In conjunction with Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month, Food Lion associates and its community food bank partners will perform more than $202,000 worth of major renovations to five pantries within its 10-state footprint. Additionally, through its hunger relief initiative Food Lion Feeds, associates will restock 105 smaller feeding agencies to positively impact children, veterans and […]
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Posted inMidwest, Executive News, Independent Store News
Lunds & Byerlys Appoints Jeff Meek As Its New CFO
Jeff Meek recently joined Lunds & Byerlys as CFO. Meek is a finance and accounting veteran whose career includes extensive experience in an executive leadership role. As CFO at Edina, Minnesota-based Lunds & Byerlys, Meek will oversee finance, accounting, employee experience and information services. He was most recently EVP and CFO at Fleet Farm in […]
Posted inWest, Independent Store News
Three Save Mart Banners Reach Agreement With Teamsters
UFCW 8-Golden State said Sept. 12 that it has reached tentative three-year contract agreements with the Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Maxx Value supermarket chains, which are owned by Save Mart Cos. Save Mart operates 83 Save Mart stores in California and Northern Nevada and remains the largest family-owned grocer in California. The Save Mart announcement follows […]
Posted inNew Products, C-Store News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Northeast, Packaging News, Suppliers
Pro-Dip Debuts Energy Supplement Pouches Targeted To C-Stores
Pro-Dip offers what it describes as a “category-creating” energy health supplement. The company took a smokeless tobacco pouch usually used for snus, emptied it of tobacco and filled it with vitamin powder. The new pouch, which is patent pending, is designed to compete with energy drinks, coffee and the like. The company said the pouch […]
Posted inNational, Corporate Store News
Kroger Second Quarter Sales Up Slightly From Year Ago
On Sept. 12, The Kroger Co. reported results for its second quarter ended Aug. 17 and provided a Restock Kroger progress update on the Cincinnati-based company’s three-year transformation plan. Total company sales were $28.2 billion in the second quarter, compared to $28 billion for the same period last year. Excluding fuel, dispositions and merger transactions, […]
Posted inC-Store News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
7-Eleven Looks For Up-And-Coming ‘Brands with Heart’
Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. is searching for up-and-coming brands to attend Brands with Heart, its second annual emerging brands event, which will be held at its store support center in Irving, Oct. 22-23. Brands can apply before Sept. 20 for a chance to showcase their most innovative products while engaging with leaders from the world’s […]
Posted inWest, Albertsons, Corporate Store News, Executive News
Albertsons Cos. Promotes Chad Coester To SVP Of Own Brands
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. has promoted Chad Coester to SVP of Own Brands, giving him the charge of leading the company’s portfolio of private label products. His most recent role was as GVP of sales and marketing for the Own Brands team, and he helped lead the effort to optimize and grow the Own Brands […]
Posted inSoutheast, Corporate Store News
Food Lion Announces New Six-Week Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion will offer a paid parental leave benefit to all full-time associates. With this benefit, associates of any gender may take six weeks of paid parental leave within the first 12 months of a child’s birth, adoption or other legal, custodial placement. “Welcoming a new member into […]