Sovos Brands, a food and beverage company formed by Advent International, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Rao’s Specialty Foods, a New York producer of Rao’s Homemade, a brand of pasta sauce. Rao’s Specialty Foods is the second acquisition in less than six months for Sovos Brands. Rao’s Specialty Foods joins Sovos’ portfolio of […]
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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Safeway Eastern Division Marking 87th Anniversary With Gas Promotion
Safeway Eastern Division stores in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware and Florida will celebrate the company’s 87th anniversary throughout the month of August with a special anniversary sale featuring 4x Gas Rewards on top-selling items. When shoppers purchase Safeway Anniversary Sale items, every $1 spent on these items will earn four times the usual Gas […]
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ShopRite Opens Newest Store In Plainview, New York
ShopRite has opened its newest full-service supermarket in Plainview, New York. The 68,000-s.f. grocery store also serves as a retail anchor for Country Pointe at Plainview, a development that will include a mix of housing and retail shops when completed. The Greenfield family, third- and fourth-generation grocers who own four other ShopRites on Long Island, operate […]
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FDA To Pursue Lower Nicotine Levels In Tobacco Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced new tobacco and nicotine regulations with a goal of “better protecting children and significantly reducing tobacco-related disease and death.” The approach places levels of nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco regulation efforts. The goal is to ensure that the FDA has the […]
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Cumberland Farms Says It Saved Customers $75M Through SmartPay Program
Cumberland Farms says its customers have saved $75 million through use of the SmartPay program, which launched in January 2013. Available as both a free payment card and a mobile payment app, SmartPay Check-Link users automatically save 10 cents on every gallon of gas at any Cumberland Farms gas retail location throughout the Northeast and Florida. Cumberland Farms has made the […]
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Stew Leonard’s In Danbury, Connecticut, Rolls Out Meal Delivery In Under An Hour
Stew Leonard’s in Danbury, Connecticut, has partnered with Vroom Service Now for delivery of the grocer’s meals in under an hour. “While the Leonards first started as milk deliverymen 100 years ago, offering home meal delivery is an exciting new chapter in my family’s fresh food business,” said Jake Tavello, store director of Stew Leonard’s […]
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Snyder’s-Lance To Spend $20M On Hyannis, Mass., Plant Expansion
Snyder’s-Lance plans to expand its Hyannis, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Chips plant by nearly 40,000 s.f. The $20 million project will add to the plant’s manufacturing, warehouse and office and retail spaces. Cape Cod and Snyder’s-Lance recently filed project plans with the Cape Cod Commission. “Our company continually evaluates our operations to best use our investments and […]
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Group Encourages Stores To Drop Ben & Jerry’s Unless Organic Commitment Is Made
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) reports that 10 of 11 samples of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream tested positive for glyphosate, a key ingredient in Roundup herbicide. OCA is calling for Ben & Jerry’s, a Vermont-based subsidiary of Unilever, to begin an immediate transition to using only organic ingredients, including milk, in its products or face a […]
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Stop & Shop To Close Older Medford, Mass., Store; Adds New Unit In Conn.
Stop & Shop is closing a smaller, older store at 471 Salem Street in Medford, Massachusetts, in mid- to late August and expanding a larger store in that community. The grocery chain also recently opened a new store in Litchfield, Connecticut. The Stop & Shop store at 760 Fellsway in Medford remains open as it […]
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Wegmans, Instacart Expand Same-Day Delivery From Pa., N.J. Stores
Wegmans Food Markets has expanded its same-day grocery delivery service through Instacart to select stores in southeastern Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley and southern New Jersey. The service allows Wegmans customers to complete their grocery shopping online and have their orders delivered to their doors in as little as an hour. Wegmans customers can fill their virtual carts by […]
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Gulf Rolls Out New Rewards Campaign With Discover
Gulf Oil and Discover Financial Service have launched a new savings campaign to reward consumers for downloading the new Gulf Pay app and linking their Discover card as the preferred payment method. By downloading the free Gulf Pay app and linking a Discover card within a wallet, users will automatically start saving 15 cents off on […]
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Campbell Soup Accelerating E-Commerce Plans
Campbell Soup Co. has appointed VP Shakeel Farooque to lead an accelerated plan for its Digital and E-Commerce Division. The company plans to accelerate its digital and e-commerce capabilities by forming an e-commerce unit, representing all three Campbell divisions in North America. Campbell has a goal of generating $300 million in e-commerce sales over the next five years. […]
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New Jersey Raises Smoking Age To 21
With Gov. Chris Christie signing the bill into law Friday, New Jersey joined the growing list of states and communities prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under age 21. Tobacco 21 laws also have been enacted by California, Hawaii and at least 255 cities and counties, including New York City, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, […]
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Leaders Of New Hanover Wegmans Have 80+ Years With Company
The Wegmans Food Market that opens in Hanover, New Jersey, on Sunday, July 23, will be led by a team of leaders that have a combined 84 years of experience with the grocer. The team consists of: Store Manager Tim Lockwood; Executive Chef Preston France; Pharmacy Area Manager Jim Rossettie; Perishable Area Manager Megan Doherty; […]
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Tops Friendly Markets Reports Staff Promotions, Addition
Williamsville, New York-based Tops Friendly Markets has announced staff promotions as well as one addition. Four were promoted. Ashley Tucker, formerly a manager trainee for the North Country Tops stores, has been promoted to store manager for the Cox Sackie, New York, store. Tucker has more than 17 years of experience in retail management and […]
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Harvest Hill Beverage Co. Promotes Champlin To President Of Sales
Harvest Hill Beverage Co. in Stamford, Connecticut, has promoted David Champlin to president of sales. Champlin, who has been with the company for about three years, will oversee the company’s selling organization of more than 40 people, and will be responsible for global sales efforts across all channels. Harvest Hill’s beverage brands include Juicy Juice, […]
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Trade Groups Sue To Block NYC From Overriding Menu Labeling
On July 14, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) as well as the Restaurant Law Center (RLC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to stop New York City from prematurely enforcing rules on calorie […]
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Bay State Debates Merits Of Sugared Beverage Tax
Massachusetts residents could pay a significantly higher tax on beverages with added sugar, such as soda and sports drinks. Under review in the Massachusetts Legislature, Senate Bill 1562/House Bill 3329, authored by Sen. Jason Lewis and Rep. Kay Khan, seeks to create a tiered excise tax on sugary drinks, with tax level based on beverages’ sugar […]
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Hershey Moves Forward With New Nutrition Facts Panel
The Hershey Co. announced plans to move forward with rolling out a new Nutrition Facts panel, despite the Food and Drug Administration’s recent delay of the original July 2018 deadline. Products with the new label will begin hitting shelves this fall. This latest action taken by Hershey is part of its greater commitment to choice and […]
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AG New England Elects Maine Operator To Board Of Directors
Associated Grocers of New England recently elected John Beaupre of Carrabassett Valley, Maine, to its board of directors. Beaupre is the co-owner of Ayottes Country Store, Mountainside Grocers and Sugarloaf Grocery in Carrabassett Valley and Anni’s Market in Kingfield. Beaupre has served as vice chair of the Carrabassett Valley Maine Board of Selectmen since 2000. From […]