Category: Northeast

Target announced plans to open 15 U.S. stores this year, with an emphasis on its smaller-sized TargetExpress format located in urban centers. The discounter will open eight TargetExpress locations, one CityTarget and six general merchandise stores. In addition to previously announced TargetExpress openings in San Francisco, San Diego and St. Paul, Minn., Target plans to […]

Whole Foods Market announced last week that it recently signed leases for eight new store locations in the United States and three in Canada. The U.S. stores are planned for Baltimore; Bellingham, Wash.; Bridgewater, N.J.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Mandeville, La.; Sarasota, Fla.; and Toledo, Ohio. The Canadian stores are planned for Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, […]

VERC Enterprises, Duxbury, Mass., was selected to receive the 2014 Excellence in Risk Management Award from Energi Insurance Services Inc. for its commitment to loss prevention and safety. This marks the second consecutive year VERC Enterprises has received the honor. Energi is a Peabody, Mass.-based industrial reinsurance company that provides specialized insurance and risk management […]

Snyder’s-Lance Inc. has formed Clearview Foods, a new snack food division with a focus on developing innovative and better-for-you options. Clearview Foods will concentrate its efforts on growing the Snack Factory, Pretzel Crisps, Eat Smart and Late July Organic Snacks products. The company also introduced a new logo for the division inspired by Snyder’s-Lance’s strategy […]

Wawa recently launched the Wawa Remodel Program, a massive effort to remodel older, legacy stores to reflect Wawa’s latest store design and food service offerings. In 2015, Wawa will remodel 40 existing stores—the most remodels to happen in one year ever in Wawa’s history. Older stores will get new store graphics and designs, and store […]

The Mass. Restaurant Assn. is reminding members that Form 8027 used by establishments to make annual reports to the IRS on receipts from food or beverage operations and tips reported by employees is due by March 2 for manual forms and electronic forms are due by March 31. Two conditions apply for using the form: […]

TGI Fridays Inc., in relationship with Microsoft Corp., is equipping servers with 8-inch tablets so they can quickly and accurately process orders and payments while at the table. Oracle’s MICROS RES 5.4 allows TGI Fridays to manage the various aspects of running a restaurant, from tableside ordering to traffic and queue management, all from one […]

Golbon, a national food service buying group based in Boise, Idaho, announced the addition of Arnold’s & Eddie’s Foods of Chicopee, Mass., known as Arnie’s Meats Inc., to its buying group. Arnie’s Meats has grown dramatically since 1974. Four small trucks have increased to 10 large trucks making deliveries five days a week from Nyak, […]