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Grocery Trends Forecast Reveals Creative Changes In 2017

More digital connections and a speedier checkout process rank among the top trends for grocery shopping in 2017. That’s according to veteran supermarket analyst John Karolefski, purveyor of GroceryStories.com. Karolefski also predicts a more diverse produce department, increased availability of meal kits and better access to product information. “The top trends for 2017 will result in […]

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H-E-B’s Eleanor Crook Wins Highest U.S. Award For Volunteerism

H-E-B’s Eleanor Butt Crook, along with her late husband Ambassador William H. Crook, has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) for Lifetime Achievement. The country’s highest award for volunteerism was presented to Crook on Thursday at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. “Texas, the United States and the world are much better off […]

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Americans Again Rank Fuel Savings As Their Favorite Loyalty Program Reward

For the second year in a row, American consumers have identified rewards that help them save on the everyday cost of fuel as their preferred loyalty program currency. Findings from Excentus’ new “Road to Rewards Revisited” annual survey and report also show that certain types of rewards are powerful enough to influence where, when and […]

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IGA Names 2016 Hometown Proud Retailers

IGA has revealed its 2016 IGA Hometown Proud Retailers, representing the “best of the best from IGA’s progressive independent retailers” in the U.S. The eight Hometown Proud Retailers will be recognized at the IGA Global Rally in Las Vegas in February, where one of them will be named IGA USA International Retailer of the Year […]

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Publix Kicks Off Annual Food For All Fundraiser

Publix Super Markets has launched its annual holiday season Food For All campaign, which runs through Dec. 24 in all stores. Customers and associates participate by purchasing $1, $3 or $5 donation coupons stationed on holiday-themed campaign boards at the checkout lanes. Food For All is a program of making change, a nonprofit charitable organization that […]

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Phil Smith Elected Stater Bros. Markets Chairman

Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., parent company of Stater Bros. Markets, has elected Phillip J. “Phil” Smith to chairman of the board of Stater Bros. Markets, following the passing of Executive Chairman Jack H. Brown on Nov. 13. Smith formerly served as vice chairman of Stater Bros. Holdings—a position to which Brown appointed him in 2012. […]

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Sprouts’ Grab ’N Give Food Drive Benefits Regional Food Bank Of Oklahoma

This holiday season, Sprouts Farmers Market invites customers to join it once again in fighting hunger. Through Dec. 31, shoppers are encouraged to purchase and donate a bag of groceries and other items to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma through the grocer’s Grab ‘N Give food drive. Participating Sprouts metro locations include: • 6410 […]