Category: Year In Review – 2020

2020 Year In Review

With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the headlines throughout 2020 and affecting nearly every aspect of the grocery industry, as well as life in general, The Shelby Report offers a variation of its annual look back. For the 2020 Year In Review, we present, by region, some of the most viewed – non-pandemic-related – articles that have appeared to date on theshelbyreport.com.
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SOUTHEAST: Market Profile: More Bravo Stores Planned For Florida’s Southern Half

by Treva Bennett

by John McCurry/contributing writer Bravo Supermarkets has been growing fast in Florida ever since it expanded there about 16 years ago. The chain now has more than 50 multicultural stores in Florida and is looking to add more. Bravo is part of a “virtual” chain operated by New York-based Krasdale Foods and its marketing arm, […]

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SOUTHWEST: Harps Acquires 20 Stores Across Arkansas, Missouri

by Treva Bennett

Harps Food Stores Inc. has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 20 stores across northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri from Town and Country Grocers of Fredericktown, Missouri, Inc. The transaction remains subject to ordinary due diligence including approval from the Town and Country shareholders. The locations are as follows: Country Mart—Harrison, Arkansas;  Town & […]

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SOUTHWEST: Brookshire Grocery Co. To Build New Fresh Store In Fate, Texas

by Treva Bennett

A new Fresh by Brookshire’s store is coming to Fate, Texas, according to an announcement by the Fate City Council and Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC). BGC expects to break ground at the future site, located at the intersection of Interstate 30 and Memorial Parkway, by the end of the year. The store is expected to […]

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

by Treva Bennett

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

by Treva Bennett

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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WEST: Cardenas Markets Foundation Launches New Scholarship Program

by Treva Bennett

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

by Treva Bennett

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 […]

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NORTHEAST: Four New Jersey Supermarkets To Be Rebranded As The Fresh Grocer 

by Shelby Team

The Maniaci family and its Nicholas Markets company, which currently operate four Foodtown stores in Cedar Grove, Colonia, North Haledon, and the Township of Washington, New Jersey, will transition its stores to The Fresh Grocer brand starting in February. The Fresh Grocer is a registered trademark of the retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. specializing in […]