Nob Hill Foods, a banner of Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, will anchor Monticello Apartment Homes, a new master-planned luxury apartment community in California’s Santa Clara region. The new store is slated to open in October. “We’re excited to bring the first full-service grocery store to the neighborhood,” said Dave Moore, president of Irvine Co. Retail […]
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KeHE’s Summer Selling Show Marks Record Attendance, ‘Best Of’ Awards Presented
The 2017 KeHE Summer Selling Show, held earlier this month in New Orleans, hosted more than 3,700 industry professionals—a nearly 35 percent increase from the year prior. Retailers, vendors and brokers were able to get a look at the latest natural and organic, specialty and fresh products for the summer season. “This increased attendance is […]
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Tyson Foods Shakes Up Leadership Team, Unveils New Logo
Tyson Foods is making some changes—revealing a new senior leadership team, executives who the company says will “propel” it forward and accelerate growth, and unveiling a new corporate logo. The new appointments come as the company announces the departure of Donnie King, president, North American Operations; Sara Lilygren, EVP, Corporate Affairs; and Gary Cooper, chief […]
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Mom’s Organic Market Begins Sales Of Insects, Will Host Tasting Saturday
Mom’s Organic Market is introducing a selection of sustainable insect proteins to its store in Washington, D.C.’s, Ivy City neighborhood. The family-owned and -operated retailer says its interest in entomophagy was spurred by a trip to Mexico’s La Merced Market. There, Mom’s VP of Produce and Grocery Lisa de Lima and VP of Wellness Steve […]
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Online Grocery And Jet.com Help Fuel Walmart’s E-Commerce Jump
Online grocery helped Walmart U.S. record a big jump in its e-commerce business during the fiscal 2017 fourth quarter. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant posted its financial results for the quarter Tuesday and reported strong e-commerce growth as sales and gross merchandise volume increased 29.0 and 36.1 percent, respectively—including Jet.com and online grocery. Walmart purchased […]
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Shoppers Show Increasing Preference For Digital Coupons
Analysis by Inmar Inc. of 2016 coupon activity reveals an ongoing “promotional transposition,” with paperless, digital coupons beginning to overtake traditional paper coupons in popularity. Inmar’s analysis shows that, among the more than 2.2 billion coupons redeemed by shoppers last year, the share of redemption captured by offers that shoppers load directly to their retailer […]
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Larkin Outlines Top 3 Hot Topics Among NGA Show Attendees
The Shelby Report’s Editor-in-Chief Lorrie Griffith sat down with National Grocers Association (NGA) President and CEO Peter Larkin at the NGA Show in Las Vegas in earlier this month, which turned out to be the show’s seventh consecutive year of record-breaking attendance—more than 3,400—including a record level of retailer and wholesaler participants. The Expo floor […]
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The Opportunity For Fresh Prepared
by Anne-Marie Roerink/Principal, 210 Analytics Prior to the recession, a popular expression was “time-starved consumers.” But the economic downturn and its aftermath had shoppers shifting their attention from convenience to a host of money-saving measures. Many retailers shifted their advertising and merchandising focus to the needs of the penny-pinching consumer in response. Now, the ever-improving […]