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Festival Foods’ Newest Store Will Open In October

Festival Foods’ newest location will open Oct. 11 at 660 Hometown Circle in Verona, Wisconsin. The 67,000-s.f. store will be Festival Foods’ 33rd location in the state. In addition to a large natural foods department, the Verona Festival Foods will offer fresh sushi, a scratch bakery, extensive meat and seafood selections as well as dozens […]

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Tattersall Distilling Collaborates With Lunds & Byerlys On Whiskey Launch

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Tattersall Distilling, the award-winning Twin Cities craft distillery, has launched its first Straight Wheat Whiskey. This spirit was made in collaboration with Lunds & Byerlys and will be sold in its 11 Wine & Spirits stores across the Twin Cities. This marks the first time that Lunds & Byerlys has partnered with a […]

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Exclusive: Buche Foods Opens Needed Store On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest (see more photos at end of story) The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is home to the Oglala Lakota Tribe. It is located a little west of Buche Foods’ normal territory, but the grocery company always is looking to grow. Besides, Buche Foods already operates a grocery store on the […]

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Iowa Grocery Industry Assoc. To Celebrate 120 Years At July Convention

The Iowa Grocery Industry Association (IGIA) is celebrating 120 years of representing the food industry, including supermarkets, convenience stores, suppliers, wholesalers, brokers, manufacturers and distributors. The association will commemorate the occasion with a special anniversary logo and by returning to Cedar Rapids, where it first opened its doors in 1899, to hold its annual Get Connected […]

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SpartanNash Foundation Fundraises To Support Military Partners

The SpartanNash Foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, invites store guests to join it in supporting military heroes and their families during its companywide fundraising effort taking place June 26-July 7. All funds raised during the scan campaign will be split evenly among Team Red, White & Blue, Operation Homefront and Honor and Remember. During the […]

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Killer Brownie Co. Can Expand Production With New Ohio Building

More Killer Brownies will be able to be produced thanks to the recent purchase of a building in Miamisburg, Ohio. The Killer Brownie Co. building will undergo renovations over the next several months and will become the manufacturing headquarters for the wholesale entity. “More Killer Brownie is always a good thing. We see many new […]

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Merger Expands Vine Line Logistics’ Midwest Footprint

Michigan-based Vine Line Logistics LLC, Heeren Bros. Inc., and Walsma & Lyons are joining forces and rebranding their companies as Vine Line Produce Distribution, positioning the new organization to become one of the Midwest’s leading refrigerated transportation companies. The merged business lines include Vine Line Logistics, Vine Line Trucking, Walsma & Lyons and Heeren Bros. […]

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Hugo’s Promotes Winges, Hires Lorton As Store Director

Hugo’s Family Marketplace has promoted Kristen Winges to deli director. Winges will oversee deli operations for all Hugo’s Family Marketplace locations. Winges brings more than 20 years of experience to the role. She has been working with Hugo’s in the deli for 12 years and has previous experience with Bill’s Supervalu in Milbank, South Dakota. […]