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 […]
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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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 […]
Posted inNortheast, C-Store News
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 […]
Posted inNortheast, Center Store, Executive News, Grocery News, Produce News
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 […]
Posted inNortheast, Center Store, Corporate Store News, Grocery News, Home Page Slider, Nonfood Items
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 […]
Posted inProduce News, Albertsons, Association News, Northeast
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 […]
Posted inNortheast, Snacks Brands, Store News, Suppliers
Gibble’s Foods Plans New Products To Celebrate 60th Anniversary
Gibble’s Foods is celebrating 60 years of Gibble’s-branded products still being produced and sold to millions of consumers. Gibble’s, based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, has been producing snack products since 1959, when the Gibble family had a stand in a local farmer’s market selling various goods and wares. One thing that they wanted to sell to […]
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Wegmans Joins DoorDash To Power Wegmans Meals 2Go Delivery
Wegmans is teaming up DoorDash for delivery of the supermarket’s meals available in the new Wegmans Meals 2Go app. The venture is now live at the Dulles (Sterling) store in northern Virginia, and the Pittsford, East Avenue and Perinton stores in Rochester, New York. Two more Rochester-area stores—Penfield and Holt Road—are set to go live […]
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Associated Supermarket Group Opens Two NY Stores
ASG (Associated Supermarket Group) of Port Washington, New York, has opened two Fresh concept supermarkets, adding to its network of independent stores and to the 220,000 small businesses located in New York City. These small businesses employ nearly half of the city’s workforce, according to a government report. Met Fresh opened in Whitestone on Friday, […]
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Burns’ Family Supermarkets To Present $10,000 Check To American Red Cross
Nine local Fresh Grocer and ShopRite supermarkets, owned and operated by the Burns family, raised $10,000 for the American Red Cross during the seventh annual fundraiser held in March in honor of National Red Cross Month. The monthlong fundraiser was supported by both corporate and customer donations. All proceeds will help the Red Cross deliver […]
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Dumbo Market’s New Brooklyn Store Opening April 26
Brooklyn-based Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, will open its newest Dumbo Market location at 66 Front Street in Brooklyn on Friday, April 26. To celebrate, Dumbo Market is hosting a grand opening celebration at 10 a.m. Congressmember Nydia Velazquez and Key Food executives including CEO […]
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Boston’s Back Bay Roasters Offers Line Of Cold Brew Coffees
Back Bay Roasters soon will offer Beacon Black Cold Brew Coffee. Most cold-brew offerings are heat pasteurized during the bottling process to extend shelf-life. True cold brew coffee is brewed, packaged, shipped and stored cold. Beacon Black Cold Brew Coffee arrives in stores from Maine to Maryland in a 3-liter “brew box” and in 12-oz. […]
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Pepsi Adds New Flavors Combining Cola And Fruit Juice
Pepsi is introducing three new flavors this spring: Pepsi Berry, Pepsi Lime and Pepsi Mango. The new flavors mark the first time the company has added real fruit juice to its cola. “We are really excited to release these three new flavors, as they provide our fans with a flavorful new cola experience that combines […]
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Strike Over At Stop & Shop; New Agreement Signed Sunday, April 21
In the evening on April 21, New England-based grocery store chain Stop & Shop and representatives from Locals 328, 371, 1445, 1459, and 919 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) reached a tentative agreement (TA), effectively stopping an 11-day strike, according to a press release from the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS). […]
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Enlightened Rolls Out Five Dairy-Free Ice Cream Bars
Enlightened, a brand of better-for-you ice cream, has added five dairy-free varieties to the line of low-calorie ice cream bars. “We’re thrilled to introduce our creamy, dairy-free, frozen desserts in spoon-free format,” Michael Shoretz, founder and CEO of Enlightened, said. “With the introduction of our dairy-free pints, we began serving a whole new community, and […]
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Unilever To Acquire California-Based Olly Nutrition
Unilever is acquiring San Francisco, California-based Olly Nutrition, a company known for gummy vitamins, supplements, protein powders and snack bars. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Olly was co-founded in 2014 by Eric Ryan, who also previously co-founded home-and-personal-care-products company Method. “We are […]