The Fair Price Protection Act contains prohibitions about shoppers’ personal data and new electronic shelf label deployments.
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Posted inNews, Independent Store News, Northeast, Tops Friendly Markets
Tops Markets Tops Last Year’s Total Raised For CMN Hospitals
Tops raised more than $428,000 during its annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign, which ran June 14-July 4 at participating stores.
Posted inCorporate Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast, Organic Natural, Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market Plans August Opening For NJ Store
The Skillman store is set to open its doors Aug. 21, less than a month after the company’s Eatontown, New Jersey, opening.
Posted inNortheast, Marketing News, Midwest, News, Suppliers
JOH Expands North Central Division With WI Acquisition
The Massachusetts sales and marketing agency is expanding outside its longstanding markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Hugo's Family Marketplace, Midwest, News
Hugo’s HR Director Retires After Half-Century Of Service
Jeff Westrem has retired as human resources director at Hugo’s Family Marketplace after a 50-year career with the Grand Forks, North Dakota-based grocer. Hugo’s said Westrem is known for his approachable personality and willingness to help others. He started with Hugo’s in 1976 as a teenager doing grocery carryout. After earning a business administration degree […]
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Hy-Vee Adds 30-Minute Pickup, Delivery Chainwide
Hy-Vee has begun offering online orders in as fast as 30 minutes at all of its stores, giving shoppers a faster option for both in-store pickup and delivery. Customers select “Get it faster” during online checkout to use the 30-minute option. Delivery fee is $14.95; for a 30-minute pickup order, the fee is $9.95. For […]
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Iowa Grocers Seeking Certainty After State’s SNAP Waiver Vacated
Less than six months after Iowa’s Healthy SNAP waiver took effect, a federal judge’s June 22 ruling in Aragon v. Rollins vacated food restriction waivers in Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Tennessee and West Virginia – sending grocers back into their point-of-sale systems for the second time this year. Iowa Health and Human Services notified retailers July […]
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Food City Breaks Ground For New Store In Oneonta, AL
The Abingdon, Virginia-based grocer’s expansion in Alabama continues, with this new location expected to open next spring.