Kicking off the first of four companywide retail fundraising campaigns in 2017, the SpartanNash Foundation is inviting store guests to join it in supporting local Habitat for Humanity affiliates in eight states. The retail scan campaign to provide shelter—one of the foundation’s missions—begins on Feb. 8 and will run through Feb. 19. During the 12-day […]
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DPI’s Ilharreguy To Retire This Week After 63 Years With Company
DPI Specialty Foods’ Tom “Tommy” Ilharreguy will retire Friday after 63 years of service to the California-based company. Working in and with grocery stores has been part of Ilharreguy’s life since his first after-school job during his teen years when he was a box boy for Safeway in its Sunset Boulevard store in Los Angeles. […]
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Newly Remodeled Liberty IGA And Ace Hardware Now Open In Kentucky
Liberty, Kentucky’s fully remodeled Liberty IGA store reopened its doors Jan. 18, with a ribbon cutting to celebrate. The store was expanded by about 6,000 s.f., approximately 5,300 s.f. of that in an adjacent Ace Hardware store. The store now is more than 20,000 s.f. The overall shopping center where the store is located also […]
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Kroger Buys Murray’s Cheese, Including NYC Flagship Shop
The Kroger Co. has purchased Murray’s Cheese, as well as its flagship location on Bleecker Street in New York City. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “For cheese lovers and connoisseurs, it doesn’t get more authentic than Murray’s,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO. “Our customers are excited to buy the unique […]
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Ahold Consolidating Stop & Shop Divisions
Ahold USA said Monday that it will consolidate its Stop & Shop New York Metro and Stop & Shop New England divisions “into one brand organization.” Offices will be in Quincy, Massachusetts. “Having a single brand organizational structure dedicated to Stop & Shop will strengthen the brand and will ensure it can better leverage its […]
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WAFC Elects Four New Directors
The Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) has elected four new board members during its annual meeting, held last month in LaQuinta, California. Newly elected directors are: • Joe Falvey EVP, Unified Grocers; president, Market Centre, Livermore, California • Mike Hendry, EVP, marketing and merchandising, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Anaheim • John Mathews, VP, sales and marketing, Cash&Carry […]
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El Rio Grande Latin Market Opens New Store In Mesquite, Texas
El Rio Grande Latin Market will host a grand opening for its ninth store in Mesquite, Texas, on Wednesday. The 48,000-s.f. full-service supermarket is located at 2106 N. Galloway Avenue between Galloway and Highway 80. The grocery chain, founded in 2005, serves the Dallas-Fort Worth market. The company says the new market places an emphasis […]
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Ingles’ First Quarter Same-Store Sales Up 1.8 Percent
Ingles Markets on Thursday reported higher sales and net income for the three months ended Dec. 24, 2016, compared with the same three months in the prior year. Total sales rose 3.3 percent over the comparative quarters. Net income totaled $13.8 million for the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2017 vs. $13.0 million in the […]