Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart and Sam’s Club are hosting in-person medication disposal events at select store and club locations across the country on Saturday, Oct. 24. The event is part of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s biannual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million Americans […]
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Profile: Meet Sydney Wicklacz With Kraft Heinz Co.
The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group together present this series, People to Watch, to focus on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorensen interviews Sydney Wicklacz, associate customer category manager with the Kraft Heinz Co. I first met Sydney when she was a […]
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Walmart Is Ready For Different Type Of Thanksgiving This Year
When it comes to grocery, the weekend before Thanksgiving is typically a busy one as shoppers across the country begin to prepare the holiday meal, according to Jacqui Lyons, divisional merchandise manager of seafood and seasonal meat at Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart. “This year has brought rapid and constant change in every facet of our daily […]
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The Fresh Market Named Among Top 5 For Best Customer Service
Newsweek and Statista, a data research firm, have recognized Greensboro, North Carolina-based The Fresh Market with their Best Customer Service award for 2021, based on an independent survey of more than 25,000 U.S. customers. The full list and article appear online and will be included in an upcoming print edition of Newsweek. Respondents were asked to rate […]
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NGA Releases New Dates For In-Person Show In May 2021
The National Grocers Association and Clarion Events Food & Beverage Group have released new dates for the annual conference and trade show and have added two unique industry events for 2021. The new calendar of events includes: The NGA Show, originally scheduled for March 7-9, 2021, at the new Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las […]
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Supermarket Industry Loses Visionary Ben Schwartz At 103
The grocery industry lost a giant on Oct. 1, 2020, with the death of Ben Schwartz at age 103. Mr. Schwartz was born in Philadelphia on July 8, 1917. According to his obituary, he was raised in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, where he worked at his father’s corner grocery store from an […]
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Weis Markets Launches ‘Big Daddy’ Of Holiday Reward Programs
Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has launched its Holiday Rewards program which helps customers qualify for free turkeys, tofurkeys, lasagna and discounts on a variety of its best-selling turkeys and hams through Thanksgiving Day. Customers can earn Holiday Reward Points on their purchases with their Preferred Shopper Club card and redeem their holiday reward points from […]
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Central Market Committed To Rebirth Of Preston Royal Neighborhood
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the North Dallas, Texas, tornados, H-E-B/Central Market announced at press conference Oct. 19 that the Central Market located at 10720 Preston Road in Dallas will reopen to customers in April/May 2021. The store experienced significant damage from the tornados and storms which swept through North Dallas the […]