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Remodeled Orange County Gelson’s To Feature In-Store Grill Station

Gelson’s will host a grand reopening for its Newport Beach store in Orange County, California, with festivities taking place Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20. The store, located at 1660 San Miguel Drive in the Harbor View Shopping Center, will offer new sit-down wine, craft beer, and tapas bars; a Wolfgang Puck build-your-own-pizza station; and—a […]

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WinCo’s Haag Promoted To President, Will Succeed Goddard As CEO

WinCo Foods’ board of directors has named Grant Haag, currently WinCo’s SVP of department operations, as the company’s new president. Haag will serve as president for the next year, before taking over as CEO when current CEO Steven Goddard officially steps down. Naming Haag to the post is the culmination of an “intensive two-year process at […]

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Walmart Expands Grocery Delivery In Atlanta With DoorDash

Walmart and DoorDash are teaming up to help expand the retailer’s online grocery delivery option beginning with the Atlanta metro area. DoorDash and Walmart says they will broaden their work together in more markets in the coming months as Walmart expands to reach more than 40 percent of U.S. households with delivery by the end of the […]

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Amazon Brings Whole Foods Delivery To Denver, Sacramento And San Diego

Amazon and Whole Foods Market on April 24 launched free two-hour delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods through Prime Now in Denver, Colorado; and Sacramento and San Diego, California. Prime members in those cities can shop through Prime Now for fresh produce, meat and seafood, everyday staples and other locally sourced items […]

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Giant Food Launches Taste Of Inspirations Premium Product Line

Giant Food of Landover, Maryland, is launching Taste of Inspirations, its newest line of premium food products. The line includes more than 85 handcrafted items now available at all 166 Giant stores. The new line joins Giant’s other store brands, including Nature’s Promise organic and free-from items, and Etos, which are described as affordable premium personal […]

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7-Eleven Recognizes Public Servants With Pizza And Donuts

In an effort to give well-deserved recognition to public servants, representatives from 7-Eleven delivered 5,000 pizzas and 15,000 donuts to police, sheriff and fire departments, emergency rooms, DMVs and post offices nationwide on April 16. 7-Eleven wanted to honor the hard work these public servants men and women put into serving local communities every day. […]

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Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly To Open Eighth Wisconsin Store

Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly has signed an agreement to open a Piggly Wiggly store in Port Washington, Wisconsin. This will be the company’s 8th Piggly Wiggly store. Fox Bros. owns and operates stores in Hartland, Oconomowoc, Slinger, Hubertus, Jackson, Saukville and Hartford, all in Wisconsin.  The grand opening date for the Port Washington store has […]

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Mobile, Alabama, Rouses To Feature Culinary Center, New Offerings

Customers at the new Rouses Market at Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road in Mobile, Alabama, opening April 25, can pick up prepared foods, ready-to-cook meal kits, even a few new cooking techniques and recipes while they shop.  “I can’t wait for people to see this new store,” said Donny Rouse, CEO. “It’s our first Rouses Market […]