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Mobile, Alabama, Rouses To Feature Culinary Center, New Offerings

Customers at the new Rouses Market at Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road in Mobile, Alabama, opening April 25, can pick up prepared foods, ready-to-cook meal kits, even a few new cooking techniques and recipes while they shop.  “I can’t wait for people to see this new store,” said Donny Rouse, CEO. “It’s our first Rouses Market […]

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Kimberly-Clark Expanding Its Mobile, Alabama, Mill

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has approved a capacity expansion project at its Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility that will support K-C Professional‘s continued bath tissue category growth in North America. “The Mobile team is excited about the role we will play in supporting the projected growth of the bath tissue category in North America as a result of this capacity expansion project,” said Todd Visscher, mill […]

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Frieda’s Names New Director Of Marketing And Innovation

Cindy Karas Sherman has joined Frieda’s Specialty Produce as the company’s new director of marketing and innovation.  With 16 years of experience in marketing strategy, and marketing management and innovation, Sherman has worked for consumer packaged goods companies such as PepsiCo, Wrigley and most recently, Starbucks, where she launched—in the grocery aisle—Starbucks Plus K-Cup Coffee […]

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GPM Subsidiary Takes Ownership Of 273 E-Z Mart Stores

A subsidiary of GPM Investments LLC has taken ownership of 273 c-stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas from E-Z Mart Stores Inc. This growth into the Southwest portion of the country marks new territory for GPM’s existing portfolio. A family-owned c-store business, E-Z Mart stores have been operating for close to 50 years. The […]

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New Weis Market Anchors Rebuilt Fullerton Plaza In Maryland

Weis Markets celebrated the grand opening of its new store in the Fullerton Plaza in Nottingham, Maryland, on April 12. The 67,500-s.f. store, which anchors the rebuilt Fullerton Plaza shopping center, is the company’s 52nd location in Maryland and 12th in Baltimore County. The store employs more than 140 full- and part-time associates and features a […]

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Giant Eagle To Add Ace Hardware Sections To Five Pennsylvania Stores

Five Giant Eagle stores in Pennsylvania are adding Ace Hardware sections for home improvement supplies. The first department will open this summer. Dan Donovan, marketing manager for Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle, said, “It is imperative that we at Giant Eagle continue to innovate both within and outside of our supermarkets to succeed in our increasingly competitive food […]

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Walmart Will Roll Out A Redesigned Website Next Month

Walmart today unveiled a first look at the newly redesigned Walmart.com that the company hopes will offer shoppers a cleaner and more modern digital shopping experience. The new website will start rolling out to customers at the beginning of May. Changes shoppers may notice include: A new look and feel. “To bring a more human element to the […]

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Kroger Brings Scan, Bag, Go To Metro Atlanta Area

Kroger unveiled its new Scan, Bag, Go program, a new technology that allows customers to scan their own groceries for quicker shopping, in metro Atlanta Tuesday morning, April 16. The service is another way for customers to shop, alongside online ordering, traditional checkout lanes and home delivery. Kroger has tested Scan, Bag, Go in several […]