Market Street and its parent company, United Supermarkets, have partnered with Go Green Racing and Randy Hill Racing LLC to sponsor two cars at this weekend’s NASCAR events at Texas Motor Speedway. United will sponsor the No. 39 car, driven by Tim Andrews, in the NASCAR Nationwide Series “O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge” on Saturday, Nov. […]
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Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
N.C.-based blu eCigs To Help Rid Wrightsville Beach Of Littered Butts
blu eCigs has teamed up with Keep New Hanover County Beautiful and InnovaGreen Systems for the second annual Great American Butt Clean event taking place on the coastline in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., on Saturday, Nov. 3. “Flicking a butt is kicking our environment’s butt because, every year, discarded cigarette butts litter our parks, sidewalks, public […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Natural Grocers Opens New Store In Missoula, Mont.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage opened its 60th store Tuesday with its newest location in Missoula, Mont. The Missoula store at 2530 South 3rd St. West is the company’s second Montana location, after opening in Billings over the summer. Natural Grocers is a grocery chain based in Colorado that offers only natural and organic products, […]
Posted in, Store News, West
Metropolitan’s Borracchini Earns Wash. Best Bagger Title For 2nd Year
Andrew Borracchini, an 18-year-old grocery bagger from West Seattle’s Metropolitan Market has bagged the championship in the Washington State Best Bagger competition for the second year in a row. He competed and won against 11 other contestants from across the state for the $1,500 cash prize and an all-expense paid trip to compete at the […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, National
Healthcare Reform Ranks Top Political Concern For Independent Grocers
Independent grocers express a great level of concern over the financial impact of the changes to healthcare insurance mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Ranking eight political issues from one (most important) to eight (least important), the impact of healthcare reform ranks first by a wide margin, according to the 2012 […]
Posted in, Northeast, Store News
Turkey Carving Demo At Fairway Market Set For Nov. 3
Fairway Market’s Master Butcher Ray Venezia will perform turkey carving demonstrations on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Fairway Market in Stamford, Conn. (699 Canal St.) from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; in Pelham Manor, N.Y. (847 Pelham Pkwy.) from 1-2:30 p.m.; and in Woodland Park, N.J. (1510 US 46) from 3-4:30 p.m. He will offer guests simple, easy-to-follow […]
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Safeway Q3 Profit Boosted By $49M From Genuardi’s Sale
Safeway Inc. finished selling 16 Genuardi’s stores for $80.4 million, and the $49 million of that left after taxes kept the company’s third quarter profit above that of the same quarter a year ago, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway earned $157 million on sales of $10.049 billion in the quarter ended […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, West
Lazy Acres Coming To Long Beach
Lazy Acres plans to open its second store in Long Beach, Calif., in early November. The original Santa Barbara Lazy Acres store opened in 1991. The store is located at 2080 Bellflower Blvd., at the corner of N. Bellflower Boulevard and E. Stearns Street. “Lazy Acres is committed to being your natural choice for wholesome, […]