Schnuck Markets Inc. has selected 10 Midwest businesses for the third cohort of Schnucks Springboard, the grocer’s emerging business accelerator, the company announced July 21. The companies begin business development classes at Schnucks’ St. Louis, Missouri, headquarters on Aug. 6. Each will receive $5,000 in equity-free funding along with networking opportunities. Participants that meet food […]
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Giant Landover Promotes Dorazio To VP Of Marketing
Giant Food has appointed Gregg Dorazio VP of marketing, the Landover, Maryland-based grocer announced July 21. Dorazio succeeds Dyani Hanrahan, who departs Giant Food at the end of July after joining the company in 2017. Dorazio has been part of the leadership team at Giant Food since 2019, most recently as strategy and e-commerce lead. […]
Stater Bros. Breaks Ground On Fourth Menifee Store
Stater Bros. Markets held a groundbreaking ceremony July 9 for a supermarket at the northwest corner of McCall Boulevard and Menifee Road in Menifee, California. Company leadership was joined by several Menifee City Council members and city officials. The store will anchor the McCall Square shopping center, which also will include a McDonald’s and more […]
Food City Opening Another Store In Huntsville Market
Food City is set to open a new 57,000-square-foot store on Wednesday, July 22, at Lucas Ferry Road in Athens, Alabama. The location is the fifth of six stores the grocer has planned for the Huntsville market. The store will serve residents of Athens and Limestone County. “Our first four Huntsville locations have been very well […]
Publix Reopens Winter Haven, FL, Store At New Location
Publix has reopened its Winter Haven, Florida, store at a new location, debuting a 54,964-square-foot supermarket July 16 at Mariana Acres at 1075 Brookstone Road. The store offers traditional departments including a full-service deli, produce, scratch bakery, meat, seafood and pharmacy. “While the location may be new, customers will find the same friendly service they […]
Remodeled Baltimore Giant Now Offers Sushi, Ledo Pizza
Giant Food celebrated the grand reopening of its remodeled store at 6340-50 York Road in Baltimore on July 19, starting with a community event starting at 9 a.m. The store showcases an expanded seafood department, a broader selection of international foods, a Ledo Pizza corner shop, a full-service sushi bar with an in-store chef and […]
Vallarta To Open Store In Food Desert Area Of South Phoenix
Vallarta Supermarkets is planning to open its first Phoenix location in South Phoenix, according to a report on the city’s website. The story said the project is “an adaptive reuse, transforming a currently vacant space into a full-service, culturally rich grocery store. The placement of this grocery store will help address a food desert in […]
Wakefern Produce Summit Aims To Boost Local, Regional Growers
Wakefern Food Corp. hosted its annual Local Produce Supplier Summit on July 15 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, bringing together local and regional growers, agricultural leaders and the cooperative’s produce procurement teams. At the event, Ross Farnsworth, VP of produce and floral for Wakefern, reaffirmed the cooperative’s recently […]
