The Superfresh location at 651 North Stiles Street, Linden, New Jersey, celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting on May 17, and a weekend-long, grand-opening celebration will run from May 24-27. Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc. announced the grand opening of its newest store. Mayor Derek Armstead, 1st Ward Councilwoman Lisa Ormon, 2nd Ward Councilman […]
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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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Utz Quality Foods Brings ‘The Little Utz Girl’ To Life
Utz Quality Foods is using regional television, digital and social platforms to tell the first-ever “Adventures of The Little Utz Girl.” Through 15- and 30-second commercials in an animated, contemporary format, the girl will jump off the package that has been her home for nearly 100 years. The girl, an icon who stands as the […]
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Giant Food Opens Walnutport, Pennsylvania, Store
Giant Food Stores celebrated the grand opening of the new Walnutport store located at 300 S. Best Avenue on May 17. The new 55,000-s.f. store operates 6 a.m.-midnight seven days a week and employs approximately 200 full- and part-time associates. “We are so proud to have joined the Walnutport community, and our team is ready […]
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Campbell Soup Named To 100 Best Corporate Citizens List
Campbell Soup Co. of Camden, New Jersey, is recognized on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. This is the 10th consecutive year Campbell has been named to the list. Campbell ranked No. 4 among all large-cap Russell 1,000 companies in the magazine’s annual listing, which is regarded as an authority on […]
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Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7
Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]
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Ocean Spray Opens Lighthouse Innovation Hub In Boston
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., the farmer-owned cooperative, has opened a marketing and innovation hub called Lighthouse within the Seaport District of Boston, Massachusetts, establishing an urban footprint in the Silicon Valley of the East Coast. Ocean Spray’s innovation and marketing teams are based out of the Lighthouse, inspiring collaboration, creativity and ingenuity both internally and […]
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Acme Markets’ Contract Approved By UFCW Local 1776KS
On May 13, Acme Markets employees represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776 Keystone State approved a new four-year contract that improves wages and protects benefits for thousands of Acme members who serve Philadelphia-area customers. The new contract covers 3,300 union members working in more than 40 Acme Markets locations. Negotiations began in […]
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Verc Names Michael Johnston Team Leader At Fitchburg Location
Verc Enterprises, a convenience store and Mobil/Gulf/Irving gasoline operator headquartered in Duxbury, Massachusetts, has named Michael Johnston team leader at the Fitchburg Briteway Carwash location at 129 Whalon Street. Johnston joined Verc in 2014 and has served as team leader at the Berlin Gulf location for the past four years. Originally from Boxborough, Massachusetts, Johnston […]
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Loacker USA Hires CPG Exec Todd Hanus As Its New Sales SVP
Loacker USA has hired Todd W. Hanus as SVP of U.S. sales, effective May 7. Hanus is responsible for all sales channels in the U.S. and reports to T.J. Rooney, president of Loacker USA, located in New York. Hanus joined Loacker with more than 24 years of CPG experience at Kraft Foods, Nabisco and Mondelez […]
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ShopRite Opening New Store In Cromwell, Connecticut
ShopRite plans to open a state-of-the-art, full-service supermarket at 45 Shunpike Road in Cromwell, Connecticut, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to be attended by community leaders on Saturday, May 18, at 8 a.m. Cromwell Mayor Enzo Faienza and representatives of the local council, chamber of commerce and area nonprofit groups are expected to attend the grand […]
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Remembering Former Morris Alper Chairman Frederic Alper
(Editor’s note: Mr. Alper’s family recently requested that we share the news of his death, which occurred last summer.) Mr. Frederic M. Alper died Aug. 9, 2018, following a long illness. He was 79. Mr. Alper served as president and later chairman of Morris Alper Inc., one of the largest food brokerage companies in the […]
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QuickChek Names Smyly, Kwiecien To Lead Culinary Team
QuickChek has appointed Chris Smyly as director of foodservice and has hired Chef Ted Kwiecien as culinary specialist. The Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based fresh convenience market chain has been opening newly designed stores with more than half of each new store’s space dedicated to fresh foodservice. Smyly has been a senior category manager with the […]
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Hain Celestial Sells WestSoy Brand To Keystone Natural
Hain Celestial Group Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, has completed the divestiture of the WestSoy tofu, seitan and tempeh businesses to Keystone Natural Holdings, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital focusing on plant-based food. The strategic divestiture did not include the WestSoy […]
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Speedway Breaks Ground For Store At Former PA Railyard
Speedway will occupy a 5-acre area for a commercial fueling station and convenience store at the site of the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) Railroad Yard in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The development, which is located within a federally designated Opportunity Zone, will complement ongoing operations of the CSX Intermodal Terminal, which opened in 2017. […]
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Stop & Shop Launches ‘Bags 4 My Cause’ Reusable Bag Campaign
Stop & Shop has launched Bags 4 My Cause, a chainwide program that allows customers to support local nonprofit organizations while also helping the environment. Each time a customer purchases a Bags 4 My Cause community bag, a reusable shopping tote, the Quincy, Massachusetts-based company will donate $1 of those proceeds to a local nonprofit […]
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Ocean Spray Diversifies Leadership With Three New Hires
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. has appointed Rizal Hamdallah as global chief innovation officer; Katy Latimer as VP of research and development; and Chris O’Connor as VP of marketing. “As we look to the future of Ocean Spray, bringing together a team with a diverse set of strengths will be key to the growth of our […]
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Giant Food Stores To Open Walnutport, Pennsylvania, Store May 17
Giant Food Stores will open its new Walnutport, Pennsylvania, store on Friday, May 17, at 8 a.m. The new 55,000-s.f. store located at 300 S. Best Avenue will operate 6 a.m.-midnight seven days a week and bring approximately 200 full- and part-time jobs to the community. Steve Bowlby, a 27-year grocery veteran, is the store […]
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Weis Markets Launches 11th Annual Paws For Pets Program
Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has launched its 11th annual Paws for Pets program, a company-wide initiative that collects donations, pet food and supplies for local animal shelters and rescue organizations. During the month-long program which ends May 28, customers can donate $1, $3 or $5 at the register or give online at WeisMarkets.com. All contributions will go […]
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Krage Joins Idaho Potato Commission As Retail Promotion Director
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) based in Eagle, Idaho, has hired Mike Krage as retail promotion director of the Northeast/Midwest. Krage brings more than 30 years of retail and wholesale produce industry experience. He replaces Dave Rhodes, who will be director of produce and floral for Fresh Encounter, a 59-store chain in Indiana and Ohio. […]
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Big Y Food Safety Director To Retire; Company Seeks Replacement
After 26 years at Big Y, Cas Tryba, director of food safety and quality assurance, has announced his retirement as of July 26. Tryba created the food safety department at Big Y, headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. During his tenure, he developed extensive food safety training programs, processes and procedures for the chain along with a […]