Customers who shop at the Food Lion store located at 251 Faith Road in Salisbury, North Carolina, are noticing few changes. The store recently underwent a complete remodel of the deli department, “making it easier for customers to choose meals for their families with high-quality, quick, easy and affordable meal solutions,” the company says. From […]
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Kroger Introduces Sustainable ‘Our Brands’ Floral Line
The Kroger Co. has introduced Bloom Haus, a sustainable Our Brands floral line launching in its family of stores in time for the holidays. The move comes as the company looks to enhance its Our Brands offerings as part of its Restock Kroger Plan. “Customers can always count on our professional florists to help them […]
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Festival Foods To Open Newest Eau Claire Location This Week
Festival Foods will open its newest store at 2717 Birch Street in Eau Claire on Friday, Dec. 1. The Birch Street Festival Foods will offer a new meat service case, salad and soup bar, scratch bakery, wine and spirits department and catering services, as well as natural and organic foods and deli options. The store […]
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AFPD, Local Businesses And Nonprofits Distribute Turkeys In Michigan
The Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers (AFPD) says it is one of the largest turkey drives in the country, having distributed more than 85,000 of the holiday birds since 1980. AFPD teams with local independent retailers and suppliers to bring free turkeys to families in need during the holiday season as part of AFPD’s Annual […]
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Southeast Woman Executive Of The Year Meg Ham & Food Lion’s 60th Anniversary
Results-Driven Yet Humble, Ham Leads Food Lion Forward Food Lion President Meg Ham is The Shelby Report’s Southeast Woman Executive of the Year for 2017. Ham will celebrate 30 years with Food Lion’s parent company, Delhaize America (now part of Ahold Delhaize) next year. She joined the company in 1988 and has held a range of […]
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7-Eleven Launches Private Makeup Brand ‘Simply Me Beauty’
7-Eleven is now offering cosmetics with the launch of Simply Me Beauty, an “affordable, fashion-forward” line of makeup. Available exclusively at 7-Eleven stores, the Simply Me Beauty brand was created to appeal to Millennial women. The 40-item assortment features cosmetics and cosmetic accessories for the face, eyes and lips, including offerings for day or night […]
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Natural Grocers Sees 9 Percent Net Sales Increase In FY 2017
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. has released the results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Sept. 30 and provided its outlook for fiscal 2018. Highlights for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2017 compared to the fourth quarter and fiscal 2016 include: Net sales increased 9.7 percent to $198.5 million in the fourth quarter and increased 9 […]
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Remke Succumbs To Cancer At Age 41
Mr. Matthew Robert Remke, 41, of Villa Hills, Kentucky, passed away in the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 19, at his home after a battle with cancer. Mr. Remke was the fourth generation to run his family’s independently-owned grocery business, Remke Markets, and was president up until its sale in early 2017. He leaves his […]