Wegmans opened its Natick, Massachusetts, store early Sunday morning, April 29. It’s a new store format for the company—a two-story supermarket with the second floor dedicated to fresh foods, including three restaurants—and is located in Natick Mall. Dining options on the second floor include The Burger Bar and Buzz Coffee Shop; Blue Dalia Restaurant & Tequila […]
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Food Lion Will Reopen Three Former Farm Fresh Stores May 9
On May 9, Food Lion will host three grand openings in the greater Norfolk, Virginia, market. The celebrations mark the completed purchase of the stores from Supervalu earlier this year. The locations are: 1615 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach, Va. 23454 608 Mercury Blvd., Hampton, Va. 23663 683 S. Hughes Blvd., Elizabeth City, N.C. 27909 The stores will […]
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SpartanNash Scan Campaign To Support Special Olympics In Eight States
The SpartanNash Foundation is launching its second companywide retail fundraising campaign of 2018. This campaign will support Special Olympics athletes and State Summer Games in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. SpartanNash and its charitable giving arm are inviting store guests to join them in supporting Special Olympics through the […]
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Remodeled Orange County Gelson’s To Feature In-Store Grill Station
Gelson’s will host a grand reopening for its Newport Beach store in Orange County, California, with festivities taking place Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20. The store, located at 1660 San Miguel Drive in the Harbor View Shopping Center, will offer new sit-down wine, craft beer, and tapas bars; a Wolfgang Puck build-your-own-pizza station; and—a […]
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Lloyd Offers Grocers A Roadmap To Remain Relevant
by Lorrie Griffith/editor-in-chief Educator Harold Lloyd presented a Super Breakfast Session at the NGA Show in Las Vegas in February. The agreed-upon title of his presentation was “How to Coexist with the Hard Discounter,” but Lloyd gave an alternative title, too: “How to Remain Relevant.” “It’s something we all face,” said Lloyd, who is reminded […]
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E. Coli Outbreak Still Spreading, Contaminated Romaine Traced To Yuma Farm
The CDC has added 14 more illnesses to the multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, region, bringing the case count to 98. At the same time, the FDA has traced the whole-head romaine associated with illnesses at an Alaska correctional facility to Harrison Farms in the Yuma area. The CDC […]
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Column: Six Proven Tips For Successful Food Packaging
by Arielle Kimbarovsky/marketing writer, Crowdspring The grocery industry brings in over $680 billion in sales every year. In the 1990s, grocery stores carried around 7,000 different products. Today, they carry up to 50,000. This dramatic increase in the number of products on store shelves makes it tough for brands to stand out. Consumers can pick from 15 […]
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Consumers Prefer Reverse Vending Machines For Bottle Recycling, Survey Finds
Tomra, a manufacturer of reverse vending solutions for collecting, reusing and recycling used cans and bottles, has released findings from its first Recycling Trends and Insights Survey, conducted by Qualtrics. The survey of 1,200 people in six states that have bottle bills was commissioned to determine how, what and where people recycle as well as their […]