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Anheuser-Busch’s Brewers Collective Launches First Craft Beyond Beer Platform

Brewers Collective, the craft business unit of  Anheuser-Busch, ventured into the flavored malt beverage category with the debut of LQD (pronounced L-Q-D). The brand’s debut product portfolio of hard limeades, hard teas and hard lemonades all harness the unique flavor profiles of their respective ingredients. “After brainstorming with brewers from across the 13 craft partners that […]

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Whole Foods Market Opens New Store In Downtown Nashville

Whole Foods Market in Nashville opened its new location at 1202 Broadway at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. The new 44,500-s.f. store in downtown Nashville features a variety of items from local producers, prepared foods and grab-and-go meals, natural and organic items and a full-service coffee bar. The first 250 customers in line received […]

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Whole Foods Market To Open April 2 In Castle Rock, CO

Whole Foods Market will open its new 43,000-s.f. store in Castle Rock, located at 6384 Promenade Parkway, at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 2. As part of the opening day celebrations, guests can enjoy complimentary coffee, snacks and music before the store opens. The first 300 customers in line will receive a custom Whole Foods […]

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Recommended: Las Cruces, NM, Area Grocery Stores Seeing Product Shortages

LAS CRUCES – In the checkout aisle at the Walmart Supercenter on Walton Boulevard Thursday morning, a man was purchasing a three-pack of Lysol disinfecting wipes. Another shopper — a middle-aged woman – approached him and asked where he’d found it. “In automotive,” he replied with a smile. And off she and her shopping companions […]

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7-Eleven Adds New Beverage Options With Specialty Coffee, Nitro, More

As 7-Eleven stores on Long Island introduced the world to coffee in to-go cups more than 50 years ago, the company now is launching another milestone for Long Island coffee-lovers. The convenience retailer has expanded its hot and cold beverage menu to all Long Island 7-Eleven stores with the addition of touch-screen machines that brew custom […]

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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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Graeter’s Ice Cream, Braxton Brewing Co. Launch New Collaboration

Braxton Brewing Co. and Graeter’s Ice Cream are releasing a new innovation that brings two Cincinnati-area brands together once again. On Friday, Feb. 28, Graeter’s Black Cherry Chocolate Chip White Stout will be available at a tapping and release party at Braxton Brewing Co. Beginning March 2, consumers also will be able to purchase 16-oz. […]

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Craft Brew Alliance Approves Proposed Agreement With Anheuser-Busch

The shareholders of Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA) voted at a special meeting Feb. 25 to adopt an agreement, announced Nov. 11, 2019, that will create an expanded partnership between CBA and Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC (A-B), with A-B agreeing to purchase the remaining CBA shares it does not already own in a merger transaction for […]