Red Button Vintage Creamery premium pies and Beehive Bread & Pastry pies have added blue ribbons to the list of accolades the sweet treats have received. Both pie varieties from Utah’s Associated Food Stores were recognized as the best offerings in several categories at the National Pie Championships in Orlando, Florida, this month. Varieties from […]
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AWG Partners With RangeMe To Scale Growth Across All Categories
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is partnering with RangeMe, an online platform that streamlines new product discovery between product suppliers and retailers, to scale its retail buying efforts for general merchandise, health and beauty and specialty, natural and organic items for all of its members. “The technology and vendor interfacing that RangeMe provides will benefit our members and […]
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New Atlanta Publix Opening Wednesday
Publix Super Markets will open a new store in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 31. The Moores Mill Center store is located at 2275 Marietta Boulevard NW. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 6:45 a.m. and doors will open at 7 a.m. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and District 9 city council member Felicia Moore will be […]
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Martin’s To Close Nine Virginia Stores This Summer
Martin’s Food Markets will close its remaining nine stores in the greater Richmond and Williamsburg communities this summer. It will leave the Ahold Delhaize-owned grocery chain with a dozen stores in Virginia. It also operates units in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. “Throughout this difficult process, our top concern has been to take care of […]
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Independents Benefit From Michigan Good Food Fund Investments
Six food enterprises in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Southeast Michigan and the Upper Peninsula have received financing from the Michigan Good Food Fund, marking more than $10.5 million in investments since its launch two years ago. The $30 million fund was created to finance projects that increase healthy food access and spur economic opportunity in underserved […]
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Lowes Foods To Open First Lexington, South Carolina, Store On May 24
Lowes Foods will host a grand opening of its first Lexington, South Carolina, store, located at the Northwest corner of Charter Oak and Augusta roads, on May 24. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. The Lowes Foods’ Fuel Center, located in front of the store, opened May 17. “We are thrilled to share our […]
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Yesway Will Enter Texas With Purchase Of 35 Convenience Stores
Des Moines, Iowa-based Yesway is expanding with the acquisition of 35 Wes-T-Go and Chillerz Convenience Stores in Abilene, Texas. The new Yesway stores will be added to the company’s existing portfolio of 38 units that operate in Iowa and Kansas. By the end of the second quarter of 2017, Yesway expects to have more than […]
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Chicago’s Food Market La Chiquita Joins AWG
Alfredo Linares’ first major life change happened in 1964 when he and his family ventured from a small town in Mexico to Chicago, Illinois. He was 9 years old at the time, and it was a true culture shock. He was struck by the many different nationalities that live there, the cold and the snow. […]
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Festival Foods To Purchase Two Pierce’s Marketplace Stores In Wisconsin
Festival Foods plans to purchase two Pierce’s Marketplace stores in Baraboo and Portage, Wisconsin, from Angie and Dave Pierce. The Pierce family operates a third Pierce’s Market in Muscoda. Festival Foods, which operates 26 other locations across the state, expects to begin operations June 20 under the Festival Foods banner. Mark Skogen, president and CEO […]
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Winners Selected For H-E-B Primo Picks Video Showdown
Who says giving away free cookies can’t be a lucrative endeavor? For an inventive video by a San Antonio man, the idea earned him $25,000 and a spot in a H-E-B commercial. For months, creative Texans took their shots at producing videos about their favorite H-E-B Primo Picks products as part of the H-E-B Primo […]
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Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice To Open Fourth Idaho Store In June
Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice, a warehouse-format store catering to the foodservice industry, will open a new store in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on June 17. Located at 208 E. Appleway Avenue, the store will be Cash&Carry’s fourth in Idaho, third in the local region (joining two Spokane, Washington, stores) and 61st in the western U.S. The 20,000-s.f. […]
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Grocery Biz ‘Not For The Faint Of Heart’: Independent Sales Down From Prior Year
FMS Solutions and the National Grocers Association (NGA) have released their annual “Independent Grocers Financial Survey,” the latest edition covering fiscal year 2016. The study, now in its 12th year, found independent grocers reported that their sales were down 1.62 percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Food-at-home deflation across all categories, especially in meat and […]
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Food City Appoints EVP Of Store Ops For Knoxville Division
Food City has named Ron Tacker EVP of store operations for its Knoxville division. A career grocer, Tacker brings more than 42 years of retail experience in a broad range of fields to this position. “I am confident that Ron will be a valuable asset to our company, as well as an active member of […]
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GF Buche Co. Promotes McFayden To Operations Manager
Chris McFayden has been promoted to operations manager for GF Buche Co. He replaces Gregg Drees, who recently retired from the South Dakota grocery chain. McFayden started at the Gregory Buche Foods in 1996 as a carryout and quickly rose up the ranks to store supervisor. From there, he was promoted to store manager of the Gus […]
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Whole Foods Market Brings In Kohl’s Exec As New CFO, Shakes Up Board
Whole Foods Market has appointed Kohl’s executive Keith Manbeck EVP and CFO, effective May 17. He will succeed Glenda Flanagan, who last year announced her plans to retire. Manbeck will join a leadership team that is “implementing an accelerated plan to enhance shareholder value in a dynamic and increasingly competitive marketplace,” according to a press release […]
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Hy-Vee Guarantees 100 Percent Of Its Sushi From Responsible Sources
Hy-Vee Inc. has successfully transitioned 100 percent of its sushi to responsible sources. The supermarket chain guarantees that all sushi prepared and sold in its 244 Midwestern stores, including Hy-Vee Market Grille restaurants, will now contain seafood that is caught in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. According to its recently updated Seafood Procurement Policy, Hy-Vee […]
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Drees Retires From GF Buche Co. After Nearly 36 Years
Gregg Drees has worked for three generations of Buches at South Dakota’s GF Buche Co., starting with Bob Sr., then with Robert and finishing with current president RF Buche (pronounced boo-ee). He has praise for all of them. “Bob Sr. had an uncharacteristic thirst for knowledge and understanding of computers when most people his age […]
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Sprouts Marks 40th Consecutive Quarter Of Positive Same-Store Sales
Sprouts Farmers Market has reported results for the 13-week first quarter ended April 2, marking its 40th consecutive quarter of positive same-store sales. The company also said its new stores are performing well. The Phoenix, Arizona-based supermarket chain’s net sales for the quarter was $1.1 billion, a 14 percent increase from the same period in […]
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Target To Test Next-Day Delivery Service In Minneapolis Area
Target plans to roll out a next-day delivery pilot in the Minneapolis area this summer. The program, called Target Restock, will allow shoppers to order household essentials—such as laundry detergent, paper towels, granola bars and coffee—and have them delivered the following day. Select team members at Target headquarters are now testing Target Restock, the company […]
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Spangler Promoted To VP Of Real Estate At Food City
Food City has appointed Stephen Spangler VP of real estate, succeeding Louis Scudere, who recently retired from the company after 31 years of dedicated service. “Stephen is a seasoned professional that has excelled in his role since he joined our company several years ago. He’s developed strong relationships throughout our region and has tremendous leadership […]