Members of Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) now are able to take advantage of the services of Freshop Inc., a comprehensive grocery e-commerce solution, that recently was chosen as the wholesaler’s technology solution and provider. With more than 600 member-owners and 3,400 retail outlets in 31 states, AWG is the second largest retailer-owned grocery cooperative in the […]
Category: Grocery Industry
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Amazon Prime Now Comes To San Diego, Offers One-Hour Delivery
Amazon Inc.’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service has expanded to San Diego, California, and surrounding areas in time for Thanksgiving. Amazon Prime members in San Diego now have access to one-hour delivery on thousands of daily essentials, such as paper towels, milk, diapers and electronics, which can be ordered through a mobile app. Through the […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Southeast
Flavor Of Georgia Contest To Host 10th Annual Event
Whether it’s a specialty sweet treat, small-batch pork sausage or pimento cheese made from Grandma’s secret recipe, the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest shines a spotlight on the state’s craft food scene. The contest, which will celebrate its 10th year in 2016, has served as a springboard for participating food manufacturers, […]
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Michigan Marketing Company Creates Recipe Videos With Price Chopper
ViMax Media LLC, a Michigan-based food marketing agency, is teaming with New York-based Price Chopper to create custom recipe videos. They also will produce a series of specialty seasonal videos that highlight Price Chopper brands and prepared foods and custom Pinterest graphics that will be integrated with the Price Chopper video marketing campaign. The videos […]
Posted in, Center Store, Grocery Industry, Marketing News, Merchandising News, Southwest, Sustainability News
Steamboat Springs Location Wins Tom’s, Natural Grocers Contest
The Natural Grocers store in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, won Tom’s of Maine’s “Garbage to Green” promotion, a contest encouraging each of the chain’s 90 locations to reuse empty Tom’s of Maine products and reduce the amount of waste sent to local landfills. Participants created original Tom’s of Maine end cap displays incorporating the empty natural […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Online Grocery Technology, West
Unified Grocers Launches CART Portal
Wholesaler Unified Grocers has launched the CART platform in partnership with CART (the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology) at advancingretail.org/unified, a new service for member retailers to find, learn about and connect with the best Unified-recommended solutions for their business. The CART portal also includes a large and growing number of resources, including case […]
Posted in, Center Store, Frozen Food, Perishables, Southwest, Suppliers
Blue Bell Readies For Phase Three Of Return
Blue Bell Ice Cream continues to expand its distribution following the virtual shutdown of its operations earlier this year after a recall of its products. Phase three of the Brenham, Texas-based company’s five-phase market re-entry is scheduled to begin Dec. 14. Phase three includes the remaining majority of Texas and central and southern Alabama. “We […]
Posted in, Bakery News, Dairy News, Deli News, Grocery Industry, National
IDDBA’s ‘What’s In Store 2016’ Highlights Category Trends
“What’s in Store 2016,” the latest edition of the annual trends publication of the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA), and What’s in Store Online, a collection of 150 downloadable tables, as well as white papers and trends articles, are now available. With 30 years of credible reporting, What’s in Store is an essential dairy-deli-supermarket food service-bakery-cheese […]