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Posted inSoutheast, Independent Store News, News, Publix Super Markets

Publix Reopens Winter Haven, FL, Store At New Location

by Shelby Team

Publix has reopened its Winter Haven, Florida, store at a new location, debuting a 54,964-square-foot supermarket July 16 at Mariana Acres at 1075 Brookstone Road. The store offers traditional departments including a full-service deli, produce, scratch bakery, meat, seafood and pharmacy. “While the location may be new, customers will find the same friendly service they […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast

Grocery Market Returns To NJ’s Point Pleasant Beach

by Shelby Team

The official opening of The Market of Point Pleasant Beach on Friday, July 24, will return a full-service supermarket to Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, according to Associated Supermarket Group. The store, which had a soft opening earlier in July, took over a former Stop & Shop space. Independently owned and operated by Shap Markets, […]

Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, Association News, Featured News, National, News

All ROFDA Wholesalers Now Have Joint FMI Membership

by Shelby Team

Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates members Affiliated Foods, AG Northeast, Certco and Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company have joined the FMI – The Food Industry Association. With these additions, all of ROFDA’s current wholesaler members now are FMI members. Associated Food Stores, Associated Grocers Baton Rouge, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Brookshire Bros. and URM Stores […]

Posted in, Ahold Delhaize, Corporate Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast, The Giant Company

Remodeled Baltimore Giant Now Offers Sushi, Ledo Pizza

by Shelby Team

Giant Food celebrated the grand reopening of its remodeled store at 6340-50 York Road in Baltimore on July 19, starting with a community event starting at 9 a.m. The store showcases an expanded seafood department, a broader selection of international foods, a Ledo Pizza corner shop, a full-service sushi bar with an in-store chef and […]

Posted inAssociation News, Featured News, Independent Store News, National, News

NGA Asks NJ Gov. To Amend Fair Price Protection Act Before Signing

by Shelby Team

The National Grocers Association is urging New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to make “targeted, common-sense changes” to the Fair Price Protection Act (A4085) before signing it into law. In a July 17 letter to Sherrill, NGA outlined revisions it says would preserve the bill’s consumer transparency goals while avoiding unintended consequences for independent grocers. The […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Vallarta Supermarkets, West

Vallarta To Open Store In Food Desert Area Of South Phoenix

by Shelby Team

Vallarta Supermarkets is planning to open its first Phoenix location in South Phoenix, according to a report on the city’s website. The story said the project is “an adaptive reuse, transforming a currently vacant space into a full-service, culturally rich grocery store. The placement of this grocery store will help address a food desert in […]

Posted inProduce News, Featured News, Independent Store News, News, Northeast, Wakefern

Wakefern Produce Summit Aims To Boost Local, Regional Growers

by Shelby Team

Wakefern Food Corp. hosted its annual Local Produce Supplier Summit on July 15 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, bringing together local and regional growers, agricultural leaders and the cooperative’s produce procurement teams. At the event, Ross Farnsworth, VP of produce and floral for Wakefern, reaffirmed the cooperative’s recently […]

Posted inGrocery Research, Featured News, National, News, Online Grocery Technology

Delivery Leads As Online Grocery Growing Again, Coresight Finds

by Treva Bennett

Online grocery shopping returned to growth in 2026, with 56.3 percent of U.S. consumers purchasing groceries online in the past 12 months, up from 53.6 percent in 2025, according to Coresight Research‘s ninth annual US Online Grocery Survey. The increase reverses two consecutive years of decline, and 58.7 percent of respondents said they expect to […]

Posted inHealth & Wellness, Featured News, Grocery Research, National, News

Survey: Convenience Bigger Concern Than Health For U.S. Shoppers

by Shelby Team

For the first time in the 21-year history of the IFIC Food & Health Survey, convenience has overtaken healthfulness as a driver of what Americans put in their carts, according to new research from the International Food Information Council. Taste (88 percent) and price (78 percent) remain the top two factors shaping food and beverage […]

Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, News, West

AFS Support Of ‘America’s Potluck’ Included Donations, Retailer Help

by Shelby Team

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Associated Food Stores (AFS) recapped its activities related to “America’s Potluck,” a nationwide celebration July 5 to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary through shared meals and community gatherings. The potluck was tied to America250, the official nonpartisan initiative established by Congress to commemorate the Semiquincentennial on July 4. AFS said the […]