While many better-for-you menus tout items below 500, 400 and 300 calories, 7-Eleven says it’s breaking the 200-calorie barrier with its new Egg White Breakfast Sandwich, available for $1.99. The new breakfast sandwich stacks egg whites, lean Canadian bacon and cheddar cheese on a whole wheat English muffin. Weighing in at 180 calories, the sandwich […]
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Pilot Flying J Adds Big Papa Dill Pickle Popcorn
Pilot Flying J Travel Centers have made Big Papa Dill Pickle Popcorn a permanent snack item in all 500-plus locations across the U.S. This marks the first national listing for the new popcorn flavor that was launched by Van Holten’s Pickles in June 2013. The product will be available on Pilot Flying J shelves this […]
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Food Lion Finishes Store Enhancement Project
Food Lion has completed its store enhancements by making a variety of improvements in its final 72 stores. Those stores are located in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina; key markets include Nashville, Augusta and Savannah. A complete store listing can be found at foodlion.com. Food Lion’s key investments include enhanced service through associate […]
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Target Expands Data Breach Impact To 70M Customers; Says Additional Info Was Stolen
Target said Friday that the number of customers affected by the data breach at its U.S. stores late last year is 70 million. The Minneapolis-based retailer originally reported that the debit and credit card information of 40 million customers had been compromised. Target also said that more than just payment card information was taken during […]
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Save-A-Lot Posts Positive Results For 3Q, Supervalu Sales Down
Supervalu on Thursday reported its third quarter 2014 results, and the company said its Save-A-Lot banner sales and earnings are up from the same time a year ago. The discount banner’s net sales were $991 million compared to $966 million last year, an increase of 2.6 percent, reflecting the impact from network identical store sales […]
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Publix Pharmacies Launch Sync Your Refills Program
Publix Pharmacies plans to expand a new Sync Your Refills program to all pharmacies. After a successful test in the Atlanta Division, the program will expand companywide to the remaining Publix Pharmacies by Jan. 24. There are 925 Publix Pharmacies in the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocery chain. Sync Your Refills is a program established to assist […]
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Sprouts Pushing Expansion Into Kansas, Georgia In 2014
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Overland Park, Kan., this week and has plans for five stores in the Atlanta area as part of a continued push to expand beyond its western base of stores, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. Sprouts will open the 23,360-s.f. Overland Park store on Wednesday. […]
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IGA Launches Label Savers Program
IGA has launched its IGA Hometown Label Savers, a new community-based marketing program that encourages community nonprofit organizations to collect IGA Exclusive Brand product barcodes in exchange for funding toward organizational needs. To implement the program, eligible nonprofit organizations can submit an application to the IGA Hometown Label Savers team, identifying a preferred IGA store […]