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Compass Marketing’s Smart Retail Label Network Utilized By First Retailer

Compass Marketing, a provider of marketing and technology solutions, announced that Leeward Market is the first retailer using the Smart Retail Label (SRL) Network in the store allowing customers to communicate directly with the brands they are considering for purchase. Both companies are located in Annapolis, Maryland. Leeward Market has attached SRL tags to products […]

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Publix To Open New Store In Clarksville, Tennessee

Publix Super Markets will open a new store Wednesday, March 20, at 7 a.m. at Sango Square on Highway 76 in Clarksville, Tennessee. A ribbon cutting at 6:45 a.m. will precede the opening. “Publix is known for providing excellent customer service in a bright and inviting environment filled with fresh and new products,” said Brenda Reid, […]

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H-E-B Surprises Guests At ITK Restaurant Event

H-E-B dished a big surprise to media, influencers and foodies March 8 in Austin, Texas, at a one-night-only dining experience under the pretense of “ITK Restaurant Group.” Between the Herb-infused Tenderloin and the Raspberry Lavender Demi, H-E-B was revealed as the true host behind the event. H-E-B is one of the nation’s leading independent food […]

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Price Chopper Enterprises Promotes Casie Broker To CMO

Price Chopper Enterprises (PCE) in Overland Park, Kansas, has promoted of Casie Broker to CMO. Broker has been with the PCE for the past eight years, most recently as VP of marketing. In her new role, her responsibilities expand to include all Price Chopper brand marketing and IT-related marketing activities. Her most recent accomplishments include successfully […]

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Walmart Commits $50K To Alabama/Georgia Disaster Relief

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have committed $50,000 in support through cash and product donations in response to the multiple tornadoes that impacted Alabama and Georgia on March 3. The commitment includes $15,000 in product donations to organizations providing support to impacted areas and cash commitments of $15,000 to the Alabama Governor’s Relief Fund, $10,000 to […]

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People To Watch: Samantha Indgjer

The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group have introduced a new series entitled People to Watch that focuses on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this third installment, The Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorensen interviews Samantha Indgjer, operations supervisor for Edina, Minnesota-based Lunds & Byerlys.  Cindy Sorensen: Tell me a […]

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FreshDirect Expands And Offers Same-Day Delivery

FreshDirect, an online fresh food grocer, is expanding to its new headquarters located in New York. The company is extending service into more areas of Connecticut and in the Washington, D.C., Metro Area. Additionally, the company is now offering a same-day delivery service enabling customers to place an order before 10 a.m. and receive it […]

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Casey’s Acquires Omaha-Based Fantasy’s Convenience Stores

Casey’s General Stores has acquired Fantasy’s Convenience stores and Ride the Wave carwashes located in the Omaha, Nebraska, metro area. Casey’s plans to perform significant remodels at all nine of the locations that will enable the stores to offer pizza, donuts, made-to-order sub-sandwiches and other freshly prepared food items. Casey’s plans to leave the popular […]