Posted inGrocery News, Bakery News, Beverage News, Dairy News, Deli News, Grocery Industry, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Organic Natural, Produce News, Southeast, Store News

Rouses Markets Celebrates Grand Opening Of 63rd Store

Rouses Markets celebrated the opening of its 63rd store May 31, as 300 customers lined up at 7 a.m. to enter the new Daphne, Alabama, location. The 53,000-s.f. store is the company’s eighth in lower Alabama. The emphasis is on fresh. There’s a full-service bakery, butcher shop, floral department and seafood market, along with farmers-market […]

Posted inH-E-B, Beverage News, Center Store, Grocery Industry, Grocery News, Grocery Store Equipment, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, International Foods, Southwest, Store News

H-E-B Will Upgrade Its Longest-Standing Austin Grocery Store

After more than 60 years of serving neighborhoods surrounding South Congress and Oltorf, H-E-B now is taking steps to make major improvements to its longest-standing grocery store in Austin, Texas. The grocer says it will go from being one of the oldest stores in the city to one of the most innovative stores in the […]

Posted inBonus Content, Executive News, Feature, Grocery Industry, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, Shelby Exclusives, Shelby Signature Content, Store News, Sustainability News, West, Women In The News

Central Co-op Focuses On Making A Difference In The Community

by Treva Bennett/staff writer It all comes down to making a difference in the community. When she started her job as CEO of Seattle’s Central Co-op on March 25, Catherine Willis Cleveland said she felt as if she had come full circle in her career. After almost dying in a climbing accident in Nepal when […]

Posted inGrocery News, Bakery News, Beverage News, Corporate Store News, Deli News, Grocery Industry, Grocery Store Layout, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Organic Natural, Produce News, Store News, Sustainability News, West

Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Lake Forest, California, Store

Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, is hiring for its soon-to-be finished new store in Lake Forest, California. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 24332 Rockfield Boulevard will open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. […]

Posted inNortheast, Bakery News, Beverage News, Corporate Store News, Deli News, Grocery Industry, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Slider, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Produce News

Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7

Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]

Posted inBonus Content, Corporate Store News, Grocery Industry, Grocery Store Layout, Guest Contributors, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Marketing News, Merchandising News, National, Store News

Will Expanding Grocers Learn From The Decline Of Department Stores?

by Andrew McQuilkin, BHDP Architecture Each year seems to bring with it a new headline on how one of our most frequent shopping experiences—buying groceries—will be forever changed. Curbside pickup. Driverless cars delivering to our homes. Automatic checkouts. The technological rush shows a willingness by the largest chains to ensure they outmaneuver online upstarts and […]

Posted inWest, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, International Foods, Specialty, Store News

Cardenas Markets Expanding With Four New Stores In 2019

Ontario, California-based Hispanic grocer Cardenas Markets is opening four new stores in Nevada, California and Arizona in 2019. The first of these is a store in Las Vegas that opened in early May. It is the company’s fifth store in Las Vegas and the 56th store for the grocer overall. The other Cardenas Markets that […]

Posted inMidwest, Corporate Store News, Deli News, Food Service News, Grocery Industry, Grocery News, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Latest News, Merchandising News, Perishables, Store News

New Cub Store Anchors Apartment Development In Minneapolis

A new Cub store is being planned to anchor a new apartment development in the Longfellow neighborhood in Minneapolis. The new 46,000-s.f. Cub store is being built at 46th and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis. Scheduled to open this spring, the new urban grocery store will anchor a five-story, 148-unit apartment development by Excelsior-based Oppidan Investment […]