New Channels News In Brief… The National Retail Federation expects sales in November and December, excluding automobiles, gas and restaurant sales, to increase 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion—significantly higher than the 10-year average of 2.5 percent and above the seven-year average of 3.4 percent since recovery began in 2009. Holiday sales in 2015 increased 3.0 percent over the […]
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Former Delhaize Leader Named Center Store, Merchandising VP At Tops
Tops Friendly Markets, Williamsville, New York, has appointed grocery veteran Kristen Hanson VP of center store sales and merchandising. Hanson will lead all functions of sales and merchandising in edible and non-food grocery, dairy-frozen, general merchandising, health and beauty care, pharmacy, Tops’ fuel business and merchandising supply chain. Hanson served as VP at Delhaize America […]
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TOMRA Piloting Grocery Recycling Loyalty Program
TOMRA Systems, Shelton, Connecticut, focused on beverage container recycling, has launched a pilot loyalty program in Michigan supermarkets. At the stores, consumers who bring their empty bottles and cans can deposit them in a redeem machine—also called a “reverse vending” machine, or RVM—and register to earn rewards. The program, called “TOMRA Makes Change,” encourages shoppers […]
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Union Square Hospitality Group Expands Paid Parental Leave, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The Union Square Hospitality Group, a New York City 13-unit restaurant company headed by Danny Meyer, has a new paid parental policy. Starting in 2017, all full-time employees with more than one year of employment will be offered 100 percent of their base wages for the first week after their child […]
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Boxed Wholesale Named A Best Place To Work In NYC, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Boxed Wholesale of New York City, the online wholesale shopping club with no membership fees, has been named to the 2016 Best Places to Work in New York City list by Crain’s New York Business and Best Companies Group. In 2015, co-founder and CEO Chieh Huang created a fund to […]
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Beer Merger Expected To Be Finalized Oct. 10, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Anheuser-Busch InBev’s merger with SAB Miller has taken another step forward with the backing of each company’s shareholders. The merger is expected to close Oct. 10. The new company will be known as Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV… Stewart’s Shops Ice Cream took home some top honors at the recent World Dairy […]
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Weis Markets Launches Certified Angus Beef Program
Weis Markets has introduced a new line of Certified Angus Beef products to all its 171 Weis Markets stores in its five-state service area of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia. Angus Beef is known for its 10 exacting standards designed to ensure flavor, juiciness and tenderness in the beef. Created by […]
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Pinnacle Launches New Mobile App For C-Store Shoppers
Pinnacle Corp. has launched a new consumer mobile app solution for c-store retailers nationwide. The app addresses several key areas important in a consumers’ decision to visit a store: Location—easily identify where stores are located. Amenities—determine exactly what services each location provides. Gas Prices Promotions—digital offers to lure buyers into a stores. “Pinnacle’s mobile app […]