As part of its continued commitment to the Hispanic community, Vallarta Supermarkets is bringing the Feria del Mercado y de La Salud events to the Latino communities it serves; hat includes Victorville, Tulare, Baldwin Park, Valley Glen, Palmdale, Porterville, Fresno and Bakersfield. Families and friends have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of free benefits […]
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Safeway Shoppers ‘Make A Muscle’ For MDA
Safeway Inc. kicked off its annual fundraising campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Wednesday to support healthcare services for those living with neuromuscular diseases and global MDA research initiatives. The nationwide campaign runs through Sept. 3, giving customers the opportunity to help fight muscle disease by contributing at the register to MDA’s “Make a […]
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The Fresh Market Set To Open Doors In Bradenton, Fla.
The Fresh Market will open a new store in Bradenton, Fla., on Aug. 15. The more than 15,000-s.f. store at 6701 Manatee Ave. W. will become the 29th location for the high-end grocery chain in the state, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. To celebrate the grand opening, the Fresh Market will hold chef […]
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Gelson’s Market to Carry Marley Coffee
Marley Coffee has signed an agreement with supermarket chain Gelson’s that will expand its distribution in California. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that Gelson’s chain consists of 17 locations in California: Calabasas, Century City, Dana Point, Encino, Hollywood, Irvine, Marina del Rey, Newport Beach, Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake/Los Feliz, […]
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Super Saver Stores Contribute to Firefighter Relief Efforts
Lincoln, Neb.-based Super Saver stores joined with the Cornhusker Chapter of the American Red Cross to deliver much-needed water to areas struck by wildfires in the Niobrara River Valley of north-central Nebraska. Super Saver answered a call for water from the Red Cross by donating nearly 7,000 bottles. The pallets of water will replenish supplies […]
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Grand Island, Neb., Super Saver Helping Firefighters
The Super Saver store in Grand Island, Neb., is making it convenient to assist firefighters battling wildfires in the Niobrara River region of north-central Nebraska. Customers can ask cashiers to round up their total bill with the extra amount going to the American Red Cross Central Plains Chapter. Larger contributions also will be accepted. The […]
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Whole Foods To Open New Store In Wynnewood, Pa.; Closing Old One
Whole Foods Market has said it plans to open a new store in Wynnewood, Pa., around the corner from the existing store. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the new location will be 45,000 s.f. and will open in late summer or early fall of 2015. The existing store will remain open in the interim. […]
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AWMA, Merchants Grocery Co. Host FDA Plant Tour
A group of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators visited American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) member Merchants Grocery Co. in Culpeper, Va., Wednesday afternoon and viewed the company’s tobacco processing operation at the invitation of AWMA and Merchants. The purpose was to help the FDA officials charged with regulating tobacco clearly understand the distributor’s role […]
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McLane, Kangaroo Partner For ‘Salute Our Troops’ Campaign
McLane Co. has joined The Pantry, a leading independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern United States, for the second annual “Salute Our Troops” campaign, inviting customers in its more than 1,600 Kangaroo Express convenience stores across 13 states to demonstrate united support for military personnel and their families. McLane Co. and Kangaroo Express, […]
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Couche-Tard Acquires 27 Stores In Eastern Washington State
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has signed, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Circle K Stores Inc., an agreement to acquire 27 stores in Eastern Washington State primarily in the “Tri-Cities” area of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland from Sun Pacific Energy, which operates under the “Sun Mart” banner. The transaction is anticipated to close in November. The transaction […]
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Tops To Acquire 21 Supermarkets From GU Markets
Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in western New York, central New York and northwestern Pennsylvania, has announced that the company has entered into an agreement with GU Markets LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., to acquire 21 supermarkets located in upstate New York and Vermont. This acquisition will bring the […]
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Speedway is Highest Ranked Convenience Store Brand in U.S.
The 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend survey has named Speedway the Highest Ranked Convenience Store Brand in the nation. With more than 25,000 consumers participating, the survey ranks brands in a variety of categories including familiarity, quality, performance and trust. Speedway has been honored as a category leader in the survey for the last three years; […]
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NACS Rejects Proposed Antitrust Settlement with Visa, MasterCard
The proposed settlement of longstanding antitrust litigation between merchants and the credit card industry was rejected by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), a class plaintiff in the lawsuit. Because the proposed settlement does not introduce competition and transparency into the broken credit card swipe fee market, the NACS Board of Directors, comprised of […]
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Wawa’s Orlando Grand Opening Set For Wednesday
Pennsylvania retailer Wawa Inc., which first introduced itself to the Orlando, Fla., area in July 2011, plans to debut its first local store at Central Florida Parkway and International Drive near SeaWorld Orlando on July 18. And it will follow that with another four ribbon cuttings through Aug. 18, the Orlando Business Journal reports. It […]
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Supervalu CEO: Bankruptcy Not A Consideration In Company’s ‘Strategic Alternatives’
by Kristen Cloud/staff writer Supervalu on Wednesday announced a number of initiatives to make the company, as CEO and President Craig Herkert said, “more competitive and unlock value for our shareholders.” In addition for plans to aggressively lower prices in response to competitors’ actions and cut a quarter of a billion dollars in administrative and […]
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7-Eleven Toasts 85 Years Of Convenience With Free Slurpee Drinks
Summer and 7-Eleven® stores’ frozen Slurpee® drinks is as all-American as, well, baseball and hot dogs…the Fourth of July and cookouts…amusement parks and big box-office movies. And free Slurpee drinks? That’s a tradition that Americans have come to love as well, 7-Eleven says. Once again, 7-Eleven is celebrating its birthday on 7-Eleven Day—today, July 11; […]
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Giant Food Hiring 900 Part-Timers With Acquisition of Genuardi’s Stores
Giant Food Stores said it will hire 900 part-time employees as part of its acquisition of 15 Genuardi’s stores. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Giant made the announcement Friday after receiving Federal Trade Commission approval to buy the Genuardi’s Family Markets from Safeway Inc. The stores are in the Philadelphia area. Giant, of Carlisle, […]
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Big Apple Forms Grocers Association
Attorneys Brad Gerstman and David Schwartz have announced the formation of NYAGS, the New York Association of Grocery Stores. “We have formed NYAGS, New York Association of Grocery Stores, in order to stop the assault against grocery stores as well as the foodservice industry all over New York by the mayor and other government officials,” […]
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Jim Carroll To Deliver Keynote At Gilbarco’s Upcoming Summit
World-leading international futurist Jim Carroll will deliver the keynote address at Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Digital Forecourt Marketing Summit on June 26-27 in Chicago. As a trends and innovation expert, Carroll helps growth-oriented organizations transform into high-velocity innovation heroes. His clients range from Northrop Grumman to Johnson & Johnson, the Swiss Innovation Forum to the National Australia […]
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A&P Announces Comprehensive Store Investment Strategy
A&P unveiled its unveiled its newly remodeled Food Emporium store on Third Avenue in New York City on May 18 as part of its comprehensive store investment strategy. A&P says its plan to upgrade its store footprint over the next five years reinforces the company’s commitment to being the best neighborhood food and drug store […]