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Knowlan’s Wins Minnesota Grown Retailer Of The Year Award For Fifth Straight Year

The Minnesota Grown program, in conjunction with the Minnesota Grocers Association, has named Knowlan’s Super Markets a 2016 Retailer of the Year. This marks the fifth consecutive year the grocer has been chosen for the award, announced Tuesday at a special luncheon sponsored by the Minnesota Grocers Association. Knowlan’s operates six Festival Foods stores and […]

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Raley’s Launches New Digital Platform Called E-Cart

Raley’s Family of Fine Stores has partnered with Unata, an award-winning leader in 1-to-1 omni-commerce solutions, to launch an improved web and mobile e-commerce platform, E-Cart. The new system will replace Raley’s current online order and curbside pickup solutions across all existing e-commerce-enabled locations. The new e-commerce platform is part of Raley’s commitment to making […]

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Supervalu’s 4Q Sales ‘Softer’ Than Forecasted

Supervalu’s new president and CEO, Mark Gross, said Tuesday that, although the company’s fourth quarter sales were “softer than we had forecast, I am optimistic about our future prospects … We have a lot of positives to build on as we move forward.” Fourth quarter consolidated net sales were $3.95 billion compared to $4.07 billion […]

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Harris Teeter Donates Nearly $550K To MDA

Harris Teeter is donating $549,488 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to help MDA continue its mission of finding treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases, including ALS and other related life-threatening diseases. The donation was made possible thanks to contributions from Harris Teeter associates and shoppers. Kroger-owned Harris Teeter hosted the “Be Their Strength” donation […]

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Hy-Vee, Pinky Swear Foundation Announce 2016 Kids Triathlon Dates

Hy-Vee is again partnering with the Pinky Swear Foundation, a national charitable organization that supports children with cancer and their families, to host six kids triathlon fundraising events across the Midwest this summer. For the second year in a row, this partnership will bring Hy-Vee Pinky Swear Kids Triathlons to Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City, […]

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Target, Pepsi Chiefs Co-Chair NEW’s Gender Parity Campaign

The Network of Executive Women (NEW), representing nearly 10,000 members from the retail and consumer goods and services industry, has launched the NEW Future Fund, a campaign aimed at achieving 50/50 gender parity in the industry. The NEW Future Fund is a $5 million capital campaign to fund technology that delivers industry-specific data and insights, […]

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Pine State Trading Co. Sells C-Store Division To Core-Mark

Pine State Trading Co., a family-owned company comprised of five operating divisions, has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its convenience store division to Core-Mark Holding Co., one of North America’s largest and most successful marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry. The transaction is structured as an all-cash asset […]

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Whole Foods Completes Sedona, Arizona, Store Remodel

Whole Foods Market Sedona is celebrating the completion of a two-part remodel to its 31,000-s.f. store at 1420 West Highway 89A. The Arizona store now features offerings in its prepared foods, specialty, grocery and produce departments. A new antipasto bar offers 24 selections of olives, marinated artichokes and roasted garlic cloves. An expanded cheese section […]