Weigel’s, East Tennessee’s oldest local dairy, has opened its newest full-service convenience store in Clinton, at 2409 Charles G. Seivers Boulevard. The state-of-the-art convenience store is Knoxville-based Weigel’s 63rd store. A first for Weigel’s at this interstate location off I-75 are four wide diesel fuel bays. Long drive-thrus on entrance and exit make access easy […]
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Work On Lucky’s Market In Orlando Begins
Work to transform a vacant fitness center in east Orlando into a Lucky’s Market is under way. The store will be the first in Orlando for the Colorado-based grocer. The Orlando Business Journal reports that the 35,000-s.f. Lucky’s is in the Alafaya Village shopping center on the southwest corner of Colonial Drive and Alafaya Trail in […]
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Walmart Closing 154 U.S. Stores
Walmart said Jan. 15 that it will close 269 stores globally; 154 of them are in the U.S. The U.S. stores that will close include the company’s 102 smallest format stores, Walmart Express, which had been in pilot since 2011. Walmart said it will instead focus on its supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and growing its e-commerce […]
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United Family Marks 100th Anniversary This Year, Kicks Off Festivities This Weekend
For The United Family, 2016 marks a historic year, as United Supermarkets celebrates the store’s 100th anniversary. What began as United Cash Store in Sayre, Oklahoma, in 1916 has grown into a multi-banner, Texas-based grocery chain with 66 stores in 36 communities. Today, The United Family operates United Supermarkets, Market Street, Albertsons Market and Amigos […]
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Aldi Rolls Out ‘Refresh’ Offerings
To kick off the New Year, Aldi says it is giving customers more selections they can feel good about. The company now is offering increased organics and healthier options at checkout and exclusive brand food products free from ingredients customers worry about, the grocer says. “This time of year, I’m especially focused on looking for […]
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7-Eleven, Publix And Naifeh’s Sell Three Winning Powerball Tickets
While the identities of the three winners of Wednesday’s record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot aren’t yet known, the stores that sold the prize tickets are. The tickets were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee. The California ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills. Florida’s prize ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store in Melbourne […]
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Publix’s Crenshaw To Retire, New CEO Named
Publix Super Markets CEO Ed Crenshaw today said he plans to retire as the company’s CEO on April 30. Publix President Todd Jones will succeed Crenshaw. Crenshaw began his Publix career in 1974 as a front-service clerk in Lake Wales, Florida. After working in a variety of retail and support positions, he was promoted to director […]
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Hy-Vee Promotes Marshall To COO, Names 2016 Board Of Directors
Hy-Vee EVP and Chief Retail Officer Jay Marshall has been promoted to COO of the West Des Moines, Iowa-based grocery company. He becomes only the fourth person in the grocer’s history to hold the title. Marshall will retain all responsibility for retail operations and store development and will assume responsibility for all merchandising areas in […]
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Fred Meyer Gets New President As Gust Retires After 45 Years
Lynn Gust, president of Fred Meyer Stores, will retire Jan. 31 after 45 years of service to The Kroger Co., which owns the banner. Jeff Burt, who currently serves as president of Kroger’s Central Division, will succeed Gust. Fred Meyer is based in Portland, Oregon, and operates 132 stores in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. […]
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NGA Promotes Four Executives
The National Grocers Association (NGA) on Jan. 11 announced the promotions of four of its staff members. NGA, an Arlington, Virginia-based national trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, promoted Greg Ferrara to SVP-government relations and public affairs; Matthew Ott to COO; Maggie Lyons to senior director of government relations; and Laura Strange to senior […]
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United Family Raises More Than $25K For South Plains Food Bank
The United Family, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, says its annual holiday food drive and Lubbock, Texas, customers raised $25,129 for the South Plains Food Bank. This year’s donations exceeded last year’s food drive results by more than $5,000. Additionally, the Lubbock-area United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos locations sold 3,544 pre-packed bags valued […]
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Family Dollar’s Levine Leaving With Dollar Tree Integration Complete
Dollar Tree said Friday that Howard R. Levine has completed his role in the integration of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree and is stepping down as an officer of the company, effective Jan. 15. On July 6, 2015, Dollar Tree completed its acquisition of more than 8,200 Family Dollar stores across 46 states. The company […]
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Supervalu Takes Next Step to Spin Off Save-A-Lot Business
After announcing over the summer that it was exploring a separation of its Save-A-Lot business, Supervalu said Thursday that it had filed an initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the possible spinoff of Save-A-Lot into a separate, publicly traded company. With the filing of the Form […]
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As Lottery Jackpot Soars, Players Throw Superstitions Aside
No one won the approximately half-a-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot Wednesday, so lottery players across the nation already are rushing to buy their tickets for the next drawing on Saturday. The estimated jackpot: $800 million—the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. The lotto fever has sparked Massachusetts-based convenience and coffee retailer Cumberland Farms to […]
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Stater Bros. Building New Rancho Cucamonga Store
Plans are in place to build a new Stater Bros. Supermarket at the northwest corner of Baseline and Day Creek roads in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The 44,000-s.f. full-service store slated to open in the fall is being developed by Lewis Retail Centers in the Day Creek Marketplace, which also will include a full-service drug store […]
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SpartanNash To Become Primary Wholesaler To Gordy’s Market
SpartanNash has signed a long-term contract to be the primary wholesaler to Gordy’s Market, the largest locally-owned and -operated grocer in the western Wisconsin area. SpartanNash will begin distributing private brand product to Gordy’s in mid-February and will be servicing the retailer as its primary distributor by May. Gordy’s will be serviced out of SpartanNash’s St. Cloud, […]
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Specialty Food Retail Exec Wolpert Passes Away
Mr. Tracy Wolpert, VP of operations for Southern California’s Bristol Farms, died in Long Beach last month. Additional details about his passing and funeral arrangements were unavailable at the time of this report. “While he was only with us for a short period of time, he had a big impact on our Bristol Farms family,” […]
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NGA Launches Enhanced Website
The National Grocers Association (NGA) has launched a new, redeveloped website to better serve its members and educate consumers about the independent supermarket industry. “In today’s information age, people are going online on a daily basis, seeking information on a variety of issues, and NGA wants our website to be a destination that provides timely […]
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C-Stores Optimistic For 2016 With Growth In Food Sales, Low Gas Prices
Convenience store retailers expect the robust sales of 2015 to continue into the first quarter of 2016, according to the results of a survey released by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). Retailers said that overall sales in 2015 were strong, with more than three in four (78 percent) reporting an increase in foodservice […]
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Fresh Thyme To Open First Nebraska Store Soon
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market plans to debut its first Nebraska store in Lincoln this spring. The Midwest grocer, headquartered in Illinois, will open the Lincoln store at 5220 O Street. Fresh Thyme focuses on value-priced fresh, healthy, natural and organic offerings. It features an extensive produce department with organic and local fruits and vegetables, a […]