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News America Marketing To Bring Blockchain Tech To Retail Incentives

Leveraging the power of blockchain technology, News America Marketing, a marketer of online and offline consumer incentives, is incubating and testing new ways to “modernize how consumers, brands and retailers use incentives.” Blockchain is a digital ledger of economic transactions that cannot be corrupted and can record virtually everything of value. For incentives, it allows for greater […]

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Blackwells Capital Nominates Six For Supervalu Board Of Directors

Blackwells Capital LLC, an alternative investment management firm with ownership representing an approximately 4.9 percent interest in Supervalu Inc., has nominated six independent candidates for election to Supervalu’s board of directors at the upcoming 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On March 20, Blackwells submitted a broad slate of independent nominees “given the significant destruction of […]

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Mitchell Grocery To Purchase Three Alabama Winn-Dixie Stores

Mitchell Grocery Corp. has entered into an agreement to purchase three Winn-Dixie store locations in Alabama from Winn-Dixie’s parent company, Southeastern Grocers LLC. All three stores are located in northeast Alabama in the cities of Jacksonville, Oxford and Pell City. Mitchell Grocery is purchasing the stores on behalf of two of its current customers, Johnson’s Giant Foods and The D’Alessandro Organization LLC. Johnson’s […]

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New Three-Year Contract Sealed At Hannaford D.C. In Maine

Delhaize America and the union representing employees at a key Hannaford distribution center in South Portland, Maine, have agreed on a three-year contract. The agreement ends an impasse that resulted in workers going out on a 24-hour strike. Ahold Delhaize is the parent corporation of Hannaford Supermarkets, which is based in Scarborough, Maine. Delhaize America […]

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Publix Opening New Supermarket In Huntsville, Alabama

Publix Super Markets will be opening a new store on March 28, in Huntsville, Alabama, at the Pinnacle at Provident Shopping Center on Old Monrovia Road. “Publix is known for providing excellent customer service and a unique shopping experience for our customers,” said Brenda Reid, media and community relations manager. “We are proud to open our […]

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BrightFarms Entering Texas With $17M Hydroponic Greenhouse

BrightFarms, a brand of locally grown salads, has selected Abilene as the site of its first hydroponic greenhouse farm in Texas. Construction is slated to begin this summer, and shoppers will find fresh, local, pesticide-free and non-GMO greens and herbs in area grocery stores by early 2019. The 180,000-s.f. hydroponic greenhouse will be constructed at […]

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Rouses Will Replace Orange Beach, Alabama, Winn-Dixie This Spring

A Rouses Market soon will take the place of the Winn-Dixie at 25405 Perdido Beach Boulevard in Orange Beach, Alabama. The 40,000-s.f. store will be the company’s seventh location in Lower Alabama. The company is encouraging Winn-Dixie team members to apply for positions at the soon-to-be Rouses store. Rouses expects to acquire the store in late […]

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Fox Packaging Celebrates Grand Opening Of Texas Printing Facility

Second-generation, family-owned produce packaging developer Fox Packaging hosted a grand opening for its new printing facility in McAllen, Texas, this month, bringing more than 200 growers, suppliers and partners together to celebrate. The 32,000-s.f. facility took 8 months to build and was led by the team at Noser Construction Co. Thanks to the new facility’s state-of-the-art printing […]