Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, H-E-B, News, Southwest

Plans Unveiled For H-E-B Store, Joe V’s Smart Shop In Garland, TX

H-E-B has announced plans for two new developments in Garland, Texas, including an H-E-B store and Joe V’s Smart Shop. The first project will revitalize a vacant shopping center at Centerville Road and LBJ Freeway. The 7-acre site will become home to North Texas’ fourth Joe V’s Smart Shop, a price format that focuses on […]

Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, Grocery Store Equipment, News, Northeast

NRS, Krasdale Foods Form Partnership To Support Independent Bodegas

National Retail Solutions and Krasdale Foods have announced a strategic partnership, combining NRS’s point-of-sale technology with the grocer’s distribution network to serve independently owned bodegas and small-format stores across the Northeast. Developed over several years, the collaboration integrates NRS’s store-management platform with Krasdale’s supply-chain capabilities to deliver operational efficiency, data insights and profitability tools for […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Grocery Store Layout, News, Northeast, Tops Friendly Markets

Tops Markets Completes $2.3M Store Remodel In Tonawanda, NY

Tops Friendly Markets completed a $2.3 million remodel of its store at 890 Young Street in Tonawanda, New York, marking the company’s 50th major site renovation in six years. The project is part of Tops’ capital improvement project, which has included more than $100 million invested across its three-state footprint of New York, Pennsylvania and […]

Posted inProduce News, Food Lion, News, Southeast

Food Lion Begins Annual Orange Bag Donation Campaign

Food Lion launched its annual three-week Orange Bag campaign Feb. 25, inviting customers to turn purchases of fresh navel oranges into meals for communities through its Food Lion Feeds hunger-relief platform. The campaign, which runs through March 17, benefits Feeding America and partner food banks throughout the retailer’s 10-state footprint. Since it began in 2019, […]

Posted inGrocery Research, Featured News, National, News, Packaging News

Acosta Group Study: Shoppers Worried About Artificial Ingredients In Food

Fifty percent of U.S. shoppers are worried about health risks from artificial ingredients, chemicals and preservatives in foods, with that number rising to 79 percent among health-focused shoppers, according to a new study from Acosta Group released Feb. 24. The ingredients-focused shopper study found that 58 percent of all shoppers read labels all or most […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Midwest, News, Schnucks

Schnucks Springboard Seeks Third Cohort For Emerging Business Accelerator

Schnuck Markets Inc. is accepting applications for the third cohort of its Schnucks Springboard accelerator program for emerging suppliers, with a deadline of April 25. Midwest business owners must meet specific criteria to qualify. Applicants must have annual consumer product goods revenue of less than $1 million, fewer than 10 years in the CPG business […]

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market Offers Traditional Irish Food For St. Patrick’s Day

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Busch’s Fresh Food Market is featuring traditional Irish food and beverages March 9-22 at its 16 southeastern Michigan stores. Ready-to-eat meals freshly prepared by Busch’s deli team will include corned beef with roasted redskin potatoes, carrots and cabbage, portioned for two. Irish soda bread, made in-house at the company’s bakehouse […]

Posted inFrozen Food, Featured News, Grocery Research, National, News

NFRA Survey Finds Price Is Biggest Factor In Grocery Decisions

Seventy-eight percent of consumers cite price as the biggest factor in their grocery decisions, driving increased adoption of frozen foods as Americans seek to curb food costs, according to the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association. Recent findings from the USDA Consumer Price Index for Food show food away from home rose 4.1 percent over […]