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Gala Foods Hosts Grocery Giveaway During Holiday Season

Gala Foods Supermarkets, based in New York, has been selecting 40 customers every Thursday this month to win groceries across all eight of its locations. The promotion runs through Dec. 27 at the participating supermarkets in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Brooklyn, New York; Brentwood, Freeport and Bay Shore in Long Island. “We know that our customers work […]

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Tamim Teas Offers Mushroom Tea Blends In Eco-Friendly Canisters

Arlington, Massachusetts-based Tamim Teas, a producer of herbal teas with American-grown, organic, medicinal mushrooms, has launched five immune-boosting blends in eco-friendly canisters. These herbal teas deliver the health benefits of medicinal mushrooms, a remedy for strengthening the immune system, the company says. “Medicinal mushrooms are exploding in today’s health market. Unfortunately, to meet this demand, many […]

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A&P And Waldbaum’s Banners Sold To American Legacy Brands

A&P, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., and Waldbaum’s supermarket banners have been sold to American Legacy Brands (ALB) of Brooklyn, New York, The Shelby Report has learned.  ALB, an undisclosed buyer at the time, purchased the assets of the two brands in June 2018. The sale involved all intellectual property assets, which included web URLs and logos. […]

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Green Giant Introduces Frozen Harvest Protein Bowls

Green Giant, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, has launched Harvest Protein Bowls. The bowls are plant-forward meals made with vegetables and whole grains. Each variety offers 12-14g of protein and includes whole grains such as quinoa, lentils or ancient grains. The bowls are vegetarian and go from the freezer to table in under 6 minutes. The bowls are […]

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New York Acme Markets Shopping Center Sold For $12M

A property company in Greenwich, Connecticut, Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., has acquired Lakeview Plaza Shopping Center in the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, for $12 million.  Lakeview is a 177,000-s.f. shopping center anchored by a 54,000-s.f. Acme Markets. The property consists of five buildings on a 23-acre site located on Route 22, […]

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Mahón-Menorca Presented With 2018-19 World Cheese Awards In Norway

The Board of Control of Mahón-Menorca Cheese in Menorca, Spain, was awarded 14 medals at this year’s World Cheese Awards in Bergan, Norway. Mahón-Menorca Cheese is made using a process handed down through centuries, the company says.  More than 3,400 cheeses from more than 41 different companies entered the competition for the world’s largest cheese-only […]

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Sprouts’ Sanders Speaks To NEW Southern California About Leadership

“Equipped to lead” was the theme of an Oct. 11 meeting of the NEW (Network of Executive Women) Southern California chapter and keynote speaker Dan Sanders, COO of Sprouts, came equipped with quite a leadership resume. Moderator Mike Hendry, EVP of merchandising and marketing for Northgate Gonzalez Markets, introduced Sanders as a proven leader specializing […]

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HR & Benefits News: Top 2 HR Compliance Questions From Independent Grocers

HR & Benefits News is a monthly column by Chris Cooley, co-founder of MyHRConcierge and SMB Benefits Advisors. Independent grocers are all too familiar with the challenges they face on a daily basis regarding the rapidly evolving supermarket industry, including competition from conventional grocery giants, changing technology, and managing cash flows amidst food deflation and increased labor […]