Hy-Vee has agreed to acquire six former Shopko locations in Iowa that will re-open under the Dollar Fresh brand by late summer. In the upcoming weeks, several former Shopko locations will begin renovations to open as Dollar Fresh stores. The former Shopko buildings in Hampton, Cresco, Oelwein, Waukon, Dyersville and Vinton are all part of […]
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Product Of The Year USA Honors 2020 Award Winners
Product of the Year USA, the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, has named the winners of the 2020 Product of the Year Awards. With winners across 41 unique categories, the innovative products were awarded Product of the Year through a national study of 40,000 consumers conducted by Kantar, a global leader in consumer research. Designed to champion brands […]
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Midwest Distributor Lipari Foods Names Dave Littleson CFO
Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has named Dave Littleson as its chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Littleson will oversee all company financial operations. He will succeed Curtis Groves who will be retiring later this year and has served as Lipari’s CFO for eight years. Littleson will report directly to CEO Thom Lipari. “We are excited […]
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H-E-B Returns To Meyerland With Bigger, Better Store
H-E-B’s reinvestment in the Meyerland community of Houston, Texas, has gone vertical. H-E-B Meyerland Market, located at 4955 Beechnut, opened Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 a.m. Serving as an anchor in the Meyerland Plaza, the brand new, 95,000-s.f. store replaces the former Braeswood store that closed after enduring significant damage from the floods following Hurricane […]
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Snap Kitchen Rolls Out Free Shipping To 235M Households
Austin, Texas-based Snap Kitchen is offering free ground shipping across 38 states for its nutritionally balanced, ready-to-eat meals. For those who prefer to shop in-store, Snap Kitchen’s dietitian-curated and chef-prepared meals also have launched in Whole Foods Market stores in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, in addition to all 34 Whole Foods Market stores in Texas. “We’ve been pleased with the […]
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Calavo Growers’ Renaissance Food Group To Acquire Simply Fresh Fruit
Calavo Growers Inc.’s Renaissance Food Group (RFG) subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SFFI Co. Inc. doing business as Simply Fresh Fruit (SFFI). Founded in 1999 and based in Vernon, California, privately held SFFI is a processor and supplier of a broad line of fresh-cut fruit, principally serving the foodservice and hospitality markets […]
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Instacart Launching New Instacart Meals At Publix Stores
Instacart is introducing Instacart Meals—a new grocery meals product that the company says powers easy ordering, delivery and pickup of made-to-order food. The launch marks Instacart’s move into grocery meal delivery, helping retailers bring more in-store aisles and experiences online for customers across North America. With the new Instacart Meals product, customers can order specialty counter […]
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Hanford, California’s First Smart & Final Extra! Store To Open Jan. 29
Smart & Final, the Los Angeles-based grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, is getting bigger in Hanford, California, with a new Smart & Final Extra! opening on Jan. 29. Located at 552 N. 11th Avenue, the new 35,000-s.f. Smart & Final Extra! will be almost three times the size of the existing store […]