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Busch’s Fresh Food Market Launches ‘Passport to Italy’ Celebration

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Busch’s Fresh Food Market is inviting customers to experience the flavors of Italy during its Passport to Italy event, running Oct. 6-Nov. 2 across all 16 stores. The promotion highlights more than 100 Italian-themed items, from imported specialties such as Parmigiano Reggiano cheese to locally crafted pasta dishes and bakery favorites like […]

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Forty Acres Fresh Market, Foodsmart Add Nutrition Center

Forty Acres Fresh Market has partnered with Foodsmart to launch a Nutrition Corner in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood along the Soul City Corridor, providing customers with tools and services to support healthier eating. The Nutrition Corner will feature education resources, recipe cards and information on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program and other food access resources. A […]

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Sprouts Farmers Market, Careit Rescue 30M Pounds Of Food Waste

Since August 2022, Sprouts Farmers Market has used the Careit app to track more than 30 million pounds of food donated to 216 nonprofits across the U.S. In addition, more than 14 million pounds of surplus fresh produce has been given to local food-rescue agencies to distribute. Sprouts aims to be a leader in the […]

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Instacart Rolls Out Additional Savings Features On Caper Carts

Instacart has introduced new savings features for its artificial intelligence-powered Caper Carts aimed at enhancing the omnichannel shopping experience. Building on Caper Cart’s real-time budgeting capabilities, these updates turn the cart’s screen into a more powerful savings tool with the introduction of Electronic Benefits Transfer for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) item eligibility tracking, […]

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Wakefern Food Corp. Finalizes Purchase Of NYC-Based Morton Williams Stores

Wakefern Food Corp. has closed the acquisition of Morton Williams, a family-owned grocer with 17 stores in Manhattan, the Bronx and Jersey City. The move will preserve the grocer’s legacy and deep community connections while using the resources of the largest retailer-owned supermarket cooperative in the U.S. Wakefern announced the purchase agreement in August. “When […]

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FMI Report Says Grocery Shoppers Are Resilient, With Aspirations To Eat Well

FMI – The Food Industry Association surveyed nearly 1,600 shoppers in late July to gather intelligence for the second installment of 2025 of its U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends report, which the association has been generating for 51 years. Subtitled “New Routines,” the report “examines the logic behind grocery shopping or the notion of what is […]

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ShopRite, Unilever To Hold Juntos Event Series During October

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, ShopRite and Unilever will host a series of Juntos (“Together”) events in October that celebrate Hispanic culture, family and community through interactive experiences and community-focused programming. The Juntos event series will take place from noon-4 p.m. at four ShopRites across New York and New Jersey: Oct. 4 at 1994 […]

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Kroger, Hy-Vee Hosting 2026 Nourishing Change Conference

Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co., and Hy-Vee will host the second annual Nourishing Change Conference June 2-4 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Building on the success of the inaugural event, the Nourishing Change Conference will bring together leaders from public and private sectors who are committed to […]