Supermarket News In Brief… Acosta has named Tom Corley, former Kraft executive, COO. He is responsible for overseeing the sales and foodservice divisions, deepening consumer packaged goods clients and customer relationships, identifying retail operating strategies and developing a differentiated sales organization. Corley has more than 30 years of industry experience with the Kraft Foods Group […]
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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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NACS Debuts Fuels Resource Center, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has launched a new online resource for everything fuels-related: the Fuels Resource Center, which includes research, news and data for the consumer and retailer. The Fuels Resource Center is designed to help educate the NACS audience and general public on general and historical […]
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Arby’s Sets Broad Expansion Plan With U.S. Beef, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Arby’s Restaurant Group, parent company of the franchisor of the Arby’s brand, has reached a new development agreement with its largest franchisee, United States Beef Corp., to open 70 new restaurants over the next seven years. This equates to an average of 10 new restaurants per year between 2016 and 2022… […]
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Sea Watch International To Host Annual Creative Clam Challenge, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Sea Watch International will host the ninth annual Creative Clam Challenge at the Boston International Seafood Expo on Sunday, March 6, at the Sea Watch booth (No. 423) from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The challenge champion will receive $2,000 and the runner up will receive $1,000. With 37 years of experience, […]
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Big Y One Of First Grocers To Deploy Latest NCR POS Solution Model
Big Y will be one of the first grocers to deploy NCR Corp.’s new point-of-sale (POS) model that aims to bring more configuration options and choice for retailers. Big Y of Springfield, Massachusetts, which serves customers in southern New England, is deploying the new RealPOS XR8. Big Y will replace non-NCR POS units at more […]
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Papa John’s Eliminates Artificial Flavors From Menu
Papa John’s says it is the first national pizza chain to remove artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu. This includes all pizza ingredients, pizza toppings, dessert items and sauce selections. “We closed out 2015 announcing our commitment to serve chicken raised without antibiotics and are ringing in the New Year artificial […]
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Walmart To Close 269 Stores, Mostly Express Units
Walmart on Jan. 15 announced plans to close 269 stores globally; 154 of them are in the U.S., including the company’s 102 smallest format stores, Walmart Express, which had been in pilot since 2011. Walmart instead will focus on strengthening Supercenters, optimizing Neighborhood Markets, growing the e-commerce business and expanding pickup services for customers. Also […]
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Dole And NEPC Donate $5K To Greater Boston Food Bank, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… The New England Produce Council (NEPC) and Dole have donated $5,000 to the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). NEPC hosted a dinner meeting at the GBFB on Jan. 12 with Dole as the dinner sponsor. Anthony Sattler, NEPC president, and Neil Kessler, Northeast manager for Dole, presented a check to Catherine D’Amato, president/CEO […]
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GE Move To Boost Restaurants In Boston Seaport District, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… General Electric, in a major economic benefit to Boston and its restaurants, has selected Boston’s Seaport District for its corporate headquarters location. Employees will move to a temporary location in Boston starting this summer, with a full move completed in several steps by 2018. In Boston, GE will have about 800 […]
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Aldi Vows To Remove Treats From Checklanes, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Aldi is introducing healthier checklanes in select stores this year. Rather than chocolates and candies, these checklanes will be stocked with healthier items like single-serve nuts and trail mixes, dried fruits and an assortment of granola bars. Aldi plans to roll out the program to its nearly 1,500 locations by […]
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NCA Identifies Most Popular Confectionery Trends
According to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), confectionery is growing faster than 184 other categories. Over the 52 weeks through Nov. 1, 2015, confectionery kept in lockstep with the total store growth of 3.2 percent, with dollar sales growth of 3 percent for combined chocolate and non-chocolate. Some of the sales trends that drove the market […]
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NYACS: Proposed Minimum Wage Is ‘Small Business Torpedo’
The $15-an-hour statewide minimum wage pushed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would backfire in the form of fewer jobs, reduced hours and benefits for remaining workers, higher prices for consumers, and severe financial stress for family-run convenience stores. That was the New York Association of Convenience Stores’ (NYACS) message to the New York State Senate […]
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Campbell Soup Pushes For National And Mandatory GMO Labeling Standard
Campbell Soup Co. is supporting the enactment of federal legislation to establish a single, mandatory labeling standard for foods derived from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Campbell says it believes it is necessary for the federal government to provide a national standard for labeling requirements to better inform consumers about this issue. The company will advocate […]
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New Foodtown Opens In Queens, N.Y., And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… Allegiance Retail Services’ newest member, Fahmi Shehadeh, recently hosted a grand opening for the Foodtown of Howard Beach in Queens, New York. The store offers above and underground parking for shoppers, a high-quality butcher shop, a store-prepared sushi department, a vast daily selection of hot and cold prepared foods, plus a […]
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Sheetz To Invest More Than $15M To Increase Employee Wages, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Sheetz will invest more than $15 million to raise the wages of store employees across the company without cutting back on hours for full-time employees, the company says. “While other businesses in the industry might have to cut back on employee hours or new hires as a result of wage […]
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Panera Bread To Offer ‘Clean Soup Menu,’ And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Panera Bread’s entire U.S. bakery-cafe soup menu no longer contains artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives. Common commercial soup ingredients—such as hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, maltodextrin and sodium phosphate—no longer appear in any of the company’s bakery-cafe soups. Panera says its chefs also took the opportunity to focus on improving […]
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Wegmans Begins Installing Hearing Loops To Aid Customers, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Wegmans Food Markets has begun to install induction hearing loop stations in its stores at pharmacy counters, customer service desks and designated checkout lanes. Sixteen Wegmans stores currently have these hearing assistance systems—at least one store in each of the six states where Wegmans operates. More will be added in […]
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Burtons Grill & Bar To Open Seven New Locations
Burtons Grill & Bar, a Massachusetts-based company dating back to 2005, has now grown into a hospitality destination with 10 full-service restaurant locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Virginia. Burtons currently has aggressive growth plans, with seven more locations set to open in the next two years, including in three additional states. Burtons […]
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General Mills Acquires Epic Meat Snacks Company
General Mills has acquired Epic Provisions, a premium natural meat snacks company based in Austin, Texas. It will operate under General Mills’ Annie’s business, which itself has experienced strong sales growth since General Mills acquired the company more than a year ago, according to General Mills. “The acquisition of Epic positions General Mills for exciting […]
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Roche Bros. To Close Sudbury Farms Store Jan. 16, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… As previously announced, Roche Bros.’ will close Sudbury Farms store at 300 North Main Street in Randolph, Massachusetts, by no later than Jan. 16. Beginning Jan. 8, all existing store inventory is 20 percent off with the exclusion of lottery tickets and cigarettes. Randolph store associates have been offered positions in […]