Fresh & Easy this week launched a full-scale marketing campaign inviting customers to discover an all-new Fresh & Easy. Since transferring to new ownership in November, the company says it has reinvigorated the brand and its stores with the aim of being the anytime, anyway, anywhere solution for getting healthy, convenient and affordable food. The […]
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Tropical Flavor Summer Edition Red Bull Available Exclusively At 7-Eleven
7-Eleven Inc. says it’s giving new “wings” to customers this summer by offering an exclusive, limited-edition Red Bull flavor. The Red Bull Summer Edition will be available July and August at 7-Eleven stores across the U.S. and Canada, providing the effect of Red Bull Energy Drink with the new flavor of tropical fruits. In a […]
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Kroger Achieves 42nd Consecutive Quarter Of ID Sales Growth
The Kroger Co. on Thursday reported net earnings of $501 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, and identical supermarket sales growth, without fuel, of 4.6 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. It is the company’s 42nd consecutive quarter of positive identical supermarket sales growth. This also is the first period that includes […]
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Jewel-Osco And Healthy Ones To ‘Pedal The Plaza’ In Chicago June 26
Healthy Ones, makers of lean, lower sodium and heart healthy deli meats, and retail partner Jewel-Osco will host an open-to-all pedaling event called “Pedal The Plaza” on June 26. It will take place at Pioneer Court Plaza in downtown Chicago and benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Healthy Ones, part of the John Morrell […]
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Stater Bros.’ Riverside Replacement Store Opens Next Week
Stater Bros. will open its Riverside, Calif., replacement store Wednesday, June 25. The new 44,000-s.f. store is 80 percent larger than the current Riverside store, which will close June 24. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 8:15 a.m. and the supermarket will open for business at 9 a.m. The new store at 2841 Mary St. […]
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Vallarta In Fresno Hosting MDA Check Presentation Today
California’s Vallarta Supermarkets will present a check to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) at 11 a.m. Pacific time today at the Vallarta store at 4831 Butler Ave. in Fresno. Each year, the Vallarta chain dedicates one full month to allow customers and visitors to make donations to the MDA; cashiers invite customers to donate at […]
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New Report Offers Tips For Grocers As Consumers Demand More Personalization
As consumers continue to demand more from retailers, the grocery industry should adapt and provide targeted shopping experiences tailored to specific consumer needs and changing demographics, according to PwC’s new experience radar report titled “Front of the Line: how grocers can get ahead for the future.” Based on a survey of more than 1,000 shoppers, […]
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Harris Teeter Opening Cary, N.C., Store Wednesday
Harris Teeter, a banner of The Kroger Co., will open its newest store Wednesday at Parkside Town Commons in Cary, N.C. The 53,000-s.f. store will be open 24 hours and includes a drive-thru pharmacy that will be open seven days a week. The store, managed by Brad Binford, will have eight checkouts and four USCAN […]