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New Wegmans In Natick Dedicates Second Floor To Fresh Foods

Wegmans opened its Natick, Massachusetts, store early Sunday morning, April 29. It’s a new store format for the company—a two-story supermarket with the second floor dedicated to fresh foods, including three restaurants—and is located in Natick Mall. Dining options on the second floor include The Burger Bar and Buzz Coffee Shop; Blue Dalia Restaurant & Tequila […]

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Food Lion Will Reopen Three Former Farm Fresh Stores May 9

On May 9, Food Lion will host three grand openings in the greater Norfolk, Virginia, market. The celebrations mark the completed purchase of the stores from Supervalu earlier this year. The locations are:  1615 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach, Va. 23454  608 Mercury Blvd., Hampton, Va. 23663  683 S. Hughes Blvd., Elizabeth City, N.C. 27909 The stores will […]

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Remodeled Orange County Gelson’s To Feature In-Store Grill Station

Gelson’s will host a grand reopening for its Newport Beach store in Orange County, California, with festivities taking place Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20. The store, located at 1660 San Miguel Drive in the Harbor View Shopping Center, will offer new sit-down wine, craft beer, and tapas bars; a Wolfgang Puck build-your-own-pizza station; and—a […]

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Roche Bros. Coming To New Watertown Mixed-Use Development

Roche Bros. plans to open a supermarket in Arsenal Yards, Boston’s new mixed-use development from Boylston Properties and The Wilder Cos., in Watertown, Massachusetts. Roche Bros. will join The Majestic at Arsenal Yards, a movie theater; and City Works Eatery & Pour House, offering classic American cuisine and more than 90 local and global beers. Roche Bros. […]

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Spoiler Alert/HelloFresh Partnership Yields Surplus Food For Donation

Spoiler Alert, a Boston-based technology and professional services company that helps businesses manage unsold food inventory, announced productive results from its ongoing partnership with HelloFresh, a meal kit company. HelloFresh partnered with Spoiler Alert beginning in July 2017 to deploy a standardized and scalable solution for recovering value from its surplus food inventory. The program, […]

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Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly To Open Eighth Wisconsin Store

Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly has signed an agreement to open a Piggly Wiggly store in Port Washington, Wisconsin. This will be the company’s 8th Piggly Wiggly store. Fox Bros. owns and operates stores in Hartland, Oconomowoc, Slinger, Hubertus, Jackson, Saukville and Hartford, all in Wisconsin.  The grand opening date for the Port Washington store has […]

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Mobile, Alabama, Rouses To Feature Culinary Center, New Offerings

Customers at the new Rouses Market at Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road in Mobile, Alabama, opening April 25, can pick up prepared foods, ready-to-cook meal kits, even a few new cooking techniques and recipes while they shop.  “I can’t wait for people to see this new store,” said Donny Rouse, CEO. “It’s our first Rouses Market […]

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Southeastern Grocers, Publix Shine At National Pie Championships

Southeastern Grocers (SEG) and Publix joined amateur pie makers, professional bakers and chefs, and commercial pie companies from across the U.S. and Canada at the American Pie Council National Pie Championships April 6-7. This year, SEG was awarded eight first-place ribbons, and Publix took home seven. For nine consecutive years, SEG has competed in the event. […]