As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, Giant Eagle Inc. has relaunched its private label brand, Nature’s Basket. All items from the Nature’s Basket product line will now feature responsibly-sourced, high-quality ingredients. “We’re committed to helping our customers realize meaningful value through our Own Brands program, and I am particularly excited to reintroduce […]
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Posted inIndependent Store News, Executive News, Northeast
Third-Generation Colalillo Joins ShopRite Of Hunterdon County
ShopRite of Hunterdon County, the family-owned company that operates five ShopRite stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has announced that Sam Colalillo has joined the business. He will work with Joe Colalillo, his father and president of ShopRite of Hunterdon County, and the retail teams at the family’s ShopRite stores located in Flemington, Greenwich and […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Northeast
Whole Foods Market To Open Store In Jersey City, NJ
Whole Foods Market will open a new 51,156-square-foot store Nov. 9 at Washington Street and Columbus Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey. This is the retailer’s first store in the city. With graphics representing the Hudson River in the store’s backyard, a cool-toned color palette was chosen to provide a sense of calm in the […]
Posted inSustainability News, Northeast
Innovative Hannaford Store Pursues Sustainability Challenge
Celebrating its 15th year and a recent remodel, the Hannaford store on Cony Street in Augusta, Maine, is pursuing the Living Building Challenge Core green building certification, which looks at how the building and its operations support ecology, community and energy-efficiency. The performance-based certification is an advanced regimen of sustainability standards developed by the International […]
Posted inCenter Store, Feature, Northeast
Olive Oil Market Sees Little Decline Despite Higher Prices
While prices continue to rise and supplies are down from last year, the olive oil market is growing. High temperatures and drought in Spain have caused about a 50 percent decline in production, according to Mouna Aissaoui, EVP and COO at Baltimore-based Pompeian Inc. “Although Spain is just one of the producing countries of olive oil, it […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Northeast
Belmont Market GM: ‘Customer Service Makes Us Who We Are’
Belmont Market in Wakefield, Rhode Island, started as a fruit stand 75 years ago with owner Vincent “Cy” Siravo and his son, Vincent Jr. “Jack” Siravo, that eventually became a wholesale fruit delivery business. Jack Siravo added grocery retail to the wholesale fruit business, “where both companies operate out of the same location and work […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Northeast
Hannaford, Research Institute Launch Seafood Guide
Hannaford Supermarkets and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have introduced a Gulf of Maine Seafood Guide designed to help familiarize customers new to America with fresh local offerings while further developing the market for sustainable seafood. The guide, which was developed by GMRI and translated by House of Languages in Portland, is available at […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Northeast
New Payne Road Hannaford Supermarket To Open Oct. 7
Hannaford Supermarkets welcomed customers to its new store Oct. 7 at 417 Payne Road in Scarborough, Maine. Opening the 58,000-square-foot store – Hannaford’s second in its hometown of Scarborough – will deepen the retailer’s ties with the community while enhancing convenience for customers with offerings such as grab-and-go meals, a hot and cold foods bar, Hannaford […]