A new Cub store is being planned to anchor a new apartment development in the Longfellow neighborhood in Minneapolis. The new 46,000-s.f. Cub store is being built at 46th and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis. Scheduled to open this spring, the new urban grocery store will anchor a five-story, 148-unit apartment development by Excelsior-based Oppidan Investment […]
Category: Deli News
Schnucks Rewards App Offers Deli Order Ahead At 18 Locations
St. Louis, Missouri-based Schnucks is launching Deli Order Ahead through the Schnucks Rewards app at 18 locations in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. With Deli Order Ahead, customers can place their deli orders before leaving their homes and pick them up in store. “Deli Order Ahead is a simple and convenient lunch or dinner solution for […]
Digimarc, Walmart Collaborate To Automate Fresh Product Markdowns
Digimarc Corp. is collaborating with Walmart to improve the management of packaged fresh foods. The program is intended to reduce fresh food waste and provide everyday lowest prices by automating the markdown process. “We are working closely with Digimarc to innovate and apply new technologies that will aim to reduce waste, help improve our overall […]
Associated Supermarket Group Opens Two NY Stores
ASG (Associated Supermarket Group) of Port Washington, New York, has opened two Fresh concept supermarkets, adding to its network of independent stores and to the 220,000 small businesses located in New York City. These small businesses employ nearly half of the city’s workforce, according to a government report. Met Fresh opened in Whitestone on Friday, […]
Deli Meat Companies Use PacPro Interleaver To Improve Food Safety
Land O’Frost, which specializes in pre-sliced deli meats and specialty sausage products, wanted to start a new line of premium sliced meat sub kits for retail sale. The company aimed to add value by conveniently grouping a variety of meats in sandwich-sized portions, interleaved with sanitary wax paper. “We required a higher-volume, more sanitary solution […]
AWG Presents Merchandising, Store Manager And Lou Fox Awards
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) presented 11 Excellence in Merchandising Awards, the Store Manager of the Year Award and its Lou Fox Community Service Award on March 26 in conjunction with its 2019 Innovation Showcase and Annual Meeting held in Overland Park, Kansas. The company is based in Kansas City. The Excellence in Merchandising Award recognizes […]
Sabra Offering Limited-Edition Salsa Verde Hummus
Sabra Dipping Co. in White Plains, New York, is offering Salsa Verde Hummus for a limited time. Inspired by traditional flavors of Mexico, the new Salsa Verde Hummus includes Sabra’s Classic Hummus topped with roasted tomatillos, jalapenos, cilantro and lime. “We’re really excited to bring the Salsa Verde Hummus to market,” said Grant Cowherd, brand manager. […]
Fresh Solutions Of Texas: A Broker Dedicated To Fresh Departments
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest It is no secret that over time smaller food brokers have been swallowed up by larger organizations or they have consolidated and become larger firms themselves. Now, if the pendulum is swinging back toward the small broker, Fresh Solutions of Texas is out in front of it. Carl Riley, Randall Colmer and […]
