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Brookshire Brothers Opens Express Unit In Hudson, Texas

Brookshire Brothers opened its first store of the new year on Wednesday in Hudson, Texas. The Brookshire Brothers Express is located at 6564 Ted Trout Drive and features fresh meat and produce, a hot deli with daily specials, Western Union, money orders and a full-service courtesy booth. Stephanie Matthews, a Jasper native, leads the unit as […]

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Amazon Go Experiment Challenges Retailers To Test New Innovations

by Marek Polonski/SVP, Applied Predictive Technologies E-commerce giant Amazon is striving to make the dream of a streamlined shopping experience a reality with the recent debut of Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar grocery and convenience store leveraging technology to eliminate checkout lines. At Amazon Go’s physical location, the store’s technology detects when products are picked up […]

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GACS President: Businesses Being Held Responsible For Fulton County’s ‘Sliders’ Problem

by Angela Holland/president, Georgia Association of Convenience Stores “Sliders” are not just small burgers in Atlanta. They also are persons who slide from one vehicle to another while the owner/driver is pumping gas. Many times, they steal valuables from the car, but if one leaves their keys in the car, they simply steal the car. […]

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Supervalu Sees Rise In Wholesale Segment As Retail Sales Continue To Falter

Supervalu’s third quarter wholesale sales increased slightly vs. a year ago, but its retail segment continued to struggle. Total net sales within the wholesale segment increased 0.2 percent, to $1.91 billion from $1.90 billion a year ago. New business is outpacing lost business, the company said. Retail identical store sales were negative 5.7 percent, dropping […]

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Americans Trend Away From Processed Foods, Opting For Fresh Because Of Health

A new survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers shows that, compared to three years ago, Americans are consuming more fresh products, including fruits, vegetables, meats and cheeses. The nationwide trend away from processed foods is driven by healthier diets and lifestyles, according to data gathered in December 2016 by research firm OpinionWay for Bizerba […]

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Northgate Markets, Emerson Partner To Bring Food Waste Recycling System To California

Northgate Markets offers its shoppers a wide selection of fresh, healthy food like guacamoles and ceviches, but that creates a dilemma: What should be done with the food scraps? For Northgate Markets, these scraps add up quickly: Just one store in the Southern California chain uses six cases of avocados each day to prepare guacamole […]

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South Richey Fiesta Mart Grand Opening Is Wednesday

Houston-based Fiesta Mart will host a grand opening celebration at its store at 2877 South Richey in Houston on Wednesday. The grocer says the grand opening is part of a long-term reinvigoration of the Fiesta brand and its “commitment to provide uncompromised freshness, great value and an unsurpassed variety of food choices every day.” The […]

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Crest Foods Raises $80K At Annual Golf Tourney For Childhood Hunger

Eight-store Oklahoma-based grocer Crest Foods once again “took a swing” at childhood hunger in Oklahoma, raising $80,000 from its 28th annual golf tournament, held at Oak Tree Golf & Country Club in Edmond last year. The funds will support the Regional Food Bank’s Food for Kids Backpack Program and provide weekend food for chronically hungry school children. A semi-truck […]