Residents in the Paris, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana ares will now be able to find locally made Hiland Dairy products on grocers’ shelves. The company recently took over operations at two distribution centers, retaining the employees and continuing service to the area retailers. Hiland’s expansion in the Texas market began 10 years ago when Hiland […]
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Schnucks ‘Round Up At The Register’ Campaign Benefits Folds Of Honor
Schnucks Markets customers, vendors and the company pledged a gift of $1 million to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of veterans who were killed or injured in the line of duty. The Round Up at the Register campaign, which ran May 26-July […]
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Moran Foods Appoints Boehler and Motz To Board Of Directors
Moran Foods, a wholesale grocery distribution company and parent company to discount grocery chain Save A Lot, has appointed Fred Boehler and Mike Motz to its board of directors, effective immediately. Boehler, president and CEO of Americold Logistics, and Motz, CEO for Staples U.S. Retail, will serve as independent directors. “Fred and Mike join the […]
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KeHE Launches Business Intelligence Tool For Suppliers
KeHE Distributors says it is supporting its supplier community through the development of a proprietary business intelligence tool, KeHE Connect BI. KeHE Connect BI is a suite of tools for KeHE’s suppliers, created to enhance the current reporting and provide new capabilities to better serve the company’s suppliers and, indirectly, retailers throughout the nation. The platform […]
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Coborn’s Is The Shelby Report Of The Midwest 2021 Retailer Of The Year
For 100 years, members of the Coborn family have been going way beyond just meeting the needs of communities’ needs for groceries. Along the way, it has defied the odds and is now five generations strong. In 1921, Chester A. Coborn opened his first store in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Today, the company has more than […]
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AWG, Coborn’s Partner To Expand Distribution Footprint In Upper Midwest
Associated Wholesale Grocers and Coborn’s have reached an agreement for AWG to serve as the primary wholesale supplier to Coborn’s in the Upper Midwest. Based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Coborn’s is a 100-year-old employee-owned grocery retailer with nearly 9,300 employees and 59 grocery stores across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The stores operate […]
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New SpartanNash Micro-Fulfillment Center To Open In Caledonia, MI
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based grocery retailer and distributor SpartanNash says it plans to open its first micro-fulfillment center, located at 5199 68th St. SE in Caledonia, Michigan, on July 26. The 55,000-square-foot facility will hold 16,000 products and pick and pack Fast Lane orders for 24 Ada Fresh Market, D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare and Forest Hills […]
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Festival Foods To Open Greenfield, WI, Store On July 16
Skogen’s Festival Foods will open its newest location at 6 a.m. on July 16, at 4777 South 27th St. in Greenfield, Wisconsin. The store will employ 250 associates and be open daily from 5 a.m.-midnight. Mark Skogen, president and CEO of Festival Foods, said the company is excited to expand to Greenfield and serve new […]