In honor of the recent National Nurses Week, Stop & Shop provided special indulgences for nurses at hospitals in three of the states it serves: Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, New York; Yale-New Haven in New Haven, Connecticut; and Massachusetts General in Boston, Massachusetts. From bubble bath and hand masks to an ice cream […]
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Big Y Names Creed VP Of Distribution And Logistics
The Big Y Foods Board of Directors has appointed Stephen M. Creed to the new position of VP of distribution and logistics. Creed is responsible for leading Big Y’s distribution teams at its newly expanded 430,000-square-foot Fresh & Local Distribution Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. In addition, he will serve as an advisor to the board […]
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Weis Markets Opens Bethlehem, Lower Macungie Stores In Pennsylvania
Weis Markets has opened two new Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, stores, expanding its services to customers in Bethlehem and Lower Macungie. The 63,000-square-foot Bethlehem store, located in the Westgate Mall in the space formerly occupied by Bon-Ton, opened to the public on May 13 and nearly doubles the size of the store it replaced, also in […]
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Price Chopper Expands AdvantEdge Rewards Beyond Food And Fuel
Price Chopper/Market 32, based in New York, has expanded its AdvantEdge Rewards Program. In addition to food and fuel, the Northeastern supermarket chain now offers its customers the opportunity to use their earned rewards to support local schools, pay down student loans, donate to charity, purchase specialty kitchen products and enter periodic sweepstakes. Since having successfully […]
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The Giant Co. And Customers Raise $3.3 Million To Fight Food Insecurity
Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The Giant Co. says that with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local public school districts in the communities it serves. The total donation was announced at James R. Ludlow School in Philadelphia with the help of The […]
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Stop & Shop To Offer Pfizer Vaccine To Customers 12 And Older
Select Stop & Shop pharmacy locations across the Northeast are now offering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. On May 12, the CDC authorized expanded use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to individuals 12 and older, and U.S. PREP Acts authorizes Stop & Shop’s qualified pharmacists to administer vaccines to this expanded age group. Customers can now walk […]
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J&J Snack Foods Corp. Appoints Fachner As CEO
Pennsauken, New Jersey-based J&J Snack Foods Corp. has appointed Dan Fachner as CEO, effective May 11. Fachner currently serves as president, a role he assumed in May 2020 after a notable tenure with the company. Gerald “Gerry” B. Shreiber will remain chairman of the board. “Through the discipline, leadership and vision of Gerry Shreiber, J&J […]
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Trion Adds WonderBar, ZipTrack To Line Of Merchandising Items
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based Trion Industries has introduced its Trion WonderBar tray system and ZipTrack, a new and adaptable single-serve beverage pusher system. The Trion WonderBar tray system is being implemented in multiple departments storewide, with customers gaining additional SKUs in their existing retail footprint, effectively selling more in the same space. Typically, customers can gain 20 […]