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Southeastern Grocers Makes Record Donation To Hope For The Warriors

by Shelby Team

For the second consecutive year, customer and vendor donations and all profits earned at Bi-Lo, Harveys and Winn-Dixie grocery stores on Independence Day were donated to support veterans and service members. This year,  Southeastern Grocers donated a new record of $2,022,843.45. This year, Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers partnered with Hope For The Warriors, which is […]

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Festival Foods To Be Featured On ‘World’s Greatest’

by Shelby Team

Wisconsin grocery company Festival Foods will be featured in an upcoming episode of the “World’s Greatest!…” television series as the “World’s Greatest Grocery Store.” The show will feature comments from Festival Foods associates along with an interview with Mark Skogen, president and CEO. The episode starts with the history of Festival Foods and its roots […]

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365 By Whole Foods Planning Second Atlanta Store

by Alissa Marchat

Whole Foods Market announced with its third quarter earnings that it has signed a new lease for a 365 by Whole Foods Market location in Atlanta, Georgia. The store will be located in the Buckhead area and will feature what the company says is a simple, affordable and convenient grocery-shopping experience that offers the same […]

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Associated Wholesale Grocers And Affiliated Foods Midwest Consolidate

by Shelby Team

Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) and Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM) are combining the two cooperatives’ distribution businesses, the companies said today. “This exciting endeavor is exactly what we need to allow our retailers to compete, grow and be profitable,” said AFM President and CEO Martin Arter. “The synergies between our joint cooperatives will help our retailers […]

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Dollar General Completes Buy Of 41 Walmart Express Locations

by Lorrie Griffith

Dollar General said July 27 that it had completed its purchase of 41 former Walmart Express locations in 11 states. Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General anticipates relocating 40 existing Dollar Generals into the purchased sites by October 2016 and entering one new market—Coal Hill, Arkansas—as part of the purchase. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. […]

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Publix To Open In Saint Augustine, Florida

by Shelby Team

A new Publix store will open in Saint Augustine, Florida, tomorrow, July 28, at 8 a.m, in the Moultrie Square at 4255 US 1 South. Previously, a 48,500-s.f. Publix occupied this location but was demolished as part of a renovation project on the shopping center. The 53,785-s.f. Publix store will offer the traditional grocery, meat, produce, dairy and […]