As the food retail industry navigates the “e-commerce revolution” and customers shift toward purchasing opportunities beyond in-store shopping, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has invited Tim Steiner, co-founder and CEO of Ocado: the online supermarket, to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Midwinter Executive Conference. FMI hopes Steiner will be able to help its members better understand […]
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Lunds & Byerlys Launches Digital Loyalty Program, Integrated Coupons
Lunds & Byerlys, a Minnesota-based, family-owned grocer, and Unata, a provider of 1-to-1 digital solutions for grocers, have launched Lunds & Byerlys Extras and Integrated Digital Coupons, two new digital features that the companies say will deliver convenient and affordable shopping for customers online and in-store. Lunds & Byerlys Extras is the retailer’s new digital […]
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Vuzix And Powershelf Partner For Smart Glasses That Aid Stocking
Vuzix Corp., a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technologies for the consumer and enterprise markets, has entered into a strategic partnership with Powershelf to deliver a “comprehensive wearable Internet of Things (IoT) smart glasses solution for stocking retail store shelves.” The “Powershelf Stock-to-Sight and Pick-to-Sight, powered by Vuzix” solution uses AR technology […]
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Georgia Independent’s Own-Recipe Fried Peanut Clusters Spawn A Thriving Second Business
by Lorrie Griffith/editor–Southeast West Foods, an independent grocery store in the rural southwest Georgia town of Edison, has been making and selling fried peanuts to its customers for many years. The store’s owner, John West, who bought the store from his dad, Richard, back earlier in this decade, said the peanuts have always been a […]
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Hy-Vee Program Raises $290K For Veterans And Military Members
Hy-Vee customers joined the company’s annual Hy-Vee Round Up for the Homefront initiative during the month of November and raised $290,068.85 to support our country’s active-duty military members and veterans. Starting Nov. 1 and running through Nov. 30, the Round Up program provided customers at the company’s 246 grocery stores across eight Midwestern states the […]
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Frick’s Quality Meats Breaks Ground On Washington, Missouri, Expansion
Frick’s Quality Meats Inc. has broken ground on a 28,320-s.f. expansion of its existing 120,000-s.f. facility in Washington, Missouri. The expansion represents a $11.5 million investment in the region and will create 40 new jobs. Frick’s Quality Meats is a family-owned company that makes smoked meats and sausages with distribution to grocery retailers in 44 […]
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All Hy-Vee Brand Shelf-Stable Tuna Products Now Responsibly Sourced
Less than one year after Hy-Vee announced it was expanding its Seafood Procurement Policy to include the shelf-stable tuna category, 100 percent of its private-brand shelf-stable tuna products are now sourced from environmentally preferred fisheries. “We continue to push forward in our seafood sustainability goals and add categories to our list of responsibly sourced items,” […]
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Buehler’s Fresh Foods Names New Board Of Directors
Buehler’s Fresh Foods, a regional supermarket chain located in northeast Ohio, has named the board of directors for its newly formed company. Dan Shanahan, president and CEO of Buehler’s, was elected as chairman and is joined on the board by Jim Tapscott and Paul Nanula. “We welcome the addition of these two outstanding new board […]