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Price Chopper Opens New Store In Grain Valley, Missouri

Price Chopper opened the doors to its newest store, located in Grain Valley, Missouri, at 1191 N.E. McQuerry Road on Jan. 17, following a ribbon cutting at 8:45 a.m. The new store is owned by the Cosentinos, a family that operates additional stores in Kansas and Missouri. The Grain Valley location joins the Price Chopper […]

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Giant Food Named Best Grocery Store In Pennsylvania By The Daily Meal

The Daily Meal, a website dedicated to food and drink, once again has named Giant Food Stores the best grocery store in Pennsylvania for 2018. The retailer also received this honor in 2016. To compile the state-by-state rankings, The Daily Meal looked at online reviews, local polls, social media posts and check-ins. Informal polls also […]

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Asian American Grocer To Offer Western Union Money Transfer Services

iFresh Inc., an Asian American supermarket chain and online grocer, has engaged Western Union Co. for money transfer services. Effective Jan. 16, four of the six iFresh locations in New York City will provide Western Union services, including money transfer, money order and bill payments. The services will be rolled out in the remaining two […]

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Publix Pharmacy Launches Low-Price Prescription Drug Program

The Publix Pharmacy has introduced a new prescription drug program, “Next Best Thing to Free,” which offers up to a 90-day supply for $7.50. The company hopes the program will improve patients’ access to some of the most commonly prescribed medications. Regardless of insurance coverage, Publix Pharmacy will dispense a select list of medications for […]

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Kroger Working With Edgewater Wireless To Power Smart Retail Tech

The Kroger Co. is collaborating with Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc., which develops and commercializes technologies and intellectual property for the communications market, to enhance its in-store infrastructure with what it says is the next generation Wi-Fi platform, powered by Edgewater’s WiFi3 technology. Kroger says it is working to transform its business using advanced technology to create a more […]

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Remodel Yields Amazing Returns For Southeast Georgia Independent

In 2016, Reynolds Foodliner converted its store in the southeast Georgia town of Hazlehurst to the Piggly Wiggly Country Fresh banner. As part of the Country Fresh part of the name, the store features expanded fresh departments like meat, produce and deli/bakery. “We have had a tremendous amount of success in that store,” notes Tom […]

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Morris To Succeed Denningham As COO Of Albertsons Cos.

Albertsons Cos. said Jan. 16 that President and COO Wayne Denningham plans to retire near the end of the company’s fiscal year, which typically falls in late February. Denningham’s career at Albertsons has spanned 40 years, having started working as a clerk as a teenager. Susan Morris will become EVP and COO, overseeing supply chain, manufacturing […]

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Born On One Coast & Based On The Other, Cohn Wholesale Serves Small Towns In Between

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Dakotas Market Profile, which can be found in the February 2018 print edition of The Shelby Report of the Midwest. by Terrie Ellerbee/editor—Midwest and Southwest The Cohn name likely is familiar to some in the Midwest, where Cohn Wholesale once operated 20 stores. The family business, however, began in […]