Arkansas City, Kansas-based Creekstone Farms has broken ground on a 20,000-square foot learning center, adjacent to its headquarters at 604 Goff Industrial Park Road. The meat supplier, which employs about 1,200 people, estimates the daycare will accommodate more than 100 children when it opens this fall. The facility, which will cost an estimated $3.5 million to […]
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Posted inIndependent Store News, Health & Wellness, Midwest
Hy-Vee Opens Health Infusion Clinic In Wes Des Moines, IA
Hy-Vee Inc. has opened its first Hy-Vee Health infusion clinic at 7300 Westown Pkwy, Suite 320, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The infusion clinic is referral-based and will provide treatments for rheumatology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, neurology, dermatology, oncology and other chronic conditions. The clinic is staffed by licensed physicians and nurse practitioners and features three private […]
Posted inProduce News, Midwest
Corrigan Introduces Préserve Produce Preservation System
Gurnee, Illinois-based Corrigan Corporation has launched Préserve, a non-wetting produce fogging system that creates a wet rack environment to protect and preserve produce. Préserve is a patent-pending technology designed to be unlike any other fogging system in the food retail market. The produce preservation system produces high levels of dry fog humidity to slow transpiration […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Midwest
Eatwell Market By Schnucks Opens In Chesterfield, MO
A new Eatwell Market by Schnucks held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 29 at 220 THF Blvd. in Chesterfield, Missouri. The 30,000-square-foot store emphasizes natural and organic foods, as well as other community events. “We look forward to introducing St. Louis-area customers to our Eatwell Market, which will bring them a ‘beyond the expected’ shopping experience,” […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Association News, Midwest
Association Aims To Address Minimum Wage Legislation In 2023
Executive director: ‘We are trying to give businesses a little bit of flexibility’ Nebraska has a new governor for 2023, and “everybody feels optimistic,” said Ansley Fellers, executive director of the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association. While the state has a mostly business-friendly climate, Fellers said she believes Gov. Jim Pillen and the state legislature will […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Executive News, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology
Kroger CIO Joins Shoptalk To Discuss Grocery Tech Innovation
The Kroger Co.’s CIO and SVP Yael Cosset joined Shoptalk 2023 in Las Vegas this week for a discussion on how tech deployments improve the customer and employee experience at Kroger. “Investment in data and innovation during the last two decades – focusing on the customer experience – created immense value, saving customers $1.4 billion just last […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Midwest
Hometown Market Owner Enjoys Being Independent Grocer
Tailors his store around needs of St. Paul community Blake Schwartz, owner of Hometown Market in St. Paul, Nebraska, has been in the grocery business since he was old enough to work. He started as a bagger and rose to a department manager for a local grocer by age 21. He became co-owner of what […]
Posted inDairy News, Executive News, Midwest
Hiland Dairy Foods Co. Names Incoming President, New SVP
Hiland Dairy has appointed Rick Beaman as its new president and named Shawn Pinon as SVP, effective April 1. With leadership experience at several top private and public dairy companies, Beaman joined Hiland Dairy in 2012 and was VP before being named president. He began his career with Borden Dairy in 1975. Beaman then joined […]