Whole Foods Market and Pivot, Participant Media’s TV network targeting Millennials, is launching a television series called “Dark Rye.” The first episode, hosted by Kirk Lombard, a Bay Area fisherman and forager, airs at 9:30 p.m. (ET) tonight. Dark Rye was created as an online magazine by Whole Foods Market in 2012. The publication, through […]
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Posted in, Independent Store News, National
IGA Recognizes Five Star Retailers
A number of IGA retailers in the U.S. have achieved IGA Five Star status, the highest level of recognition possible based on the alliance’s rigorous standards. The Five Star assessment program aligns a series of in-store appraisals, IGA Coca-Cola Institute training and online customer feedback to provide a unique “brand-building” tool available only to IGA […]
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Hunt Brothers Debuts Limited-Time-Offer Pizza
Hunt Brothers Pizza is introducing a limited-time-offer pizza just in time for the Big Game. The specialty pizza, Italian Meats, includes Hunt Brothers Pizza’s original rising fresh crust, topped with a signature sauce and layered with slices of Italian-style ham, salami, big pepperoni and 100 percent mozzarella cheese. This also is the first time that […]
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Kroger, Harris Teeter Deal To Close Sooner Than Expected
The Federal Trade Commission has granted early approval regarding The Kroger Co.’s acquisition of Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. The deal, valued at about $2.5 billion, is expected to close by the end of January. The original close date was scheduled for early February. Kroger and Harris Teeter in July announced the definitive merger agreement, which […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest
Today Is Buche Foods Day In South Dakota
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard declared Jan. 20 Buche Foods Day in the state. The proclamation honors the grocery company that began operations in 1905 in Lake Andes. It recognizes the opening of a new Buche Foods stores in Scotland, S.D., and that the GF Buche Co. now serves eight communities with 11 stores, “all […]
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Target To Debut Express Format In July In Minneapolis
Target in July will begin testing a new store format, TargetExpress, in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota campus. It will be the retailer’s smallest location ever. The store will serve students and urban guests living in nearby neighborhoods and cover approximately 15 percent the size of a general merchandise Target store. “This is an […]
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New Research Provides Insight Into Shopper Behavior In Supermarkets
Supermarket operators may soon have a way to monitor how and where customers shop their stores, using aggregated data from the shoppers’ own smartphones. That’s the major takeaway from a test of the concept in two supermarkets last year undertaken by the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology (CART) and the National Grocers Association (NGA). […]
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Save Mart Names Store Manager Of The Year
Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, Maxx Value Foods and FoodMaxx stores have honored George Bettencourt, manager of Save Mart in Ceres, Calif., with the Nicholas J. Tocco Store Manager of the Year Award. This is the 20th year of the company’s award. “George Bettencourt is a top-rate store manager. He has demonstrated a continuous commitment […]