Food Lion said Tuesday that it has made significant investments in 169 stores in the Carolinas and created 500 new jobs. Key markets include Greenville and Wilmington, N.C., and Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach, S.C. To celebrate the launch, Food Lion is holding grand reopening festivities at the 169 stores—including providing the first 50 customers […]
Category: Store News
Posted in, Midwest, Store News
New Food Distribution Customers Give Nash Finch 3Q Sales Boost
Nash Finch today reported a 3.5 percent increase in third quarter 2013 sales compared to the same period a year ago. Sales for the company’s third quarter, ended Oct. 5, totaled $1.56 billion compared to $1.51 billion in the prior-year quarter. The Minneapolis-based wholesaler said the increase was “primarily attributable to sales to new customers […]
Posted in, C-Store News, National
Report: How C-Stores Could Eat Quick-Serve Restaurants’ Lunch
As consumers increasingly clamor for quick, easy and accessible meals, convenience stores have a great opportunity to become go-to destinations for lunch. They currently are losing out to fast-food outlets, which have added fresh, healthier options for people on the move, according to a newsletter report from The Hartman Group. Quick-serve chains, including Chipotle, Subway, […]
Posted in, Southwest, Store News
Kroger Invests $150M In DFW For New Marketplaces And Store Expansions
The Kroger Co. plans to open five new Marketplace stores and expand the size of three existing locations in North Texas over the next two years. In the Nov. 8 announcement, the company said that over the next 24 months it will invest $150 million in North Texas on those projects as well as opening […]
Posted in, Albertsons, Independent Store News, West
Gelson’s Debuts First Store In 12 Years In Long Beach
Long Beach, Calif., residents have a new shopping option, and they’re excited. A new Gelson’s Markets opened its doors Thursday. The first customer in the door had waited in line since before 3 a.m. The line to get in included hundreds by opening time. “This is our first new store in 12 years and we’re […]
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
Harris Teeter Opening Myers Park Store In Charlotte This Month
Harris Teeter will open its Myers Park Shopping Center store in Charlotte, N.C., at 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Harris Teeter publicly announced the possibility of building a new Myers Park Shopping Center store in 2011. In the years since that announcement, the Matthews, N.C.-based grocer’s redevelopment team, its landlord, nearby residents and leaders of […]
Posted in, Midwest, Store News
Giant Eagle Hosts Grand Opening At New Market District Store In Ohio
Building on the success of the recently opened Solon Market District, Giant Eagle Inc. is introducing a new world of food to the Akron-Canton, Ohio, area with the opening of the new Green Market District located at 1700 Corporate Woods Pkwy. in Green. The store marks Pennsylvania-based Giant Eagle’s eighth Market District location in the […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest, Perishables
Fareway Now Delivering Meat Anywhere In The Contiguous States
After months of testing, Fareway Stores officially launched a new storefront—the Fareway Meat Market (farewaymeats.com)—on Nov. 4. Customers can order their favorite cuts of meat by 1 p.m., Monday-Friday, and have them delivered anywhere in the contiguous United States in time for dinner the next day. “Our customers have been asking for years to be able […]