St. Louis, Missouri-based Schnuck Markets Inc. says that in addition to launching GetUpside at all of its stores in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, it also will be the first grocer to use GetUpside’s Check In feature. This move complements Schnucks’ ongoing digital investment in the customer experience. Shoppers use the free GetUpside mobile app to […]
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Weis Markets Awarded First Sustainable Food Retail Certification
Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets is the first food retailer to achieve Ratio Institute’s Sustainable Food Retail Certification. Weis Markets successfully completed the requirements for Steward Tier certification, demonstrating not only its commitment to be a sustainable food retailer but also its efforts at continuously improving its sustainability performance. The Sustainable Food Retail Certification program helps […]
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McLane Grocery Names Smith As New President
Temple, Texas-based McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, has hired Chris Smith as the new president of McLane Grocery, a $33 billion business unit providing supply chain solutions to more than 70,000 retailer locations. Before joining McLane Co., Smith worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance as SVP and chief […]
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Farmstead Expands Hours For Grocery Delivery In Miami
Online grocer Farmstead has expanded its deliver hours in Miami, Florida, in order to meet growing demand and in preparation for the holiday season. The company has added dozens of new delivery slots as late as 8 p.m. on weekdays. Farmstead weekly order volume in the Miami area has doubled over the past month. The […]
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In-store Retail Sales Rise To Pre-pandemic Levels, Reports NPD
The steady, gradual growth of e-commerce dramatically accelerated during the pandemic, elevating the amount consumers spent shopping online to almost equal the amount consumers spent in stores. Now, with brick-and-mortar stores open across the U.S., online revenue growth is slowing down. At the same time, physical store sales have increased, rising to 64 percent of […]
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Field & Future by H-E-B Launches In Stores
H-E-B announced the release of Field & Future by H-E-B, a new, environmentally-minded brand of household and personal care products, in celebration of Texas Recycles Day. Additionally, to commemorate the day, which coincides with America Recycles Day, H-E-B is announced a partnership with Keep Texas Recycling, a program of Keep Texas Beautiful, to help bring […]
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Egglife Foods Continues Expansive Retail Growth in 2021
Chicago, Illinois-based Egglife Foods, the food company reimagining carb-heavy foods, will finish out the year with continued retail expansion in more than 100 retailers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Since the launch of Egglife Foods in October of 2019, the company has continued to garner the interest of retailers nationwide with its debut, innovative egglife product, […]
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Natural Grocers Working With RangeMe To Source Products
Lakewood, Colorado-based Natural Grocers is partnering with RangeMe, an online product sourcing platform for retailers and suppliers, to streamline the search for products that meet its customer standards. Laura Perkins, VP of purchasing, said the partnership with RangeMe will help streamline Natural Grocers’ vendor submission program. “The digitization of the process means that before samples are […]