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MIDWEST: Coborn’s To Celebrate Grand Opening Of 3 Newly Remodeled Stores

Coborn’s Inc. has planned the grand reopening of three newly remodeled locations in its chain of 28 Coborn’s stores. The company recently completed significant updates at locations in New Prague, Clearwater and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The grand openings will include several events to celebrate each location’s newly remodeled Coborn’s. New Prague will host a ribbon […]

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HR & Benefits News: Coronavirus, Other Airborne Illnesses May Affect Grocers

HR & Benefits News is a monthly column by Chris Cooley, co-founder of MyHRConcierge and SMB Benefits Advisors. With the spread of the infamous Coronavirus, grocers should be on their HR toes in order to navigate how to handle the Coronavirus as well as other illness in the workplace. The news of the Coronavirus has […]

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MIDWEST: Price Chopper Plans Major Investment In Kansas City In 2020

Price Chopper, Kansas City’s locally-owned grocer, is planning to invest more than $54 million into new stores and remodels of existing stores over the course of 2020. This year’s investment is more than the previous two years combined and brings the company’s total investments to more than $104 million in just three years. According to […]

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Soto: Segmenting Multicultural Markets Not As Challenging As You Think

by Terry Soto/multicultural marketing expert I’m often asked how retailers can avoid stereotyping or generalizing when attempting to attract sales from multicultural shoppers given how diverse even one nationality, dialect or cultural background can be. It starts with some common sense. Say you want to attract sales among Hispanic shoppers. The first step should always […]

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WEST: Cardenas Markets Foundation Launches New Scholarship Program

With the support of Cardenas Markets, the Cardenas Markets Foundation is launching a new scholarship program intended to support students in California (Inland Empire, Imperial Valley and Bay Area), Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson) and Nevada (Las Vegas). Specifically, they will be granting a total of 59 scholarships—one $2,000 award per each of the stores they […]

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NORTHEAST: ShopRite’s Big Brand Bash Follows January’s Can Can Sale

While ShopRite’s January Can Can sale is over, the supermarket’s digital coupon Big Brand Bash is underway in stores and online. Shoppers who clip coupons online during Big Brand Bash can save on hundreds of products throughout the store—with more than $200 in savings on groceries. The digital coupon event runs for two weeks. Shoppers […]