by John McCurry/contributing writer Melrose, New Mexico, is a town with a population of about 650 in the north central part of the state, about 30 miles from the Texas border. The town is in a rural area considered a food desert. Helping fill the gap is a new, larger Allsup’s convenience store, which offers […]
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Hanford, California’s First Smart & Final Extra! Store To Open Jan. 29
Smart & Final, the Los Angeles-based grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, is getting bigger in Hanford, California, with a new Smart & Final Extra! opening on Jan. 29. Located at 552 N. 11th Avenue, the new 35,000-s.f. Smart & Final Extra! will be almost three times the size of the existing store […]
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Wegmans Expands Into West Cary, North Carolina, Hiring Around 450
As of Jan. 16, hiring and training were underway for full-time positions at Wegmans Food Markets’ new West Cary, North Carolina, store. Located on Davis Drive and Airport Boulevard in Wake County, the store is expected to open this summer. Wegmans plans to employ approximately 450 people at the West Cary store, 180 of which […]
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iFresh Set To Open A New Location In North Miami
iFresh Inc.’s 100-percent-owned subsidiary New York Mart North Miami Inc. is opening a new location in North Miami. The supermarket, located at 551 NE 167th Street, is expected to hold its grand opening ceremony on Feb. 7. Located in the heart of a densely populated metro area with a large Asian demographic, the new 30,000-s.f. […]
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New Food City Store Coming To Etowah, Tennessee
Food City is building a new store on US-411 North in Etowah, Tennessee. The 41,100-plus-s.f. supermarket will replace its existing location and be constructed on the same site. “The residents of Etowah have certainly been supportive of our company and we look forward to providing our valued customers with a new, larger state-of-the-art Food City […]
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Basics To Open New Store In Hillsdale Neighborhood Of Portland, Oregon
Basics, a new market designed to help people cook more at home and support local farmers and producers with fresh, regional ingredients, will open its newest location in Hillsdale this February. The locally owned grocery is leasing the 12,000-s.f. space formerly occupied by Food Front at 6344 SW Capitol Highway. Basics was founded by Chuck […]
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Big Bear Stater Bros. Has Grand Reopening After Extensive Renovations
Stater Bros. Markets has served the Big Bear community since 1980, and nearly 40 years later, its Big Bear location has been extensively renovated in response to requests from local residents and visitors seeking to take to the slopes. Located at 42171 Big Bear Boulevard, the store will continue to be led by Rick Jaeger, […]
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New Miami-Area Walmart Incorporates Time-Saving Innovations
Over the last couple of years, Walmart stores have been testing grounds for all sorts of innovations to improve the shopping experience. From its Intelligent Retail Lab in New York to InHome Delivery in Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Vero Beach, Walmart says it is learning a lot about how it can use its physical assets to deliver new conveniences […]
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New Winn-Dixie In Jacksonville Will Prevent Food Desert In Community
Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, will open a new Winn-Dixie store at the Gateway Town Center, located at 5210 Norwood Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida, in response to the city’s and community’s plea to combat an impending food desert in the area with the close of a Publix store. SEG says […]
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Alltown Fresh Opens Fresh Convenience Market In Ayer, Massachusetts
Alltown Fresh officially opened the doors to the second fresh store in the state of Massachusetts. Located at 28 Harvard Road in Ayer, the farmstand-style market features organic coffee, fresh food choices and made-to-order meals including organic, natural, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and locally sourced food and ingredients. The concept store hosted a grand opening event […]
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New Stater Bros. Store Planned For Whittier, California
Plans are currently underway to build a new Stater Bros. Markets store at the southeast corner of Whittier Boulevard and Sorensen Avenue in the community of Whittier, California. The new site, which will be built from the ground up, will join the commercial sector of The Groves in Whittier, developed by Frontier Real Estate Investments. […]
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Jungle Jim’s Set To Hold The Oscar Station Grand Opening In January
From 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, Jungle Jim’s International Market will hold a grand opening for its newest venue, The Oscar Station. Located behind Jungle Jim’s at 8871 N. Gilmore Road in Fairfield, Ohio, the new destination houses a bourbon bar, a designated smoking lounge and is connected to The Oscar […]
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Mood Media Brings Digital Signage To Earth Fare Café In Charlotte, N.C.
Mood Media, an in-store media solutions company, has partnered with organic and natural foods grocery store Earth Fare. Mood installed multiple custom-designed digital signage display options and strategies in the café of an Earth Fare store in Charlotte, North Carolina. This trial, as part of a full renovation of the store, took place in mid-2019, […]
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Giant Forms New Partnership With The Berenstain Bears
Giant Food Stores will introduce the company’s new partnership with the iconic Berenstain Bears franchise at the grand opening of The Berenstain Bears Treehouse at Giant at its Pennsylvania flagship store in Camp Hill on Dec. 18. The newly remodeled child care space is the first in the company’s larger plan to elevate the ways […]
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Spinx Opens New Store In Summerville, South Carolina
The Spinx Co., the Greenville, South Carolina-based fuel and convenience retail company with 82 stores and 50 car washes in the state, opened Spinx store No. 378 in Summerville on Dec. 12. Located at 930 West 5th North Street, the new location features a full-service kitchen and a Ride ‘N Shine Tunnel Wash, which is […]
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Parker’s Debuts Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In Metter, Georgia
Parker’s, a Savannah, Georgia-based convenience retailer, recently unveiled six new Tesla Superchargers at its store in Metter, Georgia, located just off I-16 Exit 104 at 1118 South Lewis Street. This is the first V3 Tesla charging site to open in Georgia, strategically situated for drivers traveling between Atlanta and Savannah, providing a fast, convenient charging option. The […]
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H-E-B Harper’s Trace Is Latest Houston-Area Store For Grocer
H-E-B expanded its footprint in the Houston area on Dec. 4 with its 102,000-s.f. Harper’s Trace location at 10200 Highway 242 in Conroe. Jamie Lee, an 18-year H-E-B Partner (employee) who started as a bagger while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, is the store leader. After graduation, she served at several H-E-B stores, […]
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GreenWise Market Opens In Lexington, South Carolina
On Dec. 4, GreenWise Market opened a new store in Lexington, South Carolina, at 5336 Sunset Boulevard, in the Lexington Marketplace shopping center. This is the fourth GreenWise Market to open and the second in South Carolina. “Our GreenWise Market team is very excited to bring this new shopping experience to Lexington and the greater […]
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Standard Cognition, Mars Wrigley Partner To Optimize Impulse Item Sales
Standard Cognition, an AI-powered autonomous checkout solutions provider, and Mars Wrigley, a manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints and fruity confections, have partnered to help retailers evolve into a new world of autonomous checkout by integrating seamless technology and impulse category sales. Mars initially reached out to Standard, suggesting the two companies work together to better understand what […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market To Open Mesquite, Texas, Store On March 4
Sprouts Farmers Market will soon finish construction on its new store in Mesquite, Texas. The 28,000-s.f. store at 1220 North Town East Boulevard will open on Wednesday, March 4, at 7a.m. Details about the grand opening celebration, employment opportunities and a local hiring event will be announced at a later date. “At Sprouts, we have […]