Edina-based grocer Lunds & Byerlys will close all 14 of its Twin Cities pharmacy locations at the end of the business day Tuesday, after the company said it no longer could absorb “significant losses.” A spokesman said Friday that 27 pharmacy managers and staff pharmacists will lose their jobs, but technicians have been offered open jobs within […]
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BJ’s Uses Humor In Ad Campaign For Detroit Market Entrance
As it enters Detroit and other eastern Michigan markets, BJ’s Wholesale Club is using humor in a campaign centered on Frank, an active member of the local community who does not want what BJ’s Wholesale Club has to offer. The cross-channel campaign centers on Frank’s protests against BJ’s Wholesale Club and his reasons not to […]
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Harmons Kicks Off Utah’s Pioneer Day With Cooking Demo
Harmons sponsored a cooking demonstration to kick off Utah’s Pioneer Day celebration. The event was held July 12 on the second floor of Harmons City Creek in Salt Lake City, in its cooking school space. The event precedes “Flavors of Utah,” an annual event that takes place in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, […]
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Publix Super Markets Named March Of Dimes Top Partner
Publix Super Markets, headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, is the No. 1 March of Dimes corporate partner. The company donated more than $5.3 million in 2019 through its support of March for Babies, bringing its total contribution to the organization to $86 million over the past 24 years. “Publix is a true champion for moms and […]
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Kroger Partners With HPC President To Provide Relief For Tornado Victims
Stephen Hightower and his company, Hightowers Petroleum Co. (HPC), recently joined with customer The Kroger Co. to help the Dayton, Ohio, community, which was in need of many necessities after being hit by tornadoes. HPC and its support staff worked with its partnering entities to provide impacted and displaced families with all the essentials needed, […]
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Big Y Foods Opens 10th Big Y Express Gas Station
Big Y Foods Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, is celebrating its newest Big Y Express Gas Station and Convenience Store, located at 234 Tolland Turnpike in front of the Big Y World Class Market in Manchester, Connecticut. This is the 10th Big Y Express location and the second in Connecticut. The other nine can be […]
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Food Lion Completes $158M Investment In South Carolina Stores
Food Lion will unveil a new shopping experience for customers in the greater Myrtle Beach, Florence, Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, markets on July 17. Customers in Lumberton, North Carolina, also will be able to shop their newly renovated local stores. The company, headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina, made a $158 million capital investment in […]
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Krause’s Market Wins Record Fourth UNFI Beef Stampede Contest
Krause’s Market in Garrison, North Dakota, earned top honors for a record fourth time in five years in UNFI’s National Beef Stampede Merchandising Contest. More than 600 grocery stores from across the country participate in the annual merchandising contest promoted every fall to showcase beef as the center-of-the-plate protein of choice. Retailers nationwide served by […]
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Food 4 Less Stores Now Offer Home Delivery Via Instacart
Food 4 Less shoppers can now have groceries delivered to their doorsteps thanks to a new home delivery service being offered via Instacart at all 129 Food 4 Less and FoodsCo. locations in California, Illinois and Indiana. “We strive to provide our customers with the best shopping experience and believe that offering home delivery adds […]
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Giant Direct Now Available At 100 Giant, Martin’s Stores
Giant Food Stores announced a milestone in the e-commerce strategy Giant Direct, Powered by Peapod, its online grocery service that offers pickup and delivery, is now available at 100 Giant stores and Martin’s Food Markets, under the Martin’s Direct banner, across four different states. Giant Food Stores President Nicholas Bertram and Store Manager Tim Dinsmore […]
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Gelson’s Appoints Sue Klug To Its Board Of Directors
Gelson’s Markets in Encino, California, has strengthened its board of directors with the addition of Sue Klug, a former grocery executive with operations and marketing experience. Klug currently serves as EVP and chief marketing officer (CMO) for Republic Services, a recycling and non-hazardous solid waste disposal company based in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to her appointment to […]
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Earth Fare Stores Now Carrying Palmetto Harmony CBD Line
Palmetto Harmony, a vertically integrated hemp-derived CBD company with USDA Organic Certifications on its flower-only products, is now selling its products in all Earth Fare locations. Palmetto Harmony, founded in 2015 and based in Conway, South Carolina, utilizes a lipid-infusion extraction process to create its CBD, full-spectrum products. Its solventless process, strict, third-party testing protocol […]
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Ridley’s Launches NimbleRx On-Demand Prescription Delivery
Ridley’s Family Markets will begin offering on-demand prescription delivery to Utah and Idaho residents through a partnership with NimbleRx. The service will provide Ridley’s customers with delivery of common medications and specialty treatments right to their doorstep. It initially will be available at the two Ridley’s locations in Eagle Mountain, Utah, and Highland, Utah, and will […]
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Meijer Offers Special Teacher Discount For Back-To-School Season
Meijer is offering a 15 percent discount on classroom essentials to teachers across the Midwest in its largest back-to-school discount ever. The teacher discount applies to all Meijer stores and extends all summer long and into the school year, from now through Sept. 28. “We recognize that teachers spend a lot of money out of […]
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Retired Festival Foods’ Greenfield Honored As 2019 Grocer Of The Year
Marlin Greenfield, recently retired from Skogen’s Festival Foods, has been named 2019 Grocer of the Year by the Wisconsin Grocers Association (WGA). It is the association’s highest honor. A surprise presentation for Greenfield was held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, at the Darboy Festival Foods in Appleton. Greenfield was nominated by Mark Maloney of […]
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Ralphs Grocery Co. Returns To Labor Negotiations Table
Ralphs Grocery Co. in Los Angeles, is back at the negotiation table July 10-12 for discussions with the unions to “exchange proposals and come to a fair and balanced offer that benefits all 18,000 associates who choose to work for Ralphs.” Ralphs says it has always provided competitive wages; healthcare benefits that cost associates $62 […]
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Rouses Markets Named Official Supermarket Of LSU Athletics
Rouses Markets has signed a sponsorship agreement with LSU Athletics making the family owned company its exclusive and official grocery partner. “We could not be more excited to team up with LSU,” says Donny Rouse, CEO. “We’re a Louisiana company and longtime loyal followers of LSU sports.” Rouses Markets is headquartered in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and […]
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Fifth-Graders Help Gelson’s Dietitian Create A Peach Melba Smoothie
Through June 15, the Gelson’s store in Manhattan Beach, California, will donate a portion of sales of a seasonal smoothie to the Growing Great Junior Chefs program. Gelson’s Staff Dietitian Jessica Siegel welcomed Grand View Elementary School fifth-graders in the Junior Chefs program, an initiative of Growing Great, a non-profit teaching children to make healthy […]
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Kroger Atlanta Gives $1M To USO Via Honoring Our Heroes Campaign
Kroger’s Atlanta Division has presented the USO with a $1 million donation as part of itsHonoring Our Heroes campaign, an initiative that demonstrates Kroger’s commitment to veterans, service members and their families. The check presentation was made at this year’s culinary event at Fort Stewart that brought together teams from Kroger, the USO and Chef […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market To Open First Jacksonville, Florida, Store July 10
Sprouts Farmers Market will open its first store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, July 10. Sprouts will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new 30,000-s.f. location at 4873 Town Center Parkway before doors open at 7 a.m. The public is invited to join the festivities. The first 200 shoppers will receive 20 percent off their initial […]