Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is helping to provide 246,000 meals – three meals for a full day of nourishment on behalf of each of its 82,000 associates. The donation is to recognize Supermarket Employee Day, which is part of a national effort to honor frontline grocery workers. The donated meals will help Feeding America, […]
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Posted inThe Kroger Co., Corporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Kroger And Kitchen United Open Kitchen Center In Houston, TX
Kroger and Kitchen United MIX have announced the opening of a kitchen center in The Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Customers can order freshly prepared, on-demand meals from any or all participating restaurants. “Our customers know they can count on Kroger as a destination for the freshest meal solutions,” said Dan De La Rosa, Kroger’s group VP of […]
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Buc-ee’s Confirms Plans For New Travel Center In Johnstown, CO
Buc-ee’s is building its first travel center in Colorado. Planned for Johnstown, approximately one hour north of Denver, the new location is set to open in 2024. In addition to introducing the company to Colorado consumers, the Johnstown location marks the first expansion for Buc-ee’s outside of the South. Located south of Weld County Road 48 and west of I-25, this center […]
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Hy-Vee To Open New Location In Springfield, MO, On Feb. 22
Hy-Vee Inc. has announced it will open a new store on Feb. 22 at 2150 E. Sunshine St. in Springfield, Missouri. The 93,402-square-foot store will offer a new experience for customers with a large, open food hall for fast, casual dining, which includes Hy-Vee’s new breakfast menu, a pub with full bar and outdoor patio and […]
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Big Y Foods Celebrates Supermarket Employee Day On Feb. 22
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y joins supermarkets and food manufacturers nationwide in celebrating Supermarket Employee Day on Feb. 22. FMI – The Food Industry Association has established this holiday to recognize employees at every level for the work they do feeding families and enriching lives. With more than 40,000 individual stores that sell food and grocery items […]
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Fareway Promotes Stearns To SVP Of Marketing And Advertising
Boone, Iowa-based Fareway has recently announced the corporate promotion of Jeffrey “Jeff” L. Stearns to the position of SVP of marketing and advertising. “Jeff Stearns is a tenured member of our team, and he has been integral in supporting and executing Fareway’s marketing and advertising strategy,” said Reynolds W. Cramer, Fareway CEO. “We are excited to continue […]
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Big Y Announces New Appointments
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y Foods Inc. has announced the following new appointments to its management team. They are listed by state and their hometown: Massachusetts Adams Ann E. McKenzie has been promoted to deli sales manager, North Adams, Big Y World Class Market. Belchertown David M. Placzek has been named senior center store sales manager, […]
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Weee! Appoints Executives To Leadership Team, Board Of Directors
Fremont, California-based Weee! has announced three executive appointments as the company expands to meet the growing demands of its customers. “Weee!’s recent appointments bring a depth of experience in grocery, retail and e-commerce to our leadership bench and our board of directors,” said Larry Liu, CEO and founder of Weee!. “We are at a pivotal moment in the transformation […]