Manomet, a grocery sustainability certification program, has certified 175 Giant Eagle stores as achieving Grocery Stewardship Certification (GSC). The certification recognizes the company’s commitment to incorporating operational sustainability best practices in stores, reducing its environmental impact and saving resources. Giant Eagle operates supermarkets in western Pennsylvania, North Central Ohio, northern West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana. The […]
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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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Mojo Cold Brew Coffee Partners With JOH
Mojo Cold Brewed Coffee of Beverly, Massachusetts, has formed a partnership with regional broker JOH and announced a reduction in wholesale pricing. The company also said it is passing on production efficiencies in the form of lower prices to its business partners. The company completed construction of a brewing and bottling facility in Beverly at the […]
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NYC Mayor Drafts Bill To Raise Cigarette Pack Price To $13
If New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way New Yorkers will pay the highest price in the country for a pack of cigarettes. Currently, a pack of cigarettes in New York City starts at $10.50, including taxes. The mayor’s proposal would increase the price to $13 per pack because of a higher […]
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Kings Food Markets Appoints New CFO, Makes Other Personnel Changes
Kings Food Markets, a 25-unit upscale supermarket chain in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, has a new CFO and also has made several changes to its executive, operations and merchant teams. Daniel Gallagher has been appointed EVP and CFO. He comes to Kings with more than 16 years of experience in senior management positions and […]
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Seasons Corner Market Continues Mass., R.I. Expansion
Seasons Corner Market, owned by Colbea Enterprises, expects to open a new store in Johnston, Rhode Island, in mid-May and will open additional stores soon in Westwood, Ashland and Canton, Massachusetts. The new Johnston store will be open 24 hours and include a Dunkin’ Donuts and Nicole’s Gourmet fresh prepared foods from Pranzi Catering, as […]
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Groups Ask FDA To Delay Menu Rule Effective Date
National Grocers Association (NGA) and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) have filed a petition asking the FDA for a stay on the Final Rule on Food Labeling. The associations asked the commissioner to hold off on the effective date, currently scheduled for May 5. The petition requested the stay and re-evaluation because of […]
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J. Polep Names Sales And Foodservice Directors
New England c-store distributor J. Polep Distribution Services has named Jim Katany sales director and Sarah Binney foodservice director. Binney has been with J. Polep since 1982, most recently serving as assistant foodservice director. Her new responsibilities include implementing and monitoring all foodservice products and programs, from maintaining stocks, to sourcing and sampling new foodservice items […]
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Less Is More At Wegmans When It Comes To Packaging
With 92 stores across six states, each offering a minimum of 50,000 products, Wegmans Food Markets’ customers might not immediately equate the notion of “less is more” with the supermarket chain. But, when it comes to sustainability and the company’s commitment to reduce waste in landfills and reduce emissions, less truly is more, according to Wegmans. […]
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ShopRite Partners With Healthcare Provider On New Family Wellness Program
ShopRite and New Jersey healthcare provider RWJBarnabas Health have partnered to launch a free nutrition and wellness education program available to children and families at ShopRite stores in New Jersey and beyond. Called “KidsFit at ShopRite,” the program’s goal is to prevent childhood obesity. KidsFit at ShopRite is a free, six-session curriculum-based program taught by […]
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New Sheetz Loyalty Card Offers More Customized Rewards
Sheetz recently marked the start of its new loyalty card program, giving customers the opportunity to become official “Sheetz Freakz.” MySheetz card holders now receive points on nearly every in-store purchase and can choose customized rewards. Points cannot be earned on fuel, cigarettes, tobacco, lottery, half-gallon and gallon milk, financial cards and Sheetz Gift cards. […]
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Hain Celestial Forms Joint Venture With Rosetto Foods
The Hain Celestial Group, a leading organic and natural products company, has established a joint venture with Rosetto Foods, a newly formed entity managed by Steven Sands. Hain Celestial has a 49 percent minority interest in the joint venture. As part of the strategic partnership with Rosetto Foods, Hain Celestial licensed the intellectual property associated with its non-core […]
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New York C-Store Industry Helps Defeat Cigar Tax Shift Bill
New York convenience store retailers and suppliers teamed up to keep a shift in the cigar excise tax out of the new state budget that was approved this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature. Jim Calvin, president of the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS), commended his retail and distributor members as […]
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CEO Boer Addresses First Joint Ahold Delhaize Shareholders Meeting
Ahold Delhaize CEO Dick Boer pointed out some accomplishments from the company’s U.S. businesses—Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Peapod and Food Lion—as he addressed the company’s general meeting of shareholders on April 12 in the Netherlands. This was the first shareholders meeting since the merger of Ahold and Delhaize in July 2016, and Boer said the […]
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Three Grocers Change Oil Management Practices
Three grocers—Weis Markets, Fry’s Food Stores and Price Chopper-Market 32—have changed oil management practices in their hot prepared foods programs through service from Restaurant Technologies. Over the next few months, each retailer will begin using the “Total Oil Management” system that automates the entire life cycle of fryer oil. “Prepared foods have skyrocketed in the grocery space, […]
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AGNE Stores Enhance Efficiencies With New POS Systems
Harvest Market, Vista Foods and Sully’s Superette, three community retailers in New Hampshire and Vermont that are owned and operated by Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE), recently upgraded their point-of-sale software systems. Produced by Dumac, the new system has helped the three AGNE banners increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business operations, particularly cash […]
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ShopRite Expands Free Fruit Program In Some N.J., Pa. Stores
ShopRite has expanded the free fruit program it launched earlier this year to five more stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that are owned and operated by ShopRite of Hunterdon County. Under the program, children 12 and younger receive a free banana, clementine or other seasonal fruit while shopping with a parent or guardian. The […]
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Weis Adds VP Of Asset Protection
Weis Markets recently named William England VP of asset protection. England will oversee the day-to-day management of shrink and risk management, workplace safety, food quality assurance, insurance and workers’ compensation within Weis Markets, a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based food retailer operating 203 stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. England has […]
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Bull, Deuser Named To New York Convenience Store Hall Of Fame
Larry Bull and Mike Deuser have been selected by the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) to be inducted into the New York Convenience Store Hall of Fame. NYACS will induct them at its annual Chairman’s Banquet on Thursday, May 11, in Syracuse. The Hall of Fame honors retailers and suppliers for exceptional achievement in, […]
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Allegiance Helps With Foodtown Opening In Pennsylvania
Allegiance Retail Services (ARS) of Iselin, New Jersey, assisted in the grand opening of Foodtown of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, on March 31, and welcomed Dave Flederbach and family, the owner-operators, to Allegiance. Foodtown of Honesdale is among the few owner-operated grocery stores in the market. Store officials said the goal is to offer quality goods at […]
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Redner’s Markets Founder Remembered As Innovator, Risk Taker
Mr. Earl Redner, the founder of Redner’s Markets, died April 5 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was 91. Known simply as “The Chief” by many, Mr. Redner’s vision helped guide the company to where it is today, according to a statement on the Pennsylvania-based chain’s Facebook page. Born in Bridgewater, Virginia, on Sept. 19, 1925, […]