Giant Food Stores held the grand opening of both its Columbia, Pennsylvania, store and its Quarryville, Pennsylvania, store on Nov. 8. Giant entered into an agreement to acquire the 40,000- and 50,000-s.f. locations from Musser’s Markets in August. Both stores operate 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week and each employ approximately 100 […]
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Beauty By H-E-B With Trained Advisors Added In San Antonio Store
H-E-B launched its first Beauty by H-E-B department in San Antonio on Nov. 8. The retailer says it is a highly-curated department with an expanded selection of brands and an experienced team of trained “beauty advisors” to provide expert advice and customer service. “Beauty by H-E-B provides that oasis within the store where the customer […]
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Acosta Filing Prepackaged Chapter 11 To Cut $3B Long-Term Debt
Acosta said Nov. 8 that it has reached terms with more than 70 percent of its lenders and more than 80 percent of its noteholders as a precursor to its prepackaged Chapter 11 filing. The Jacksonville, Florida-based sales and marketing agency said the plan will eliminate all of its approximately $3 billion of long-term debt. […]
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Weis Markets Opens Store In Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania
Weis Markets recently held a grand opening of its new store in Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania. The 61,323-s.f. supermarket is the company’s eighth location in the Delaware Valley and second in Bucks County. The store employs more than 150 full- and part-time associates and features a beer-wine café, a full-service pharmacy and a fuel center. It […]
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Boochcraft Now Distributing Its High-Alcohol Kombucha In Colorado
Chula Vista, California-based Boochcraft, a handcrafted high-alcohol kombucha brand made with fresh-pressed juices, will now offer its variety of flavors to Colorado. Boochcraft will distribute through CSArtistans Distributing. To mark the new distribution, local events will commence this month with information soon to follow. “The demand for Boochcraft in Colorado has been loud and clear […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Marketing News, Perishables, Suppliers, West
Crowd Cow, Midan Marketing To Research Online Meat Consumers
Seattle, Washington-based Crowd Cow, an online marketplace for craft meats, has entered a strategic partnership with Midan Marketing, a full-service marketing agency based in Chicago that serves clients in the meat industry. The goal of the partnership is to clearly define who the online meat shopper is and how to best serve their needs. “Partnering […]
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Pure Market Launches Its E-Commerce, Product Grading Platform
Denver, Colorado-based Pure Market, an e-commerce and product grading platform, has launched with ratings for thousands of consumer food and household products across a range of categories. The platform was created to empower consumers to make more informed shopping decisions based on analytical chemistry-based research culled from scientific lab testing for harmful elements such as […]
Posted inProduce News, Perishables, Southeast, Sustainability News
BrightFarms To Build North Carolina Greenhouse, Create 54 Jobs
BrightFarms, the No. 1 brand of locally grown packaged salads, will expand into North Carolina with a new 280,000-s.f. hydroponic greenhouse in Hendersonville. Once complete, the farm will create 54 “green-collar” sustainable agriculture jobs that all pay a living wage and offer industry-leading health benefits and training. The new greenhouse will grow a variety of salad […]
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Sedano’s Opens 35th Florida Store In Hialeah With New Look, Features
Miami-based Sedano’s Supermarkets opened its 35th store in Florida and its 10th location in Hialeah, the city where the storied retailer was founded in 1962, on Nov. 6. With nearly 100 new employees, the 35,000-s.f. store located at 1170 West 49th Street introduces Sedano’s new look and a more spacious layout inclusive of an expansive […]
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Alex Lee Using AI Technologies In Its MDI Wholesale Biz
To support its wholesale distribution business, Merchants Distributors (MDI), Alex Lee is implementing Demand ForecastingAI and Warehouse Replenishment from Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain. Headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, MDI supplies more than 600 retail food stores with food […]
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Kroger Debuts New Logo And Launches Brand Transformation Campaign
The Kroger Co. has launched its new “Fresh for everyone” tagline and changed its logo as part of what it’s called its “brand transformation.” “Kroger’s new brand launch is a unifying framework for our seamless shopping experience that is designed to deepen our connection with customers and associates today and into the future, support our […]
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Big Y Opens Two New World Class Markets In Connecticut
Big Y is opening its two newest World Class Markets in Derby and Milford, Connecticut, on Thursday, Nov. 7. Cake cutting ceremonies, at 10 a.m. in Milford and 1 p.m. in Derby, will officially mark the openings where state and community officials are expected to attend. Construction commenced on the 55,060-s.f. Milford market in January. […]
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Beverage Companies Unite For ‘Every Bottle Back’ Initiative
The Coca-Cola Co., Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo launched the Every Bottle Back initiative, an effort to reduce the industry’s use of new plastic by making significant investments to improve the collection of the industry’s valuable plastic bottles so they can be made into new bottles. These competitors are coming together to support the circular […]
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Thibodaux, Louisiana, Rouses Features Nicholls State University Theme
Rouses Markets has teamed up with Nicholls State University for its first-ever collegiate-themed grocery store. The décor and merchandise at Rouses Markets is tailored to each location, but this new store goes a step further. The interior is painted Colonels’ red and gray, and there are Nicholls logos and school photos throughout. There’s even a […]
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Wholesome Introduces Allulose, A New Natural Ingredient Sweetener
Wholesome Sweeteners has introduced Wholesome Allulose, a new natural ingredient that offers zero-calorie sweetness with no net carbohydrates or glycemic impact. In a recent study published by the International Food Information Council Foundation, 77 percent of respondents were limiting or avoiding sugar in their diets. Allulose has zero calories, zero net carbohydrates, zero glycemic impact and […]
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Basics Opens Doors To New Market In Tualatin, Oregon
Basics, a new food market designed to help people cook more at home with fresh, regional ingredients, is opening this month in Tualatin, Oregon. Across from Dutch Bros. Coffee at 8680 Southwest Old Tualatin Sherwood Road, the store features seasonally rotating meal stations, nutrition classes and cooking demos, all under one roof. Locally owned Basics […]
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Curaleaf Completes Acquisition Of Acres Cultivation, Processing Facilities
Wakefield, Massachusetts-based Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has closed the acquisition of the cultivation and processing assets of Acres Cannabis in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, known as Acres Cultivation. This includes 269,000 s.f. of operating cultivation facilities and a 3,200-s.f. processing lab. With the closing of Acres Cultivation, Curaleaf significantly increases its cultivation and processing operations in Nevada, […]
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Katz Named Chairman, CEO Of Allegiance/Foodtown
Daniel Katz has been elected by the board of managers of Allegiance Retail Services LLC and the board of directors of Foodtown Inc. to serve as the chairman and CEO of Allegiance and Foodtown. Katz is co-president and CEO of PSK Operating LLC, a longtime member of Allegiance and Foodtown, which through affiliated companies own […]
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Smart & Final Introduces New Online Shopping Options Through Mercatus
Commerce, California-based Smart & Final, the grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, launched two customized online shopping portals at SmartandFinal.com and Business.SmartandFinal.com. The new platforms are powered by technology partner Mercatus and delivered by Shipt, TForce and others who provide fulfillment of household and business orders. Household customers now can view weekly specials on Smart […]
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Giant Reopens Former Musser’s In Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Giant Food Stores celebrated the grand opening of its store in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Nov. 1. Giant entered into an agreement to acquire the 45,000-s.f. location at 1750 Quentin Road from Musser’s Markets in August. The store is open 6 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week and employs approximately 100 full- and part- time […]