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Marty The Robot Checks Floor Conditions, Out-Of-Stocks At Giant Store

Marty the Robot is checking for any slip hazards and scanning shelves for prices that need to be adjusted or items that need to be restocked at a Giant Food Store on Union Deposit Road in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The robot is part of a pilot phase and, if successful, could expand to other Ahold USA banner stores, […]

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D.C. Collaborative To Receive WFM’s Largest Giving Day Donation

Kicking off National Arts and Humanities Month, the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative will receive a $28,000 donation from Whole Foods Market’s quarterly 5 Percent Community Giving Day, making it the largest 5 Percent Day in Washington, D.C., to date. The DC Collaborative works with its members to advance, connect and provide enriching field-trips […]

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Kroger Considers Sale Of C-Store Business Generating $4B In Sales

Kroger plans to explore strategic alternatives for its convenience store business, including a potential sale, as part of its Restock Kroger plan, which is designed to “redefine the food and grocery customer experience in America.” “Restock Kroger” is a review of assets that are potentially of more value outside of the company than inside. “Our convenience stores […]

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Argo Tea Launches Line Of Cold Brew Teas At Whole Foods

Chicago-based Argo Tea, maker of all-natural, tea-based drinks and loose-leaf teas, is partnering with Whole Foods Market to launch what it says is the world’s first line of ready-to-drink (RTD), cold brew, single-estate bottled teas into the retailer’s stores nationally. According to Argo, the release of the RTD line follows a successful test of the teas in […]

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Wakefern, AWG Named Among Top-Earning Cooperatives

National Cooperative Bank, which provides banking solutions for cooperatives nationwide, this week released its annual NCB Co-op 100, listing the nation’s top 100 revenue-earning cooperative businesses. In 2016, these businesses posted revenue totaling approximately $208 billion. The report also highlights the ways co-ops commit to their members, sustainability, education, impact, kindness and their community. “The […]

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Hy-Vee Expands Fair Trade Seafood Offering

Hy-Vee will begin offering Fair Trade Certified fresh and frozen scallops in all 245 of its stores, making it the first Midwest retailer to do so, according to the grocer. The domestically sourced, Fair Trade seafood will begin hitting Hy-Vee shelves this month in conjunction with National Seafood Month, “a time to highlight smart seafood choices, […]

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Cardenas Markets Acquiring Los Altos Ranch Market

The collective owners of CNG Ranch LLC, including managing partner Northgate Gonzalez Market, have reached an agreement that allows Cardenas Markets to acquire the seven Los Altos Ranch Market stores in Arizona. The sale is expected to close within 45 days pending final approvals. “Acquisitions and new strategic store locations are a key component of […]