The late Don Olsen started his grocery business in 1975 in Yuma, Arizona, building several stores and purchasing commercial properties all throughout the ensuing decades. Around 1992-93, he relocated and opened a store in the rural town of Ajo. He and his wife, Bryanne, married in 2002 and from that point, she helped run the […]
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Glen Allen Grocer Plans Expansion In Coming Year
Tom Leonard’s Farmer’s Market remains resilient in competitive area by Eric Pereira/ content creator About year two of when Tom Leonard was running his grocery store in Glen Allen, Virginia, he realized things were about to get a lot more difficult. It was a cold rainy night, and he remembers looking up and seeing a Whole […]
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Statewide Election Had VFIA’s Attention
Group also eyes redundancies in store inspections by Eric Pereira/ content creator Virginia was one of two states in the country holding statewide elections this year. For Parker Slaybaugh, executive director of Virginia Food Industry Association, this called for continuous involvement and attention. “For the past couple of months, that certainly kept us busy with […]
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Illinois Retail Merchants Association: ‘Speed Bumps’ Looming
Illinois also faces labor, supply chain issues by Eric Pereira / content creator The deficit in the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund remains at more than $4.3 billion and interest payments on the debt began accruing Sept. 6, according to a report from Capitol News Illinois. During the veto session, Illinois Retail Merchants Association President and […]
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Advocates Abuzz Over Possible Change To Alcohol Sales In Maryland
MRA, many residents want state to allow beer/wine at grocery stores by Eric Pereira / content creator Maryland is one of the few states in the U.S. where shoppers can’t buy beer or wine at a food retailer. And it’s a situation the Maryland Retailers Association would like to see change during the legislative session […]
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Market Fresh Gourmet Serves Food Deserts, Communities
Company to open two locations in 2022 by Eric Pereira / content creator The Poppleton neighborhood in Baltimore, as well as Capitol Heights, Maryland, soon will be welcoming Market Fresh Gourmet into their communities. The store leadership recently spoke with The Griffin Report about serving these food deserts while also acting as a pillar in […]
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RMFIA And CWPMA Announce Plans To Merge
Frequent collaborators ‘work well together’ by Eric Pereira/ content creator The Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association and Rocky Mountain Food Industry Association have announced plans to merge, although an official date hasn’t been set. “For the past few years RMFIA and CWPMA have been working in partnership to cover all the issues and agencies in Colorado […]
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Carlie C’s IGA Continues To Expand Its Service Area
‘Challenging environment’ persists, but also offers grocer opportunities by Eric Pereira / content creator Mack McLamb, owner of Carlie C’s IGA, which has 25 stores in North Carolina, plans to open two more locations this year. His stores are primarily in the eastern part of the state, however the new ones will be more central. […]