Open less than six months, the Big Apple Supermarket in the Brook Run Shopping Center in northern Henrico County is closing. Employees at the store said today, Sunday, will be the last day the store operates. General manager Joseph Turner confirmed Saturday that the store was closing but referred other questions to a store official […]
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Prime Delivery From Whole Foods Reaches Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Others
Amazon has launched grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Annapolis, Cleveland, Louisville, North and Central New Jersey and Pittsburgh, as well as additional locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prime members in those cities now can shop through Prime Now for thousands of items, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, […]
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Publix Donates More Than $1M To Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts
Publix Super Markets has donated more than $800,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief to help people affected by Hurricane Florence. That donation is in addition to the previously announced donation by Publix Super Markets Charities of $250,000 to the American Red Cross and United Way for relief efforts for the affected areas. […]
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7-Eleven Opening First Sports Venue Location At Texas Motor Speedway
7-Eleven Inc. is off to the races. The convenience retailer will open its first location at a professional sports venue this month. The store will open at Texas Motor Speedway in time for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Playoff weekend from Oct. 27 until Nov. 5. The tripleheader features the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World […]
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J.D. Power Rates Wegmans Pharmacy Highest In Customer Satisfaction
The recently released J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Pharmacy Study ranked Wegmans Pharmacy “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Supermarket Pharmacies” with a score of 906 on a 1,000-point scale. Now in its 10th year, the study measures customer satisfaction among all categories of brick-and-mortar pharmacies, including chain drug stores, mass merchants and supermarkets as well as mail-order pharmacies. Satisfaction […]
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SpartanNash Promotes McQuesten To SVP-Center Store, Fresh Merchandising
SpartanNash Co. promoted Joseph McQuesten, formerly VP, center store merchandising, to SVP, center store and fresh merchandising, effective Oct. 8. “As SpartanNash continues to expand its organic, local and fresh perimeter offerings to meet our customers’ growing appetite for quality produce, meat, seafood, dairy, deli and all things quick and easy, we wanted to ensure […]
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Fresh Market Opens Larger Charlotte, North Carolina, Store
The Fresh Market on Oct. 4 opened its new store in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Strawberry Hill development. The new, larger building replaces the retailer’s original store in the same development. “Our new location gives us more space to offer easy, delicious meals, inspiring ingredients and everything in between,” the company says. Fresh Market celebrated the […]
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HealthMarket Is Just The Right Fit For Hy-Vee
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Hy-Vee has crafted a store that appeals to a range of shoppers—from busy moms to bodybuilders to diabetics and diehard Doritos fans—and it does it in just 15,700 s.f. The first-ever Hy-Vee HealthMarket opened in West Des Moines, Iowa, on July 31. Packaged cheese, Cheerios, lunchmeat, Coke and Mountain Dew are available, […]