Giant Food, headquartered in Landover, Maryland, announces the grand opening of a new store at 6364A Springfield Plaza in Springfield, Virgina. Doors will officially open at 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 13. The Springfield store will include enhanced features such as extensive prepared food services, full meat and seafood service, expanded natural and organic selections and larger […]
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Roche Bros. And Foley Fish Celebrate 40 Years Of Seafood Partnership
In November 1980, Bud Roche called Mike Foley to give Foley Fish its first opportunity with Roche Bros. Foley had given up his career in banking in 1979 to open Foley Fish New Bedford and bring restaurant quality seafood to retail. Forty years later, Roche Bros has 21 stores – all featuring fresh, all-natural Foley […]
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ARS Opens New Stores In Brooklyn, Re-Opens Two Supermarkets
Iselin, New Jersey-based Allegiance Retail Services (ARS) has opened its two newest stores in Brooklyn, New York, and has re-opened two existing Foodtown stores in the New York/New Jersey area. Two Gristedes supermarkets in Manhattan also recently celebrated their grand re-openings. The Park Slope Foodtown, located at 409 5th Ave., celebrated its grand opening on […]
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Maxwell House Partners With Operation Finally Home
This Veteran’s Day, Maxwell House is partnering with Operation Finally Home by donating $200,000 to build mortgage-free homes for veterans in need over the next two years. Just like Maxwell House, Operation Finally Home is dedicated to supporting our nation’s military heroes and their families. The partnership will kick off this fall in Fernandina Beach near Jacksonville, Florida, […]
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The Giant Co. Donates Record 10,000 Turkeys This Thanksgiving
The Giant Co., based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is donating 10,000 turkeys in advance of Thanksgiving, marking a record donation for this annual holiday season tradition. Bringing the true meaning of the company’s new brand platform For Today’s Table to life, turkeys will be donated to 28 partner food banks across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, […]
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Market Profile: Hybrid Business Model Helped Steady Santoni’s Marketplace And Catering
When events collapsed during quarantine, grocery side took off by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Lou Santoni and his brother, Rick, own Santoni’s Marketplace and Catering in Baltimore County, Maryland. And they were fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic to have the grocery business to lean on. “COVID had a huge impact [on catering],” Santoni said. “We […]
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Always Teams Up With Stop & Shop To Donate 250,000 Pads
To help girls that do not have access to period products, Always has teamed up with Stop & Shop to donate 250,000 pads to Stop & Shop School Food Pantry partners in Boston, Fall River and Springfield, Massachusetts, as well as several schools throughout Newark and Orange, New Jersey. A recent study conducted by Always […]
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Syfel Inc. Announces New Line Of Safer Shopping Bags
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the grocery industry has been on the front lines to protect people from disease. In an effort to support grocers, Syfel Inc., producer of reusable bags, has created an extra measure to keep staff and customers safe. Antimicrobial reusable shopping bags and boxes are the next wave in protecting people from […]