The 34th Annual Giant Barbecue Battle will take place on Pennsylvania Avenue on June 27-28, featuring world-class barbecue, international flavors, celebrity chefs, live music and activities for all ages. The Giant Barbecue Battle is recognized by the U.S. Congress as the Official National Barbecue Championship. It ranks as one of the country’s top food and […]
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PWADC Food Show To Feature New Products, Education Sessions
Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. (PWADC) is heading into its May food show and aims to build on recent gains in show performance, private label, fresh and digital participation. Tod Seiling, who joined PWADC as chief merchandising officer in October 2025 after executive roles with Lidl US and Save A Lot, said the co-op has […]
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5WPR Index Finds Costco Tops AI Citation Rankings, Walmart Trails
5WPR has released the 2026 U.S. Grocery Retail AI Visibility Index, the first to rank U.S. grocers by how frequently they are cited inside AI-generated answers. Walmart, with about 21 percent of U.S. grocery market share, ranks fourth in AI citation share. The retailer cited most often when American shoppers ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or […]
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Upside Report Reveals A Growing Income Divide In Consumer Spending
Upside released “The Income Divide” April 13, a new report examining how a widening gap in consumer behavior is reshaping retail demand. The findings, drawn from more than 10 billion transactions and surveys of 3,500-plus consumers, reveal that high- and low-income consumers are making fundamentally different decisions about where and how much to spend. Report […]
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Sprouts To Open New Market In Santa Maria, CA
Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store May 15 at 2170 S. Bradley Road in Santa Maria, California. A ribbon-cutting will take place at 6:45 a.m. and the doors to the store will open at 7 a.m. Santa Maria Mayor Alice Patino said the city has been looking forward to the opening. “The City […]
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Independent Natural Food Co-op INFRA Tops 400 Members
The Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA) has surpassed 400 member stores serving more than 650 communities nationwide. The milestone marks a significant moment in the association’s growth, as it reached $3.4 billion in representative sales in 2025 and continues to lead the natural channel in dollar sales growth at 8 percent year-over-year from 2024-25. […]
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Giant Food Celebrates Grand Reopenings In VA, MD
Giant Food celebrated a milestone day on May 8, with back-to-back grand reopening ceremonies at its remodeled stores in Vienna, Virginia, and Germantown, Maryland. The events mark not only a significant investment in the company’s physical footprint but also the grocer’s 90th anniversary, reflecting a legacy that began with the region’s first self-service supermarket. “This […]
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Leadership: Be The Leader People Want To Work For
People do not follow titles for long. They follow credibility. They follow consistency. They follow leaders whose behavior makes trust possible. In an age when culture is tested daily, the enduring leadership principle is surprisingly simple: do your job, live your values, and give people something worth following. There is a leadership lesson that never […]