Making Change at Walmart (MCAW), a project of the United Food and Commercial Workers International labor union, is launching a campaign ahead of Walmart’s annual shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas, protesting the retailer’s recent decision to exclude workers from the meeting. “For the first time in Walmart shareholder meeting history, Walmart’s top 1 percent has changed […]
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Festival Foods Fresh Market Exhibit Opens May 31 At Children’s Museum
The Festival Foods Fresh Market Exhibit—an interactive educational marketplace—is set to open at Above & Beyond Children’s Museum in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The open-air marketplace concept harkens back to the way people shopped for groceries in earlier times and the importance of supporting and interacting with local, sustainable food systems. Each of the market stands displays local […]
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Former SNAC Int’l. President Dempsey To Helm Kennie’s Markets
Tom Dempsey Jr. has been chosen as new president and CEO of Kennie’s Markets in Littlestown, Pennsylvania. He succeeds P.K. Hoover, who announced his retirement after 40 years with the company. Hoover had served as president and CEO since 1987. “One of the most important final decisions a CEO can make is the selection of a […]
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Love’s Fuel Customers Can Pay Via New GasBuddy App
More than 143 billion gallons of gasoline are purchased a year in the U.S.—99 percent by swiping a card at the pump or paying with cash. Boston-based GasBuddy is launching a smartphone app for motorists to pay with and save on every gallon of fuel. The first retailer to use this system is Love’s Travel Stops, an […]
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Giant Eagle’s Voni Woods Wins IFMA Silver Plate In Retail/Specialty
Giant Eagle’s Yvonne “Voni” Woods received a Silver Plate from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association on May 19 at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago. Woods recently was named VP of customer experience for Giant Eagle, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based grocer that operates nearly 400 stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. IFMA’s annual Gold […]
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Dollar General Celebrates Grand Opening Of Jackson, Georgia, DC
Dollar General celebrated the official grand opening of its 15th distribution center in Jackson, Georgia, this week alongside about 1,000 employees, their families and special guests. Dollar General and state and local agencies have invested approximately $85 million in the construction of the new center. The company expects its Jackson distribution center to create more than […]
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Food City Adds Two More Curbside Pickup Locations
Food City has been offering GoCart curbside pickup at select stores since late 2015, and the southeastern grocer is still working to expand the service, most recently adding a store in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Big Stone Gap, Virginia. “At Food City, we’re always looking for ways to bring added value and convenience to our shoppers,” […]
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Walmart Reports Strong 1Q Comps, E-Commerce Sales
Walmart has released its first-quarter earnings report, and its numbers are up. Total revenue for the retail giant was $122.7 billion, an increase of $5.1 billion, or 4.4 percent. Excluding currency, total revenue was $120.7 billion, an increase of $3.2 billion, or 2.7 percent. Walmart U.S. comp sales increased 2.1 percent, and comp traffic increased […]