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7-Eleven Opening First Sports Venue Location At Texas Motor Speedway

7-Eleven Inc. is off to the races. The convenience retailer will open its first location at a professional sports venue this month. The store will open at Texas Motor Speedway in time for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Playoff weekend from Oct. 27 until Nov. 5. The tripleheader features the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World […]

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J.D. Power Rates Wegmans Pharmacy Highest In Customer Satisfaction

The recently released J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Pharmacy Study ranked Wegmans Pharmacy “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Supermarket Pharmacies” with a score of 906 on a 1,000-point scale. Now in its 10th year, the study measures customer satisfaction among all categories of brick-and-mortar pharmacies, including chain drug stores, mass merchants and supermarkets as well as mail-order pharmacies. Satisfaction […]

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Karen Caplan: The New Holiday Table

by Karen Caplan/President and CEO, Frieda’s Specialty Produce If you’re a retailer, you’ve probably already set your ads for the upcoming holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. And chances are you’ve chosen pretty much the same selection of produce items to feature as you did last year: orange sweet potatoes, green beans, Russet potatoes and cranberries. I’m […]

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SpartanNash Promotes McQuesten To SVP-Center Store, Fresh Merchandising

SpartanNash Co. promoted Joseph McQuesten, formerly VP, center store merchandising, to SVP, center store and fresh merchandising, effective Oct. 8. “As SpartanNash continues to expand its organic, local and fresh perimeter offerings to meet our customers’ growing appetite for quality produce, meat, seafood, dairy, deli and all things quick and easy, we wanted to ensure […]

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Fresh Market Opens Larger Charlotte, North Carolina, Store

The Fresh Market on Oct. 4 opened its new store in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Strawberry Hill development. The new, larger building replaces the retailer’s original store in the same development. “Our new location gives us more space to offer easy, delicious meals, inspiring ingredients and everything in between,” the company says. Fresh Market celebrated the […]

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Kraft Heinz Invests In Emerging Tech With $100M Venture Capital Fund

Kraft Heinz has launched Evolv Ventures, a venture fund that will invest in emerging tech companies transforming the food industry. Kraft Heinz has committed up to $100 million to Evolv Ventures and brought on venture investor Bill Pescatello to lead the fund. “New technological innovations in the food industry create endless new opportunities to strengthen […]

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Study: Kwik Trip And Wawa Are Top Rated Retailers For Food

Dunnhumby, a customer data science company, revealed Kwik Trip, Wawa and Quik Trip are the top three retailers for food in the $291 billion U.S. convenience, dollar and drug channels, according to its nationwide study, which was released Oct. 8 at the NACS Show. The latest dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI) surveyed 5,500 U.S. households focusing on three […]

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HealthMarket Is Just The Right Fit For Hy-Vee

by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Hy-Vee has crafted a store that appeals to a range of shoppers—from busy moms to bodybuilders to diabetics and diehard Doritos fans—and it does it in just 15,700 s.f. The first-ever Hy-Vee HealthMarket opened in West Des Moines, Iowa, on July 31. Packaged cheese, Cheerios, lunchmeat, Coke and Mountain Dew are available, […]