The Kroger Co. plans to acquire Vitacost.com Inc., a leading online retailer of healthy living products, for approximately $280 million, or $8 per share, in cash. The purchase price represents a premium of 51 percent to Vitacost.com’s closing share price on Feb. 19, 2014, the day before a major Vitacost.com shareholder publicly asked the company […]
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Posted in, Northeast, Store News
Whole Foods To Open In Columbia, Md., Next Month
Whole Foods Market Columbia, the first in Howard County, Md., is set to open Wednesday, Aug. 20. The approximately 50,000-s.f. store, located in the former Rouse Co. building, was designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry for Columbia founder James W. Rouse. “With such an energetic community, beautiful building and scenic location we truly hope […]
Posted in, Midwest, Store News
Meijer Breaks Ground On Second Detroit Store
Less than a year after Meijer opened a supercenter at the historical Michigan State Fairgrounds on 8 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, the retailer continued its investment in the city of Detroit today with a formal groundbreaking ceremony for a second supercenter to be located at the site of the former Redford High School on […]
Posted in, Corporate Store News, Northeast
Price Chopper Eliminates Nearly 80 Positions At Headquarters
Price Chopper has cut nearly 80 positions from its corporate headquarters in Schenectady, N.Y., citing rising costs and a need for greater efficiency. Jerry Golub, the company’s president and CEO, said the current business climate forced the company to eliminate 80 positions in the company, “some through attrition and some with incumbents. The decisions were […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest
State Liquor Agency Opens At Buehler’s Wooster Milltown Location
Wednesday marked the official opening of the State Liquor Agency inside Buehler’s Fresh Foods Wooster Milltown supermarket at 3540 Burbank Rd. in Wooster, Ohio. This completes the transfer and relocation agreement of Gary’s Liquor Agency, which Buehler’s purchased in October 2013. Dan Shanahan, president and COO of Buehler’s Fresh Foods, says, “With the highly successful […]
Posted in, Albertsons, Corporate Store News, West
Former Albertsons SoCal Division President Passes Away
Mr. Dave Simonson, former president of Albertsons Southern California region, died this week. He was in his mid-60s. His obituary was unavailable at the time of this report. “I really enjoyed calling on Dave back in the day…what a fine gentleman,” Willie Crocker of Bimbo Bakeries said in an email. Cheryl Kennick of City of […]
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Safeway Receives National Animal Welfare Award
Safeway received the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award from The Humane Society of the United States. The grocery chain—the second largest in the country—earned the award for its work in 2013 to end the extreme confinement of pigs in its supply chain. In the pork industry, most breeding pigs are confined for virtually their […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest
NGA Honors Rep. Todd Young With Champion Of Independent Grocers Award
The National Grocers Association (NGA) this week presented U.S. Rep. Todd Young of Indiana with its inaugural Champion of Independent Grocers Award in recognition of his efforts to advance pro-growth policies and workable solutions for independent grocers and wholesalers. “NGA appreciates Congressman Young’s leadership on HR 2575, the Save American Workers Act, which seeks to […]