7-Eleven Inc. has opened Raise the Roost Chicken & Biscuits restaurant in lower Manhattan. The new Southern-inspired quick-serve concept is co-located in one of four of the retailer’s new Evolution Stores. 7-Eleven Evolution Stores are real-time, real-life experiential testing grounds where customers can try and buy the retailer’s latest innovations in new store formats. Billed as “Chicken Worth Crossing […]
Category: Northeast
The Shelby Report of the Northeast covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Gotham Greens Opens New Hydroponic Greenhouse Near Baltimore
Baltimore-based Gotham Greens announced the official opening of its new 100,000-s.f. hydroponic greenhouse outside of Baltimore. Reimagining a portion of the former Bethlehem Steel Mill located in Sparrows Point, this is Gotham Greens’ seventh greenhouse nationwide and its first that will provide a year-round supply of fresh produce to retail, restaurant and foodservice customers across 10 states […]
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La Colombe Sees Record Growth With Additional National Distribution
After securing national distribution at Walmart in 2019, La Colombe is continuing its aggressive growth strategy by capturing national distribution for its Draft Latte—a first-of-its-kind, ready-to-drink texturized coffee beverage—at Kroger and Walgreens in the first quarter on 2020. La Colombe’s core Draft Latte flavors, which include the Original Draft Latte, Triple Draft Latte, Mocha Draft […]
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Applegate Launches Its New Well Carved Meat Line
Applegate, makers of all-natural and organic meat products, has introduced Applegate Well Carved, a new line designed to satisfy consumers who are being mindful of their meat intake and its nutritional, ethical and environmental impact. Applegate says Well Carved burgers and meatballs combine meat with whole organic vegetables, legumes and grains and continue the brand’s mission—Changing […]
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Janssen’s Market Successfully Fills ‘Gourmet Convenience’ Niche
by John McCurry/contributing writer Janssen’s Market has been a fixture in the Greenville, Delaware, community for 68 years. Paula Janssen, the store’s current co-owner, is the granddaughter of its founder, Joseph Janssen Sr. Her parents—Joe Jr. and Eileen Janssen—are her co-owners. Since its founding in the fall of 1952, the store has focused on being […]
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ShopRite Launches Free Virtual Dietitian Online Program
ShopRite supermarket’s newly launched “Registered Dietitian Virtual Chat” program offers information about food trends and nutrition. The service can be accessed at shoprite.com. Once on the site, after clicking through the home page, customers will see a pop-up box that prompts them to chat with a dietitian. The service is supported by ShopRite’s team of […]
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CFA Elects Adams Hometown Markets Exec As Board Chairman
The Connecticut Food Association (CFA) elected Adams Hometown Markets’ SVP Russ Greenlaw as its chairman of the board. CFA made the appointment official at its Annual Membership Meeting reception on Feb. 27, at the Society Room in Hartford. Members and attendees nominated and elected new officers and directors at the meeting, which included a networking […]
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Inline Plastics Infuses Products With Post-Consumer Content
Inline Plastics has integrated rDPET across its full product line, making Inline the first food packaging manufacturer in the U.S. to develop high performing food-grade packaging material infused with post-consumer content born from recycling at the molecular level, known as chemical recycling. By using rDPET coupled with the energy efficient proprietary manufacturing ‘direct to sheet’ […]
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Key Food Stores Opens Newest Liberty Market In Liberty, NY
Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, held a grand opening of its newest Liberty Market location at 261 North Main Street, Liberty, New York, on March 6. Local officials and Key Food executives including CEO Dean Janeway, COO George Knobloch, CFO Sharon Konzelman, CIO Tammy Teague […]
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Tom Fisher, Former COO And 31-Year Veteran Of JOH, Dies At 78
Tom Fisher, former COO and a 31-year veteran of JOH, died on March 1 in Estero, Florida, from complications of pneumonia. He was 78 and living in retirement in Florida. Mr. Fisher was born and raised in Littleton, New Hampshire, where he graduated from Littleton High School. He worked at the local First National Supermarket […]
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Nellie’s Free Range Eggs Introduces Grass-Fed, Slow Churned Butter
Nellie’s Free Range Eggs expanded beyond the egg aisle March 5 with the launch of Nellie’s Free Range Butter, the first and only free-range butter on the market. According to a press release from the company, the butter contains 84 percent butterfat and is made with cream from humanely raised cows that are free to roam […]
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Common Man Roadside Market & Deli Opens In New Hampshire
The Common Man Roadside convenience store chain is rapidly expanding in New Hampshire. The company touts that its stores have a uniquely New England look and feel. Building on the success of The Common Man Roadside at the Hooksett Welcome Centers on Interstate 93, The Common Man Roadside Market & Deli is a restaurant within […]
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Verc Enterprises Awarded $140,000 Workforce Grant
Convenience store chain Verc Enterprises with locations throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has been awarded $140,000 as part of a statewide Workforce Grant Training Program. Verc Enterprises will apply the funds from the grant to employee training and will match the grant with $140,000 of its own funds, bringing the total to $280,000. Barry Ahern, […]
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Campbell Appoints Valerie Oswalt President Of Campbell Snacks
Campbell Soup Co. named Valerie Oswalt as EVP and president of Campbell Snacks, effective March 9. Oswalt will lead the division that generated approximately $3.8 billion in net sales in fiscal 2019, supported by the strength of brands such as Goldfish, Milano, Pepperidge Farm, Snyder’s of Hanover, Lance, Kettle Brand, Cape Cod, Snack Factory Pretzel […]
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Buffalo-Based Rich Products Acquires 3 Companies
Global, family-owned food company Rich Products has expanded its product portfolio with three acquisitions: Rizzuto Foods, a Pacific northwest-based leader in pizza dough innovation; Morey’s Seafood International, a major seafood industry player based in Plymouth, Minnesota; and two manufacturing plants from TreeHouse Foods, a leading manufacturer and distributor of private label breads, rolls and cakes. These […]
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New York-Based Seemore Meats & Veggies Launches Nationally
New York-based Seemore Meats & Veggies, a “vegetable-forward” meat company, has launched its first line of products. The sausages combine whole ingredients, responsibly raised meat sourced from humanely raised-certified farms and up to 35 percent fresh vegetables. Founded by fourth-generation butcher Cara Nicoletti and food veterans Erin Patinkin, co-founder of Ovenly, and Ariel Hauptman, Seemore Meats […]
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Golden Farms Celebrates Newest Location In Philadelphia
Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, recently held the grand opening of its newest Golden Farms location at 6710 Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia. District Representative Numa St. Louis and Key Food executives including CEO Dean Janeway, COO George Knobloch, CFO Sharon Konzelman, CIO Tammy Teague and VP […]
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Applegate Farms Appoints Graham, O’Connor As New VPs
Jim Graham will assume the position of VP of research and development and quality assurance, and Joseph O’Connor will take on the role of VP of sales and marketing at Bridgewater, New Jersey-based Applegate, makers of a natural and organic meat brand. Applegate Farms is a stand-alone subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corp. Graham recently retired […]
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Aldi Plans To Open Two Long Island Stores During First Half Of 2020
Aldi plans to open two new Long Island stores—one in Valley Stream and one in North Babylon—in the first half of 2020. The Valley Stream store is the retailer’s first location in Nassau County. Aldi is investing more than $5 billion to remodel 1,300 existing stores and open hundreds of new stores across the country. […]