Three grocers—Weis Markets, Fry’s Food Stores and Price Chopper-Market 32—have changed oil management practices in their hot prepared foods programs through service from Restaurant Technologies. Over the next few months, each retailer will begin using the “Total Oil Management” system that automates the entire life cycle of fryer oil. “Prepared foods have skyrocketed in the grocery space, […]
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AGNE Stores Enhance Efficiencies With New POS Systems
Harvest Market, Vista Foods and Sully’s Superette, three community retailers in New Hampshire and Vermont that are owned and operated by Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE), recently upgraded their point-of-sale software systems. Produced by Dumac, the new system has helped the three AGNE banners increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business operations, particularly cash […]
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ShopRite Expands Free Fruit Program In Some N.J., Pa. Stores
ShopRite has expanded the free fruit program it launched earlier this year to five more stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that are owned and operated by ShopRite of Hunterdon County. Under the program, children 12 and younger receive a free banana, clementine or other seasonal fruit while shopping with a parent or guardian. The […]
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Weis Adds VP Of Asset Protection
Weis Markets recently named William England VP of asset protection. England will oversee the day-to-day management of shrink and risk management, workplace safety, food quality assurance, insurance and workers’ compensation within Weis Markets, a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based food retailer operating 203 stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. England has […]
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Bull, Deuser Named To New York Convenience Store Hall Of Fame
Larry Bull and Mike Deuser have been selected by the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) to be inducted into the New York Convenience Store Hall of Fame. NYACS will induct them at its annual Chairman’s Banquet on Thursday, May 11, in Syracuse. The Hall of Fame honors retailers and suppliers for exceptional achievement in, […]
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Allegiance Helps With Foodtown Opening In Pennsylvania
Allegiance Retail Services (ARS) of Iselin, New Jersey, assisted in the grand opening of Foodtown of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, on March 31, and welcomed Dave Flederbach and family, the owner-operators, to Allegiance. Foodtown of Honesdale is among the few owner-operated grocery stores in the market. Store officials said the goal is to offer quality goods at […]
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Redner’s Markets Founder Remembered As Innovator, Risk Taker
Mr. Earl Redner, the founder of Redner’s Markets, died April 5 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was 91. Known simply as “The Chief” by many, Mr. Redner’s vision helped guide the company to where it is today, according to a statement on the Pennsylvania-based chain’s Facebook page. Born in Bridgewater, Virginia, on Sept. 19, 1925, […]
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Tracy Moore Of C&S Selected As Woman Executive Of The Year
by Mike Berger/editor-Northeast One constant at C&S Wholesale Grocers’ fall and spring trade shows is Tracy Moore. For nearly 25 years she has been a consistent, dependable force behind the rise of C&S. And it’s why she is The Griffin Report of the Northeast’s 2017 Woman Executive of the Year. As SVP of non-perishable procurement, merchandising/marketing […]