Online grocery delivery service Shipt is expanding to the Research Triangle region of North Carolina through delivery from Harris Teeter. Beginning April 20, Shipt members in the Raleigh and Durham areas will gain access to beer and wine selections in addition to groceries from the supermarket chain. With the expansion, Shipt will be able to deliver to […]
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Raley’s Opens New Store In Sacramento’s Campus Commons/Arden Neighborhood
Raley’s hosted a grand opening Wednesday of its new, state-of-the-art store at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue in Sacramento. It marks the first of five new stores the company plans to open in the next 18 months. Located in the established Campus Commons/Arden neighborhood, the 35,000-s.f. store offers customers an assortment of fresh, high-quality […]
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Walmart ‘Aggressively’ Expanding Grocery Pickup As It Also Rolls Out Online Discount
Walmart is “aggressively” expanding its Online Grocery Pickup Service, according to Mark Lore, president and CEO of Walmart U.S. e-commerce. Lore says on the company’s website that the service is now in 600 stores with an additional 500 coming this year. That news comes as Lore also reveals that, beginning April 19, Walmart will begin […]
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Metropolitan Market Gets New CEO
Metropolitan Market has named Ron Megahan CEO. The Seattle-based grocer says that Megahan, previously the company’s COO, has been an instrumental part of the executive leadership team for the past two years and worked closely with Todd Korman, who previously held the chief executive position. Korman remains an active company shareholder and will serve as […]
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Walt Churchill’s Market Marking 100th Anniversary As It Eyes Ohio Expansion
Walt Churchill’s Market (WCM) will celebrate 100 years of serving the Toledo, Ohio, community on Saturday, April 15. This year also may mark another milestone, as the two-store operator looks to perhaps open a third store and fill “a gourmet food niche once occupied by The Andersons,” according to The Toledo Blade. The Churchill family […]
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Miami Development Addition Will Include New Whole Foods Market Alongside Existing Target
A new ground-up development addition in Miami, Florida, called Pinecrest Place will be anchored by a 46,000-s.f. Whole Foods Market store. The development will add 70,000 s.f. to a retail space that already includes a 173,000-s.f. Target. Construction on the $16.4 million project is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2018. “Pinecrest Place […]
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Whole Foods Market Investor Reportedly Wants Chain To Consider A Possible Sale
Is Whole Foods Market being primed for a takeover? Perhaps. The Wall Street Journal and CNBC report that activist investor Jana Partners has built a nearly 9 percent stake in the Austin, Texas-based grocery chain and wants the company to “speed up its turnaround efforts while also exploring a possible sale.” “The activist investor has […]
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Ralphs, Gelson’s Women Execs Share Their Histories And Wisdom
The Food Industries Sales Managers’ Club of Los Angeles (FISMC) fittingly held its Women in the Food Industry Luncheon during March, which is Women’s History Month. Cynthia Weifenbach of CLW Consulting, chair of FISMC, emceed the event, during which Valerie Jabbar, president of Ralphs Grocery Co., and Hee-Sook Nelson, VP of team development and public […]