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Coborn’s, Kowalski’s Join Healthy Savings Program

Coborn’s, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods and Kowalski’s Markets are partnering with Healthy Savings at 51 Minnesota locations to offer healthier foods at an affordable price. Healthy Savings, a program sponsored by health plans, government entities and employers, provides members with savings of more than $50 each week on foods qualifying in the top 1/3 of […]

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Sendik’s Launches Red Bag Rewards Program Powered By AppCard

Wisconsin-based grocer Sendik’s Food Market has launched a new rewards program powered by AppCard, a personalized marketing and shopper analytics platform for grocers. The Red Bag Rewards program rolled out today in all 18 Sendik’s locations across the metro Milwaukee area, including the banner’s smaller-format Fresh2GO stores and online via Sendik’s Express. AppCard has worked with Sendik’s […]

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Kent’s Market Opens 5th Store In Plain City, Utah

Kent’s Market is now serving Plain City. The Utah-owned grocery store celebrated the opening of its newest store at 3673 West 2600 North with a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 28, when it treated guests to product samples, giveaways and deals. At nearly 51,000 s.f., Kent’s Market in Plain City offers a scratch bakery, a service […]

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Raley’s Partners With American Homestead To Offer GMO-Free Pork

Raley’s has entered into a new partnership across all its stores with American Homestead Pork, a group of family farms, for a program that will offer several varieties of fresh pork, all non-GMO and antibiotic-free. American Homestead is a group of thirty-five family farms in Iowa. Its animals are never given antibiotics or growth promotants, […]

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Meijer Surpasses 500K Home Deliveries Through Shipt

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Meijer recently surpassed 500,000 deliveries and is on-pace to see more than a million deliveries made from its stores by year-end. The company says it is proving just how popular store-to-door convenience for grocery delivery has become in the Midwest. Since launching in Detroit last September, Meijer has expanded the personalized service to more than […]

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Southeastern Grocers Takes Home Five 2017 World Dairy Expo Awards

Southeastern Grocers LLC (SEG), parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, received high honors for three ice cream flavors and two cheese varieties for its SE Grocers private label product line from the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association during the 2017 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest.  Competing against dairy […]

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Harmons Partners With Unata For New E-Commerce Program

Harmons, a family-owned and locally operated grocery chain based in Utah, has teamed up with Unata, a provider of 1-to-1 digital solutions for grocers, to develop a new e-commerce and online list-building experience for patrons. Harmons’ new online program will allow customers in select markets to visit harmonsgrocery.com and build personalized grocery lists and pick up items […]

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Natural Grocers Opening New Stores In Keller, North Fort Worth

Natural Grocers plans to open its 22nd and 23rd stores in the state of Texas, with two new locations expected to open in 2018. The two stores are located in Keller and North Fort Worth, Texas. Natural Grocers provides its communities with fresh produce that is USDA Certified Organic, naturally raised meats, pasture-based dairy products, […]