ROFDA board member Bob Obray’s fondest memories of the organization have always centered on building deeper relationships. “Across the industry, whether it’s with other cooperative members or vendors, service providers…it’s about relationships. And I think this kind of reinvention, revitalization, whatever you want to call it, ROFDA gives us an opportunity to expand and extend […]
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Hy-Vee Announces Expansion Into Louisville, KY
Hy-Vee Inc. has announced its plans to expand into Kentucky by releasing details about its first store opening in the state. The company has secured approximately 12 acres at the SouthPointe Commons retail and lifestyle center, located at 7405 Bardstown Road in Louisville. The company has submitted its initial plans to the city. The plans call […]
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Schnucks Markets Employees To Receive Paid Break Meals
St. Louis, Missouri-based Schnucks Markets Inc. is joining supermarkets and food manufacturers across the country to celebrate the second annual Supermarket Employee Day. FMI – The Food Industry Association has proclaimed this holiday to recognize employees at every level for the work they do feeding families and enriching lives. With more than 40,000 individual stores that […]
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Southeastern Grocers Celebrates Supermarket Employee Day
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc. is celebrating Supermarket Employee Day on Feb. 22 to show appreciation for all of the invaluable services its employees and other supermarket employees have performed. FMI – The Food Industry Association, declared Feb. 22 as Supermarket Employee Day to recognize the hard work and dedication of food industry employees as they […]
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Mondelēz Highlights Long-Term Growth Strategy At CAGNY Conference
Chicago-based Mondelēz International is spotlighting its strategy for the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions Feb. 22-25 at the 2022 Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference. Dirk Van de Put, chairman and CEO, and Maurizio Brusadelli, EVP and president of AMEA, will detail the growth opportunities in this large and diverse region, as […]
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PFMA Welcomes Albertsons VP Shiles To Board Of Directors
The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association has announced the addition of Rena Shiles, VP of operations at Albertsons Companies, to its board of directors. Shiles leads the ACME Markets subsidiary of the MidAtlantic Division of Albertsons, overseeing 86 grocery stores that cover central and southern New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “ACME Markets […]
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Food Lion Donates 250K Meals On Supermarket Employee Day
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is helping to provide 246,000 meals – three meals for a full day of nourishment on behalf of each of its 82,000 associates. The donation is to recognize Supermarket Employee Day, which is part of a national effort to honor frontline grocery workers. The donated meals will help Feeding America, […]
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84.51° February Consumer Digest Report Shows Inflation Worries
How are shoppers cutting back to fight inflation? And what pandemic behaviors will stick? 84.51°, a Cincinnati-based retail data science company that helps Kroger and its partners, unpacks these insights and more in its February Consumer Digest. Based on real-time insights surveys from February 2022, here’s the latest on shopper trends and behavioral analytics: COVID-19 concern […]