A year-long healthy eating-focused Produce for Kids campaign with Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) Springfield Division will raise funds for Feeding America programs that benefit families and children within the AWG Springfield footprint. The program, which kicked off this week, offers shoppers healthy meal solutions, registered dietitian-approved recipes and tips. The AWG Springfield Produce for Kids […]
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New Mexico Profile: Lowe’s Signature Market In Alamogordo Is The ‘Nicest Store In The State’ By Design
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest Lowe’s Signature Market is not just the nicest store in the Lowe’s Market lineup. It is the nicest store in New Mexico. Officially celebrated with a grand reopening in the summer of 2015, the ideas that turned the Alamogordo location into a Signature store started percolating well before then. “It took us […]
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Confectionery Chiefs From Kroger, Walgreens To Receive Leadership Awards
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) will recognize Christina Groth of The Kroger Co. and Brian Rinker from The Walgreen Co. as recipients of the 2017 Confectionery Leadership Awards. The award celebrates the honorees’ contributions to the category through their effective business collaboration, category management best practices and innovations in merchandising confectionery products in-store. Groth, VP, […]
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Up-And-Coming Buying Cohort Prefers To Shop In Store, Study Finds
Despite expectations that the first “digitally native” generation would want to shop online, a new study by IBM and the National Retail Federation (NRF) finds that nearly all members of Generation Z prefer to shop in brick-and-mortar stores. With the global Gen Z population set to reach 2.6 billion by 2020, retailers need to create […]
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Ohio’s The Andersons To Shutter Four Remaining Retail Stores
The Andersons general stores will close their remaining four retail locations—two in Toledo and two in Columbus—in the second quarter, the company said Sunday. The stores, which average 140,000 s.f.—carry approximately 125,000 SKUs and sell everything from groceries to mattresses to clothing. “The decision to close The Andersons stores was not easy for anyone involved,” […]
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‘Iron Chef America’ Judge Rizzotti Joining Meijer For Italian Cooking Promotion
Grand Rapids-based Meijer is teaming up with the Italian Trade Agency to bring an authentic Italian cooking experience to select stores. Events will be hosted later this month by The Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” Judge Mario Rizzotti. The cooking demonstrations are part of a larger Meijer Mercato Italiano experience that will take place at […]
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Millennials Will Pay More For Personal, Environmental Health Attributes
Millennial shoppers are concerned with both personal and environmental health and are willing to pay extra for products that are sustainable. This is one of hundreds of findings in “What’s in Store 2017,” the latest edition of the annual trends publication from the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA). Other findings in the book’s “Consumer Lifestyles” chapter include: […]
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Non-Food For Thought: Why Make HBW Your Top New Year’s Resolution?
by Naomi Sleeper/director of business development, Imperial Distributors According to an Acosta study commissioned by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), sales of health, beauty and wellness (HBW) products total $84 billion annually. Grocery retailers only capture about $15 billion of those sales. This means a big opportunity for supermarkets to increase their share of HBW sales. […]