FreshDirect, an online fresh food grocer based in the Northeast, has opened its FreshDirect Campus (FDC), a new facility in New York City’s South Bronx community. FreshDirect says the new facility “reimagines farm-to-fork food distribution and manufacturing, which will provide even higher-quality, fresher food for customers.” It will enable the company to add thousands of […]
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Boyer’s Food Implements Fully Integrated BRdata E-Commerce System
Boyer’s Food customers in northeastern Pennsylvania now are able to order their groceries online and pick them up at their local store. The new service is supported by technology from software company BRdata and is integrated with the store’s back-office system, which also uses BRdata software. This enables live pricing updates and simplified item selection […]
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Fresh And Healthy Items Driving C-Store Sales In 2018
Convenience store retailers say they experienced positive revenue growth over the first six months of 2018, with expanded healthy snack and drink options expected to fuel strong summer sales growth, according to a survey of U.S. convenience store owners by NACS, the trade association that represents the convenience retailing industry. More than three in four […]
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Hannaford Bringing Full-Service Store, Pharmacy To Mechanic Falls, Maine
Hannaford will open a new 20,000-s.f. store on July 28 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, that will include a full-service pharmacy. The store will employ 80 to 100 full- and part-time associates. The store will offer a full range grocery items—more than 16,000 products in total—and will feature a full-service deli, hand-crafted sandwiches and salads made […]
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Sprouts To Open Second Maryland Store In Towson July 25
Touting fresh, natural and organic foods, Sprouts Farmers Market is ready to open its second Maryland store in Towson on July 25, beginning at 7 a.m. Like all Sprouts stores, the new, 30,000-s.f. location will offer fresh produce, a deli with prepared entrees and side dishes, a butcher shop and fish market, and a large vitamins […]
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Village Super Market Patriarch James Sumas Dies At 84
Wakefern Food Corp. and ShopRite are mourning the loss of James Nicholas Sumas, longtime patriarch of Village Super Market Inc., which owns and operates 30 ShopRite supermarkets in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. “Jimmy,” as he was affectionately called, was an influential member, mentor and guiding force at Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative. […]
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Weis Markets Upgrading In-Store Wi-Fi At All Locations
Weis Markets is working with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, on an upgraded wireless infrastructure at its 205 stores in an effort to deliver improved efficiencies, drive sales and provide customers with a “top-notch mobile experience.” According to Jacob Koch, manager of systems administration for Weis Markets, employing a secure, high-performance wireless infrastructure is critical […]
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Chex Finer Foods Completes Warehouse Expansion
Chex Finer Foods, a regional, third-generation family-owned specialty and natural foods distributor, has completed a 20,000-s.f. expansion of its warehouse and headquarters in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Company officials say the expansion will increase the breadth and diversity of the products and services Chex offers to its customers—independent markets and leading retailers in the Northeast. “Chex has […]