SpartanNash was recently honored as a 2020 Gold Plate Awards recipient by the FMI Foundation, recognizing its “Family Meals at Home” campaign as an outstanding program to encourage families to stay strong with family meals. SpartanNash, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, received the Gold Plate Award in the 50-199 stores retail category. “We are honored to have been […]
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Ardent Mills Plans To Purchase Chickpea Source Hinrichs Trading Co.
Denver, Colorado-based Ardent Mills, a flour-milling and ingredient company, says it intends to purchase substantially all of the business operations of Hinrichs Trading Company, the North American leader in chickpea sourcing, cleaning and packing. The move comes as part of Ardent Mills’ strategic growth plan to further invest in specialty ingredient capabilities and diversify its portfolio of solutions, building upon its existing wheat flour business. The parties are […]
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Alabama Grocers Association Honors Front-Line Heroes
On Feb. 22, the Alabama Grocers Association joined supermarkets and food manufacturers nationwide in celebrating the first Supermarket Employee Day. The Food Industry Association (FMI) proclaimed this new holiday to recognize employees at every level for the work they do feeding families and enriching lives. With more than 40,000 individual stores selling food and grocery […]
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AFS Celebrates First Supermarket Employee Appreciation Day
Food Marketing Institute, in partnership with Salt Lake City, Utah-based Associated Food Stores, introduced Feb. 22 as Supermarket Employee Appreciation Day, with the first established day to observe supermarket employees and recognize the critical role they play in the communities they serve. Team members at Associated Food Stores received 5 percent off all purchases made Feb. […]
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Meijer Steps Up Supplier Diversity Outreach With Second Vendor Event
Meijer will host a supplier diversity event in May, giving diverse-owned businesses nationwide the opportunity to showcase their offerings for interested Meijer merchants. After meeting with nearly 250 diverse suppliers at its first Supplier Diversity Summit in November, the retailer plans to meet with even more at its upcoming multi-day virtual event. “Supplier diversity, much […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
McLane Introduces EDGE To Help Grow Sales And Profits
McLane Company Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, has introduced McLane EDGE, a digital platform that offers marketing and merchandising insights, the latest sales-building programs, services, promotions, category trends and new products. The new digital platform combines McLane’s Strategic Merchandising Portal (SMP) and Strategic Merchandising Solutions Magazine (SMS) into one […]
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Publix To Anchor Shopping Center In New Wildlight Community
Sleiman Enterprises, a Florida retail development company, will develop a Publix grocery store at the new Crossings at Wildlight shopping center in Yulee, Florida. Publix will anchor the centrally located retail center and serve as the first grocery store in the community. “At the heart of our leasing strategy is to provide our communities with […]
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Amazon Fresh Store Now Open In Fullerton, California
The new Amazon Fresh grocery store in Fullerton, California, is now open to the public. It is the seventh Amazon Fresh store to open in southern California and the 10th store in the country. Amazon Fresh has introduced new ways to make grocery shopping more convenient, including the Amazon Dash Cart, which enables customers to skip […]