Topco Associates has added Emile Breaux, president and CEO of Associated Grocers-Baton Rouge, and Dave Staples, president and CEO of SpartanNash Co., to its board of directors. “We are fortunate to have these two strong leaders on Topco’s board. I am confident that their strategic insight, industry knowledge and deep commitment will help Topco advance […]
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Perch’s IGA Is Great North Foods’ Retailer Of The Year
Perch’s IGA in Alpena, Michigan, has been named Great North Foods Retailer of the Year. Great North Sales Manager Steffen Nizinsky made the presentation during the company’s annual food show recently. The Curtises won the national IGA Fall Into Savings Exclusive Brands sales contest and a trip to the Super Bowl, and also received IGA […]
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Grocers Growing Social Media Usage
Although 87 percent of supermarket shoppers say that they regularly follow one or more social media sites, just 25 percent indicate they are friends with or connected to their primary grocery store. Those stats are from our previous article featuring the Retail Feedback Group’s “U.S. Supermarket Shopper Digital Update.” Interaction Marketing’s report, “Social Media: Invest […]
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Montana Community Comes Together To Build A Desperately Needed Store
by Alissa Marchat/staff writer Lodge Pole, Montana, located within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, will have its own grocery store for the first time in decades when the Red Paint Creek Trading Post and Pantry, a nonprofit cooperative, opens this summer. Leslie “Josie” Cliff, GM and project manager, told The Shelby Report in late May […]
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New Pack Expo Scholarship Program Will Include Six $5K Rewards
The new Pack Expo scholarship program will provide $30,000 annually to support the future packaging and processing workforce. Each year, six $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to students studying packaging and processing at PMMI partner schools. A portion of the proceeds from the Pack Gives Back events at Pack Expo International and Pack Expo Las Vegas […]
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Publix Sets Opening Date For First Virginia Store
Publix Super Markets will make its Virginia debut when it opens a store at 5400 Wyndham Forest Drive in Glen Allen next month. Publix at Nuckols Place will host a grand opening celebration beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday, July 15. Publix first announced its intentions to enter the Old Dominion State in early 2016, saying […]
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Dallas-Fort Worth Target Stores Debut Remodels
They say everything is bigger in Texas—so when Target announced plans for a $220-million, 28-store renovation project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the company said there would be no holding back. It’s the retailer’s largest remodel investment in a single market in 2017 and part of its plan to reimagine hundreds of stores across the country over […]
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Foodservice Packaging Opportunities Abound In C-Store, Grocery Sectors
A new survey by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) revealed strong industry growth and sales in 2016 and expected volume growth and profit expansion in 2017. “This year’s State of the Industry Survey forecasts a promising outlook for the foodservice packaging industry and our members,” said FPI President Lynn Dyer. Compiled from FPI’s annual State of […]