Walmart and Sam’s Club have launched the 13th annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign at all U.S. stores and club locations. The cause marketing initiative runs through May 3, with the goal of providing people facing hunger access to food and resources through Feeding America’s network of local food banks. Since its inception in 2014, […]
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Posted inExecutive News, Featured News, Hy-Vee, Midwest, News
Hy-Vee Mourns Loss Of First Female President
Donna Tweeten, a marketing executive who became Hy-Vee’s first female president and spent decades shaping the Midwestern grocer into a nationally recognized brand, died April 8. She had recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Tweeten retired from her role as president in January 2025 but remained with Hy-Vee as a consultant up until […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, PCC, West
PCC Community Markets To Open New Store In Seattle’s Madison Valley
PCC Community Markets, a 73-year-old community-owned grocery co-op founded in Seattle, will open its 17th store this fall at 2925 E. Madison St. in the city’s Madison Valley neighborhood. Construction is under way, with additional details to be announced in the coming months. “We signed this lease 10 years ago, and it’s been a long […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Big Y Foods, Featured News, News, Northeast
Big Y Launches Local Vendor Discovery Tour Ahead Of Store Opening
Big Y Foods is sourcing local products for its upcoming supermarket in Pembroke, Massachusetts, through an online Local Vendor Discovery Tour that connects the retailer’s sales teams with area farmers, vendors and artisans whose products could be featured there. The family-owned grocer partners with more than 500 local businesses to offer more than 4,000 local […]
Posted inSoutheast, Featured News, Finance News, Ingles Markets, News
Ingles Issues In-Depth Investor Warning Ahead Of Proxy Fight
Ingles Markets has released an investor presentation ahead of its April 30 annual meeting, intensifying its opposition to a director nominee put forward by Summer Road LLC, the family investment office of David Sackler. The Asheville, North Carolina-based grocer is urging shareholders to vote for its two independent director candidates – Rebekah Lowe and Dwight […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Marketing News, News, Northeast, Tops Friendly Markets
Tops Friendly Markets Launches MoolahVille Cash Back Rewards Program
Tops Friendly Markets is rolling out MoolahVille, a new rewards experience running through May 23 across all 147 stores. The program lets shoppers earn “Moolah” coins through everyday purchases and redeem them for unlimited $10 rewards cards, with an online component offering additional prizes including free groceries for a year. The program works on two […]
Posted inSustainability News, Featured News, Midwest, News, The Kroger Co.
Flashfood Expands To All Kroger Mid-Atlantic Division Stores
Flashfood, the surplus grocery platform, is now available at all 100-plus Kroger stores in the Mid-Atlantic Division, which includes Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The expansion follows a pilot that launched last summer in 16 Richmond-area stores. Since then, Flashfood has helped Kroger Mid-Atlantic shoppers save nearly $700,000 on fresh groceries while keeping more […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Publix Super Markets, Southeast
Publix Signs Leases For 3 New KY Supermarket Locations
Publix Super Markets has executed leases for three new Kentucky stores – in Bowling Green, Richmond and Versailles. Each city will welcome a 54,964-square-foot Publix Super Market with an adjacent Publix Liquors. The stores are expected to create about 150 jobs apiece. An opening time frame has not been determined for any of the three, […]