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Supermarkets Rank Tops For Customer Experience

Publix, H-E-B and Hannaford deliver the best customer experience in the supermarket industry. That’s according to the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual customer experience ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. This year, supermarkets earned the two highest scores in the entire Ratings. With a score of 84 percent, Publix not […]

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Albertsons, Sprouts Reportedly In Merger Talks

According to a Bloomberg report Sunday, Albertsons Cos. is in preliminary discussions to merge with organic grocer Sprouts Farmers Market. The report cites “people with knowledge of the matter.” Representatives of the companies have not commented. A deal would take Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts private. Albertsons, backed by Cerberus Capital Management, is among the largest grocery […]

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United Fresh Reveals 25 Retail Produce Manager Award Honorees

Marking its 13th year of recognizing exceptional retail produce managers, the United Fresh Produce Association has revealed the winners of its 2017 Retail Produce Manager Awards. The group of 25 produce managers represents supermarket banners, commissaries and independent retail stores from 14 different states and two Canadian provinces. The winners will be the honored guests at the United […]

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Bashas’ Teams With Instacart For Same-Day Grocery Delivery

Bashas’ shoppers who live in Arizona’s Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Ahwatukee areas now can get their groceries delivered through Instacart. “We’ve received an overwhelming number of requests from Bashas’ customers asking for their groceries to be delivered through our service,” said Instacart GM Sean Twersky. “That’s why we’re especially pleased to […]

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Hispanic Markets Abound, Reflect Diversity Of Dallas-Fort Worth Metro

by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest The population of Dallas-Fort Worth hit 7.3 million in mid-January. That is one million more people than were counted in the 2010 U.S. Census. The number also includes nearly a half-million unauthorized immigrants, according to the Pew Research Center. It found that most of the 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the […]

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Albertsons Pharmacists In Select States Use Narcan For Opioid Overdoses

More than half of the states in which Albertsons Cos. operates have taken action to halt the rise in opioid-related deaths by passing legislation to allow pharmacies to dispense the opioid antagonist naloxone, or Narcan, without a prescription. That is, in part, why Albertsons Cos. has specially trained nearly 3,000 pharmacists to administer the FDA-approved Narcan Nasal […]

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Safeway Community Markets To Open In California March 1

Safeway will introduce shoppers in the Northern California towns of Berkeley, Los Altos and San Anselmo to its new Safeway Community Markets banner on Wednesday, March 1. This banner is being used on former Andronico’s Markets stores, which Safeway purchased in early November last year. Safeway purchased five stores; four are being reopened under the […]

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WAFC Elects Four New Directors

The Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) has elected four new board members during its annual meeting, held last month in LaQuinta, California. Newly elected directors are: • Joe Falvey EVP, Unified Grocers; president, Market Centre, Livermore, California • Mike Hendry, EVP, marketing and merchandising, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Anaheim • John Mathews, VP, sales and marketing, Cash&Carry […]