by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Today, Paula Janssen is the majority owner of Janssen’s Market in Wilmington, Delaware, a gourmet grocery store of about 100 employees. Janssen’s grandfather founded the store in 1952, and her parents recently stepped away from the business to enjoy their retirement, still maintaining partial ownership. However, the way things […]
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Market Profile: Good Earth Market Finds Success With Organic, Natural Offerings
by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Good Earth Market, built from the ground up 16 years ago in Ocean View, Delaware, is a woman-owned business. It started solely as a grocery store, and about nine years ago, owner Susan Ryan had a tenant come in and start a restaurant. After leasing that portion for a […]
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Market Profile: Seven-Store Vista Markets Chain Has Expanded Along With El Paso
‘We cater to the community here by being diverse’ by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Mike Piña founded Vista Markets in the late 1980s as a bakery. Over the years, it has transitioned into a full-sized supermarket. Today, the company operates seven grocery stores in El Paso, Texas, with plans for an eighth at the beginning […]
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Market Profile: Alabama Grocers Association Adjusted And Aided Awareness
Like the supermarket industry, group ‘continues to reinvent itself’ by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer During the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alabama Grocers Association sent more than 100 emails and made 80 Facebook/Twitter posts related to COVID-19, said President Ellie Taylor. The association even created a new media campaign called Shop […]
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Market Profile: Gateway Foods Feels Shoppers’ Frustration, But ‘It’s Going To Get Better’
‘Strange cloud hanging over the grocery business’ by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Gateway Foods was founded in 1978 in Double Springs, Alabama. Some seven years later, Harold Garrett, current president and general manager, joined the company. “I grew up in Double Springs and actually worked for the competition. I started in the grocery business in […]
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Market Profile: Fresh Value Focused On Product Selection, ‘Great Customer Service’
Company has stores throughout state; the ninth opened on Feb. 1 by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Gerry D’Alessandro officially started working for his family’s grocery business at age 14. At the time, his father and uncle – Jerry and Frank D’Alessandro – owned a single store called Fourth Avenue Supermarket in Bessemer, Alabama. When he […]
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Market Profile: Piggly Wiggly Alabama Investing Resources In Technology
by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer For Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., David Bullard said the most challenging part of 2020 was finding a balance between supply chain demands and providing for its retailers. And as the entire industry witnessed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, balance was hard to come by. “With the tremendously increased […]
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New Year Brings Self-Checkout, Online Shopping To Buche Foods
Family-owned business serves smaller rural towns of South Dakota by Mary Margaret Stewart / staff writer R.F. Buche is the fourth-generation owner of Buche Foods, which was founded in Lake Andes, South Dakota, in 1905 by his great-grandfather, Gus Buche. Today, R.F. Buche owns and operates grocery and convenience stores, a Subway sandwich shop, […]