Stew Leonard’s will open its first New Jersey store this fall at the Paramus Mall in an 80,000-s.f. space that was a Sears store for 45 years. According to the retailer, 350 new jobs will be created. A groundbreaking is scheduled for Friday, March 29, at 11 a.m. Stew Leonard Jr., CEO of the company […]
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Retail Business Services Assists Ahold Delhaize With Supply Chain
Retail Business Services has implemented a forecasting and replenishment solution for Ahold Delhaize USA using technology from Relex Solutions. The end-to-end forecasting will help provide more fresh produce to customers weekly via in-store purchasing, pick-up or online delivery. Ahold Delhaize USA local brands along the East Coast are included in the implementation, including Food Lion, […]
Alliance Retail Group Works With RSA America On Loyalty Platform
Alliance Retail Group is working with supermarket technology company RSA America to develop a loyalty platform for customers. RSA will provide a loyalty platform that promotes profit opportunities, customer engagement and real-time analytics. “This strategic partnership will benefit members and vendors alike because RSA has helped customers grow sales through their platform. We have seen […]
Price Rite Marketplace Rolls Rebrand Into Connecticut
Price Rite Marketplace is taking the next step in its rebranding efforts, with plans to reveal its fresh new look and improved in-store experience at five of its Connecticut stores in Cromwell, New Britain, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. The supermarket retailer is introducing its award-winning redesigned store concept with programming focused on special deep […]
7-Eleven Opens Its First Lab Store In The U.S. In Dallas
Convenience retailer 7-Eleven opened a “lab” store in its hometown of Dallas on March 22. The company describes it as a place where customers can “try and buy the retailer’s latest innovations in a revolutionary new store format.” The Dallas lab store—the only one in the U.S.—is located at the Sylvan | Thirty retail and […]
Meijer To Stock Eastside Distilling’s Redneck Riviera Whiskey
Redneck Riviera Whiskey from Eastside Distilling will be sold in about 200 Meijer stores in the Midwest, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Portland, Oregon-based Eastside Distilling, which makes Redneck Riviera Whiskey, announced its authorization agreement with Meijer on March 22. “We are very excited to be working with Meijer, one of the preeminent […]
Raley’s Food For Families Names 2019 Board Officers
Raley’s Food For Families has named the officers of its 2019 board of directors, with Jennie Teel-Wolter as board president and Heather Dubinetskiy as VP. Other approved officers include Raley’s executive team members Ken Mueller, CFO; Kevin Konkel, chief operations officer; and Becca Whitman, senior manager of community relations for Raley’s and executive director of […]
Walmart Offers Open Call To Help Entrepreneurs Promote Products
Walmart wants to help entrepreneurs get their product ideas from their heads onto the shelves of stores. Through April 30, Walmart is accepting applications for its sixth annual Open Call program. Open Call is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to meet face-to-face with Walmart buyers. “While finding products that fulfill the needs of our customers is […]
Fresh Value Supermarkets Appoints Guarneri VP Of Loss Prevention
Fresh Value Supermarkets has appointed longtime security expert Randy Guarneri, CFE, CFI, as VP of loss prevention. Alabama-based, family-owned Fresh Value Supermarkets operates 275 total stores under five banners, 88 of them under the Fresh Value name. Guarneri oversees loss prevention at all stores and reports to the CEO. During his 24 years in asset […]
IGA Launches ‘Local Equals Fresh’ Up-Branding Kit
IGA has launched its “Local Equals Fresh” up-branding kit in an effort to educate shoppers on its promise to buy from local and regional family farms whenever possible. “The number of people who are focused on their health is the greatest it’s ever been, and that’s across all ages and income levels,” said Devora Rogers, […]
Bashas’ Offers Special Discounts On Fresh Crusty Bread
Bashas’ supermarkets are offering customers special discounts on its fresh-baked bread. It’s one of several promotions currently occurring at Bashas’. Through March 26, customers can purchase Crusty Bread varieties such as Multi-grain, Poppy Seed, Sesame and Original, for a special discounted price of $1.50 each. To celebrate National French Bread Day on March 21, Bashas’ […]
Harris Teeter To Reopen Former Williamsburg Farm Fresh
Harris Teeter is hosting a grand opening for its new store in Williamsburg, Virginia, in April. The store is in the Governor’s Green Shopping Center on John Taylor Highway. This is the fourth of the former Farm Fresh stores Harris Teeter purchased in May 2018 to open under the Harris Teeter banner. The 55,000-s.f. store […]
Festival Foods To Open New Store In Hales Corners, Wisconsin
Festival Foods plans to expand its business to Hales Corners, Wisconsin, with the construction of a 67,000-s.f. store set to open this fall. Festival Foods has purchased a vacant building located at 5600 S. 108th Street. The building previously was home to a Kmart that has since shut its doors. Festival Foods will demolish that […]
Second Choctaw Country Market Opens In Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma celebrated the new Choctaw Country Market with a ribbon-cutting on Thursday, March 14, in Boswell. To better serve local communities, The Choctaw Nation renovated its previously owned building, Choctaw Archiving, into the new Country Market. “What a truly blessed day it is here in Boswell, Oklahoma,” said Chief Gary Batton. […]
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Selling in Giant Eagle, Harris Teeter, Publix
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams are now being distributed at Giant Eagle and Harris Teeter grocery stores and has expanded flavors available at Publix. Between Giant Eagle’s locations throughout the east coast and midwest, and Harris Teeter’s locations throughout the southeast and mid-Atlantic region, the two new partnerships add more than 650 locations to Jeni’s grocery business. […]
Publix Presents Jenkins, President’s Awards To Managers
Publix Super Markets recognized 12 managers during the company’s Retail Operations Conference in February. Recipients received Publix’s most prestigious recognitions—the George W. Jenkins Award and the President’s Award. The George W. Jenkins Award—named after Publix’s late founder—was presented to one store manager from each of Publix’s five divisions and one support area associate “who perpetuate […]
Publix Among Retailers Now Offering Dunkin’ Coffee Thins
Dunkin’ Coffee Thins are now on sale at Publix Super Markets nationwide. Dunkin’ Coffee Thins are distributed by Miami, Florida-based Tierra Nueva. The treats are made using whole Dunkin’ coffee beans crafted into edible coffee squares combined with other natural ingredients. The edible coffee thins offer a burst of caffeine in two popular Dunkin’ flavors: […]
Funeral Services Planned For John Berberian, Founder Of Jons Market
John Berberian, founder of Jons Market in California, died March 12, 2019, due to a heart attack. Funeral services are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at St. Mary’s Church, 500 South Central Avenue, Glendale, California. Burial will be at God’s Acre, Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles. A Hokejash (memorial […]
A Red-Letter Day For H-E-B In Houston’s The Heights
H-E-B President Scott McClelland said there was a lot of pressure on him to get the new 92,000-s.f. store at 2300 Shepherd Drive in Houston’s The Heights just right. “My daughter lives in The Heights,” McClelland told The Shelby Report’s Jan Meade on opening day. “She told me, ‘Dad, if you really love me, you’ll […]
Seattle’s Central Co-Op Hires Catherine Cleveland As CEO
The board of trustees for Seattle-based Central Co-op has hired Catherine Willis Cleveland as CEO. Central Co-op, a community-owned natural foods cooperative, is a full-service grocery store dedicated to sustainable practices and the Washington food economy. It sells organic produce, humanely raised meat and wild seafood, a large selection of bulk goods and herbs, an […]
