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Rouses Rolls Out Meal Kits For Two At Most Of Its Stores

Busy customers who want a home-cooked meal now can take shopping and chopping off of their to-do list. Rouses Markets has introduced its own line of ready-to-cook meal kits to most of its markets. “We’re always looking for ways to help our customers who are short on time,” says Donny Rouse, CEO. “Our meal kits let you […]

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Whole Foods Celebrates Opening Of New Downtown Indianapolis Store

Whole Foods Market in late March opened its new 40,000-s.f. downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, store, located at 320 E. Market Street. The first 500 customers through the doors this morning received a Whole Foods Market gift card with a mystery value ranging from $5 to $50, with one lucky customer receiving a $500 gift card. “Whole […]

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Recommended: Winn-Dixie Parent Plans To Create ‘Stunning, Remodeled Stores’

Southeastern Grocers hopes that the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization petitions it files by the end of next week in Delaware will herald a fresh start for its remaining 582 supermarkets. The Jacksonville-based company said in its Thursday news release that it intends to create “stunning, remodeled stores” in a significant portion of its remaining stores […]

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WinCo Foods To Open 120th Store March 29 In Carrollton, Texas

Employee-owned WinCo Foods will open its 120th store—and its 10th in the Metroplex—on Thursday, March 29, at 9 a.m. The new 82,077-s.f. anchor store at Carrollton’s Trinity Valley Shopping Center is located at the northeast corner of the President George Bush Turnpike (SH-190) and Josey Lane. “The opening of this store marks an important moment for WinCo […]

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Key Food, Goya Unite On 40K-Lb. Food Donation To City Harvest

Key Food Stores Co-operative teamed up with Goya Foods to donate 40,000 pounds of food to New York’s City City Harvest in mid-March. In total, Key Food and Goya will be donating 60,000 pounds of food as part of the Goya “Can Do” campaign. City Harvest will distribute this donation to 500 community food programs throughout […]

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FDA Begins Hearing Process Aimed At Lowering Nicotine In Tobacco

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) to lower nicotine levels in tobacco. While this is just the first step in a long-term regulatory process, the notice suggests the FDA is taking a serious look at developing a tobacco product standard and reducing nicotine levels in […]

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Independent Grocer In Athens, Georgia, Testing Shelf-Scanning Robot

by Lorrie Griffith/editor–Southeast A robot comes out of the backroom each morning at 1 a.m. at the Bell’s Food Store at 995 Hawthorne Avenue in Athens, Georgia. It heads to the first aisle on its route and begins its mission. During this test phase at Bell’s, the three cameras on one side of the robot […]

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Southeastern Grocers Filing Prepackaged Chapter 11, Closing 94 Stores

Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers (SEG), parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores, has entered into an agreement with creditors to restructure its debt through a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The agreement will give unsecured note holders ownership of the company by canceling the notes and exchanging them for equity in the company, reports the Jax Daily Record. The company is […]