[gn_note color=”#FFCC00″]The 2011 Ohio Profile originally ran in the June 2011 edition of The Shelby Report of the Midwest. Due to reader requests we will be posting our Profiles from each edition of The Shelby Report. The profile will be published on theshelbyreport.com one month after it has run in print.[/gn_note] by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor […]
Category: Midwest
The Shelby Report of the Midwest covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
Posted in, Midwest
Meijer’s “Home Grown” Program Partners with Area Farmers
Midwest grocer Meijer is digging deeper into its network of area farms by increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables it sources from Midwest farms by 5 percent this year. The announcement was made Aug. 16 by Mark Stevenson, produce director at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based supercenter chain. The program of buying produce from farms […]
Posted in, Amazon Fresh, Market Profile, Midwest, The Kroger Co., Whole Foods
2011 Indiana Profile: An Eye on Divided State Legislature
Things just get curiouser and curiouser in Midwest statehouses. Add Indiana to the list of states with lawmakers hiding out in Illinois.
Posted in, Midwest, Southeast
Meijer Launches Latest Food Pantry Donation Program
With food pantries struggling to keep up with demand in late summer, Meijer launched its latest Simply Give campaign to provide support to local food banks and pantries. Unemployment continues to challenge the U.S. economy and an increasing number of people now focus on local food banks to help feed their families. To help ease […]
Posted in, Market Profile, Midwest
2011 Nebraska Profile: Grocers Tinker to Keep Customers Coming Back
Nebraska is one of those rare states that has strong leadership armed with a plan not only to tackle its budget shortfall, but also to look ahead to brighter days.
Posted in, Midwest
Spartan Stores Sales Up 4.4 Percent
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores Inc., a leading regional grocery distributor and retailer, on July 28 reported financial results for its 12-week first quarter ended June 18, 2011.
Posted in, Midwest
Groupon, Incentive Targeting Launch Groupons in Chicago
Groupon and Incentive Targeting Inc. are partnering with Supervalu and Unilever to bring social buying to grocery shopping in Groupon’s home city of Chicago.
Posted in, Executive News, Midwest
M.A. Gedney Co. Names Spector President
Chaska, Minn.-based pickle and condiments company M.A. Gedney Co. has named Barry M. Spector president
Posted in, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast
Bottom Dollar Plans to Open Pa., Ohio Stores in 2012
Bottom Dollar Food, the discount grocery format from the operators of Food Lion, announced plans to open 14 stores in the greater Pittsburgh and Youngstown, Ohio, markets, with most stores opening in early 2012
Posted in, Midwest, Northeast
Giant Eagle and SFP Partner on Sustainable Seafood
Multi-format food and fuel retailer, Giant Eagle and the international nonprofit organization, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), have partnered to develop a comprehensive sustainable seafood procurement strategy. SFP will work with Giant Eagle to develop a seafood procurement strategy geared toward offering the most sustainable sources of wild-caught and farmed seafood to consumers. SFP will evaluate […]
Posted in, Midwest, West
Safeway Announces Change in Leadership at Dominick’s Stores
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc. July 15 that the president of its Chicago-area Dominick’s Finer Foods division, Don Keprta, has resigned. “Don has contributed significantly to the Dominick’s stores. His commitment and innovation helped the stores evolve to best serve the Chicagoland customers. We are fortunate that he has produced a team that is prepared to […]
Posted in, Another Side, Midwest
Sunflower, Show-Me States Celebrate Native Sons
KANSAS/MISSOURI—Last month two favorite sons from these neighboring states were honored: One whose likeness is on the latest U.S. postal stamp, the other who has made an indelible stamp on the political landscape of America.
Posted in, Midwest
July 2011 Indiana Roundup
Family Dollar Building DC Gov. Mitch Daniels joined Jim Kelly, president and CEO of Family Dollar Stores Inc., and other company executives along with local representatives in mid-May for a groundbreaking ceremony of a new Family Dollar distribution facility to be built in Ashley at 100 S. CR 31. The Fortune 300 retailer announced in […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Midwest
Meijer Customers Can Order Online, Pick Up at Store
Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer has introduced a program that allows shoppers to place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped—at no cost—directly to their local Meijer store for pickup. The online program, called “Order-to-Store,” will include thousands of items found on ordertostore.meijer.com, including furniture and home products, sporting goods, kitchen appliances, […]
Posted in, Midwest
Hy-Vee Opens First GreenChill Gold-Level Certified Store
West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee Inc.’s latest location at 1300 West Burlington Ave. in Fairfield, which opened April 12, is not only the company’s second LEED-certified store, but it also is one of less than 15 supermarkets in the country that has achieved U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GreenChill Gold-Level certification.
Posted in, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast
Safeway’s Lewis Honored by Magazine
Safeway Inc.’s Assistant Vice President of Legal, Valerie D. Lewis, was named to the prestigious Top Women in Retail and Finance list by Women of Color magazine. Lewis is one of a handful of women professionals chosen by the magazine, a business and technology publication geared for women of diverse ethnic backgrounds, to honor and […]
Posted in, Midwest
Supervalu 4Q Sales Slip Nearly 6 Percent
Company lost $1.5B in FY11 Supervalu Inc. continues to “rightsize” itself, but reported a slip in net sales and negative 5 percent same-store sales in the fourth quarter. Net sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 were $8.7 billion vs. $9.2 billion in the same period a year ago. Fourth quarter net earnings were $95 […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Midwest
Hy-Vee Partners With Curtis Stone
Iowa-based Hy-Vee has teamed with celebrity chef Curtis Stone to develop a series of recipes designed to bring families together for meals that are easy, affordable and fun. Stone, a native of Australian trained in London, is the host of Top Chef Masters on Bravo and appears as an investor/mentor on NBC’s “America’s Next Great […]
Posted in, Midwest, Organic Natural
Lifeway Foods Celebrates 25 Years
To celebrate its silver anniversary this year, Morton Grove, Ill.-based Lifeway Foods is launching a new birthday-cake flavor of its smoothie-like beverage in special 25th anniversary packaging. In addition, a nationwide promotional tour will culminate in company representatives ringing the New York Stock Exchange bell on May 16 in New York City. Lifeway Foods, founded […]