by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest What a difference a year has made for shoppers who’d rather swing by and have their groceries brought to them than cart around the store and wait in the checkout lane. H-E-B Curbside, Kroger ClickList and Walmart’s pickup service (no clever name yet from Bentonville) are making the lives of young mothers, […]
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‘Waremart By WinCo’ Stores Under Way In Oregon
WinCo Foods plans to open two smaller-format stores in Oregon in 2017, according to local newspaper reports. The 40,000-s.f. format is called Waremart by WinCo—a name that harkens back to WinCo’s original name when it was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1967. WinCo changed its name in 1999 to reflect the employee ownership aspect of […]
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Walmart Reveals Seasonal Plans, Including Introduction Of ‘Holiday Helpers’
Walmart said today that it plans to “deliver its trademark low prices for customers this holiday while meeting their everyday needs throughout the season.” Additionally, for the first time, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is deploying an army of “Holiday Helpers” to better serve customers in the checkout line. Walmart says it also has dramatically increased […]
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AWG Wraps Merger With Affiliated Foods Midwest
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) has completed its merger with Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM). With its first shipments to stores out of its newest divisions in Norfolk, Nebraska, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Oct. 23, the combined cooperative will operate singularly as AWG with more than 1,000 independent members. This combination of retailers makes AWG the largest […]
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Minnesota Grocers Association Kicks Off Bag Hunger Campaign
The Minnesota Grocers Association (MGA) is encouraging consumers statewide to bag hunger in their neighborhoods by shopping at participating retailers during the 2016 Bag Hunger Campaign. All food and monetary contributions collected in-store will go to local food banks and shelves to benefit hungry Minnesota families. Bag Hunger is a three-way partnership with grocers, vendors […]
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Wakefern, AWG Top NCB Co-op 100 Report
The National Cooperative Bank has released its annual NCB Co-op 100, listing the nation’s top 100 revenue-earning cooperative businesses. In 2015, these businesses posted revenue totaling approximately $223.8 billion. Considered one of the list’s “main sectors” is grocery, in which Wakefern Food Corp./ShopRite, based in Keasbey, New Jersey, reported $15.5 billion in revenue and earned […]
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Independents Can Excel In A Number Of Areas
by Peter Larkin/ president and CEO, National Grocers Association Special to The Shelby Report We here at NGA are gearing up for The NGA Show, which will be held Feb. 12-15 in Las Vegas. And as we begin to look forward to the show, I find myself thinking about the areas where independents can excel […]
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Golfers Raise Funds For Alabama Grocers Education Foundation
The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation held its 24th annual fall golf outing on Thursday at Inverness Country Club in Birmingham. The tournament included two flights and raised funds for the Alabama Grocers Association’s Education Foundation, which funds scholarships to employees and children of employees of Alabama Grocers Association companies. To date, the foundation has awarded […]