by Alissa Marchat/staff writer It’s been a busy year for the grocery industry across the country, but nowhere does there seem to be quite as much activity as in North Carolina and South Carolina. Between new stores, closures and the introduction of new competitors, grocers in the Carolinas have their work cut out for them […]
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Unified’s Director Of Market Centre Sales To Talk HBW At CGA Strategic Conference
Tod Marks, executive director of Market Centre sales at Unified Grocers, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming California Grocers Association (CGA) Strategic Conference 2016, which begins Sunday, Sept. 25, in Palm Springs. Marks will discuss “Merchandising Health and Wellness” in an educational session from 7-8:30 a.m. Sept. 26 at the Palm Springs Renaissance Convention […]
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Retailers File Suit To Block New Overtime Rule
The National Retail Federation (NRF) has filed suit in U.S. District Court on behalf of the millions of employers and employees who it says will be drastically affected if the Labor Department’s changes to the federal overtime rules go into effect on Dec. 1. “The Labor Department’s extreme and reckless changes to the overtime rules will hobble […]
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Beef Checkoff’s 30-Day Challenge Aims To Reduce Food Waste
In the U.S. alone, nearly 40 percent of the food supply is wasted—that’s enough to fill a 90,000-seat Rose Bowl stadium every day. While beef is one of the least wasted commodities, if its waste was cut in half, full supply-chain sustainability would increase by 10 percent. That’s why the Beef Checkoff has introduced “The […]
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Arkansas Grocers To Hold Annual Meeting Next Week
The Arkansas Grocers & Retail Merchants Association will hold its annual membership meeting and chairman luncheon from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Capital Hotel (Brooks Parlor Room) in Little Rock. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. Leon Jones Jr., director of the Arkansas Department of Labor, will be the guest speaker at the […]
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SuperFair Foods’ Collier Appointed MGA Chairman
Mark Collier of Collier’s Supermarkets in St. James, Minnesota, has been named chairman of the Minnesota Grocers Association (MGA). He takes over the position from Patrick Miner of Miner’s Inc. in Hermantown. Miner was honored for his two-year term as chair at the MGA’s recent convention in Brainerd, which was attended by more than 300 members […]
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Popularity Of The Grocerant Translates To Growing Food Safety Concerns
Although the majority of U.S. consumers feel that foods in supermarkets are safe, the percentage who feel this way has decreased over the last 10 years as grocery stores have increased prepared food offerings, according to The NPD Group, a leading global information company. NPD Group, which has tracked food safety concerns in the U.S. since […]
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Love’s Adding Godfather’s Pizza Express Units To Stores In 16 States
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is adding 64 new Godfather’s Pizza Express locations across 16 states this year and into early 2017. Godfather’s Pizza VP of Development Dave Gartlan said Love’s is adding the Grab N’ Go program in 46 existing locations within six states, with a majority in Oklahoma. The rest will be […]