Allegiance Retail Services LLC today announced the return of Pathmark Supermarkets, a banner that disappeared from the Northeast grocery scene in the early 2000s. Pathmark was founded in the 1970s and was known as an innovator in the supermarket industry, according to Allegiance. The first store under the resurrected banner is a 49,000-s.f. Pathmark store […]
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Dietz & Watson Deli Slicing Meats To Be Free Of Nitrates, Nitrites
By the end of 2020, Philadelphia-based Dietz & Watson deli slicing meats including turkey and chicken breast, ham and roast beef will be uncured. The company will not use nitrates or nitrites in the curing process for these products. “We will be removing nitrates and nitrates from many of our other products including franks, sausages […]
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Wahlburgers Adds Certified Angus Beef Line To Retail Offering
Wahlburgers, the casual dining restaurant brand founded by brothers Paul, Donnie and Mark Wahlberg in Boston, Massachusetts, along with other investors, have again collaborated with ARKK Food Co. to launch new Certified Angus Beef blends to add to the Wahlburgers At Home retail beef program. The updated line of consumer products, which is available now in the Midwest at Meijer stores and […]
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Edgewell Personal Care Makes Executive Changes
Edgewell Personal Care Co. of Shelton, Connecticut, has named Rod R. Little, who has served as CFO since March 2018, as president and CEO effective March 1. Little also has been appointed to the company’s board of directors effective March 1, which will expand the board by one member. Little succeeds David P. Hatfield, who will retire from the company […]
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Independent Grocery Stores Experience ‘Significant Growth’ With Mercato
Mercato, an online ordering and delivery marketplace for independent grocers, is helping food retailers “significantly increase” online sales, with some more than tripling year-over-year, the company says. Mercato analyzed year-over-year and fourth quarter 2018 sales for retailers on the Mercato.com platform and found there were sharp increases ranging from 45 percent to 400 percent, with additional increases […]
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Giant Opens Beer & Wine Eatery At Pennsylvania Store
Giant Food Stores has opened a new Beer & Wine Eatery at its Bradford Plaza location in West Chester. Situated at 700 Downingtown Pike, the 161,000-s.f. shopping center is exclusively leased and managed by Levin Management Corp. (LMC). Giant customers will find hundreds of domestic, imported and craft beers coupled with an extensive wine selection in the Beer & […]
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Associated Supermarket Group Establishes Loyalty Marketing Program
Associated Supermarket Group (ASG), based in New York, and Wonder Rewards have entered a partnership that establishes “Wonder Rewards” as a loyalty marketing program for ASG’s banner stores and independents. Wonder Rewards was formally introduced at the Feb. 7 ASG Retailer Summit as part of “What’s New for 2019 in Technology” for driving sales, profitability and improving […]
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Nightfood Wins 2019 Product Of The Year With Best New Ice Cream
Nightfood Inc. has been named the best new ice cream of 2019 by Kantar, a global company in consumer research. In the annual survey of more than 40,000 consumers, Nightfood, based in Tarrytown, New York, won because of the way it solves a problem for people who snack at night. By giving consumers a sleep-friendly […]