Publix Super Markets Inc. continues its store renovations, this round comprising two in north and southwest Jacksonville. Elkins Construction LLC proposes to renovate the store at 731 Duval Station Road at a cost of $975,000 and the store at 9518 Argyle Forest Blvd. at $900,000. The 48,830-square-foot Duval Station Centre store and the 49,600-square-foot OakLeaf […]
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Heritage Meets Innovation In New Hudsonville, Michigan, Meijer
Meijer opened a new supercenter July 12 in Hudsonville, Michigan, offering shoppers a number of ways to shop through what the retailer is calling a mix of heritage and innovation. The 155,000-s.f. store features design elements that honor the retailer’s nearly 50 years in Ottawa County. It also is re-introducing baggers to help decrease time […]
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Banner Wholesale Grocers Moving To A Larger Warehouse This Fall
Chicago, Illinois-based Banner Wholesale Grocers, a family-owned and -operated independent grocer specializing in American and Hispanic products, will move to a brand new 75,000-s.f. facility in the fall. Designed from the ground up, the new building gives customers the opportunity to utilize the entire warehouse during shopping hours. Banner’s current facility has housed the 92-year-old […]
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Junior’s Super Market Readies For The Future
Junior’s Super Market is a seven-store chain based in Pharr, Texas, where it now operates three stores: one Junior’s Express and two Junior’s Super Market locations. Other locations in the Rio Grande Valley include Edinburg, San Juan, Hidalgo, Penitas and Alton. The Shelby Report’s Jan Meade caught up with owner Felix Chavez Jr. for a […]
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Lowes Foods To Open Forest Acres, South Carolina, Store On July 18
Lowes Foods, a family-owned, Carolinas-based grocer, will open a new store in Forest Acres, South Carolina, on July 18 at 8 a.m. Located at 4711 Forest Drive, the 51,500-s.f. store will employ approximately 150 people and will feature Lowes Foods Originals, including Smokehouse, Pick & Prep and The Beer Den. “We’ve received an incredible welcome to […]
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Food City Celebrates Phoenix Store’s Grand Reopening This Week
Shoppers who frequent the Food City location at 7th Avenue and Southern in south Phoenix, Arizona, can join in the store’s weeklong grand reopening celebration from July 4 through July 11. After undergoing a major remodel, the grocery store chain will deliver live mariachi music, giveaways, and more as it introduces new and expanded features to […]
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Recommended: Southeastern Grocers To Upgrade 100 Stores This Year
Now that Southeastern Grocers successfully reorganized its finances in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, customers will see the supermarket operator ramp up its pace of store upgrades, CEO Anthony Hucker said Thursday. “We’re now able to move with a much more powerful velocity,” Hucker said in an interview after the company unveiled a newly remodeled […]
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Whole Foods Opens in Charlotte, North Carolina; Plans New Tampa, Florida, Store
Whole Foods Market opened a new store in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, on June 13 at 400 East Stonewall Street, located at the Stonewall Station LYNX light rail stop. “We’re excited to join Uptown Charlotte’s vibrant community with the opening of our new Whole Foods Market in the heart of the booming financial and cultural […]
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Robért Fresh Market Opening Renovated Baton Rouge Store June 23
Employees and community members will officially welcome Robért Fresh Market to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during a grand opening celebration set for 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 23 at the grocery store’s newly renovated location at 7355 Highland Road. The event is open to the public and will feature samples of Robért’s “accent items,” which include […]
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Vintage Grocers To Open Third Southern California Store This Fall
Vintage Grocers, a Southern California neighborhood market started in 2014 by owner Paige Laurie, will open its third location this September in Caruso’s forthcoming Palisades Village, just off of Sunset Boulevard. Designed by Thread Collaborative, the new store will “embody the classic hometown vibe of a neighborhood market,” says Vintage Grocers. “Thread Collaborative’s design harmonizes with Vintage Grocer’s thoughtful approach […]
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Sam’s Club Bringing A New, Tech-Based Format To Dallas
Sam’s Club this week revealed plans for a new kind of club store coming to the Lower Greenville neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. The company has yet to even name the project, which will be located at the corner of Greenville and Richmond Avenues, but it has said the club will be focused on convenience. “While […]
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Food Lion Opening Two South Carolina Stores June 13
Food Lion will celebrate the grand opening of two of its newest South Carolina stores on Wednesday, June 13. The stores are located at 1241 38th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach and 1610 Highway 17 South in Surfside Beach. Each store will open to the public at 8:00 a.m. on June 13 following a 7:45 […]
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Trig’s To Open Its Eighth Wisconsin Grocery Store In Tomahawk
T.A. Solberg Co. Inc. has purchased Nelson’s County Market on North 4th Street in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The store will transition to the Trig’s banner, owned by T.A. Solberg, on June 24. “We are looking forward to serving the Tomahawk area. This is a particularly good fit for us because our two locally owned companies […]
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Weigel’s Latest Location Focuses On Made-To-Order Foodservice
C-store chain Weigel’s has opened its 66th store near its corporate headquarters in Powell, Tennessee, at 7505 Clinton Highway. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new store was held June 6. A special grand opening celebration starts June 11 and will run through June 17. “We’ve had many requests to expand and update our presence here […]
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Wegmans’ Burger Bar To Make Virginia Debut On June 3
The doors to Wegmans Food Markets’ Chantilly, Virginia, store are set to open at 7 a.m. on Sunday, June 3. The 120,000-s.f. supermarket is located at The Field at Commonwealth near the intersection of Route 28 and Westfields Boulevard. Open 6 a.m.-midnight daily, Chantilly is Wegmans’ 97th store. Among the 60,000-plus products offered there, more than […]
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Ralphs To Reopen Sawtelle Supermarket In West Los Angeles On June 1
Ralphs Grocery Co. this week will celebrate the grand reopening of its remodeled supermarket at 11361 National Boulevard in West Los Angeles’ Sawtelle neighborhood. Following more than three months of ceiling-to-floor renovations, the supermarket is set to reopen on Friday, June 1. As part of the celebration, the first 300 customers will receive coupons for free breakfast items, […]
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Mars Wrigley’s Front-End Plan Can Bring ‘Instant’ Double‑Digit Growth
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest & Southwest As food retailers know very well, the majority of consumers no longer eat three sit-down meals every day. They are snacking instead. It is no surprise, then, that the fastest-growing category in the check lane is snacks. Yet snacks only get about 8 percent of the space there, Rimsha Baig, […]
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Spencer, Massachusetts, Big Y Store Receives Major Upgrades
Big Y Foods has completed renovations to its Spencer, Massachusetts, World Class Market. The project brought about major upgrades in many areas of the 50,753-s.f. store as well as several new additions in response to changing customer needs. Big Y Spencer originally opened in November 1995; the store’s most recent previous remodel took place in April […]
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Food Lion Celebrates Former Farm Fresh Store Reopenings
It wasn’t quite six weeks ago that Food Lion announced it would purchase three Farm Fresh stores that would otherwise close for business in the greater Norfolk, Virginia, market. On Wednesday, May 9, these three stores, located at 1615 General Booth Boulevard in Virginia Beach, Virginia; 608 Mercury Boulevard in Hampton, Virginia; and 683 South […]
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Food Lion Investing $168M In Virginia, Will Remodel 105 Stores This Year
Food Lion plans to remodel 105 stores in the greater Norfolk, Virginia, market in 2018. The $168 million capital investment will go toward remodeling the stores, lowering prices, expanding the assortment of products, hiring approximately 5,000 new associates and promoting current associates as well as additional community partnerships through Food Lion’s hunger-relief initiative Food Lion Feeds. […]