Market store reaffirms Giant’s continued commitment not […]