UNFI has completed its eighth – and largest – rooftop solar array installation, helping reduce energy consumption at its distribution center in Riverside, California. Spanning nearly 1,000 yards, the 6.7MW array is expected to generate about 80 percent of the site’s electricity needs – enough to power about 1,500 homes every year. “Our onsite renewable […]
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Posted inIndependent Store News, Food City, News, Southeast
Food City Debuts New Store In Chattanooga, TN
Food City held a grand opening Oct. 22 for a new 54,000-square-foot store on Highway 58 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The supermarket serves as a replacement for its predecessor, which was shuttered earlier this year to make way for its construction. “We appreciate the support the residents of Chattanooga and Hamilton County have shown our company, […]
Posted inExecutive News, Association News, National, News, UNFI
Price Receives NGA’s Pinnacle PAC Award
The National Grocers Association (NGA) recognized Autumn Price, UNFI’s VP of government affairs, with its Pinnacle PAC Award during the annual Executive Conference and Public Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. “Autumn has spent considerable time advocating on behalf of independent grocers, the wholesalers who serve them and the entire food retail industry,” said Christopher Jones, […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, News, Piggly Wiggly, Southeast
PWADC Upgrades Digital Platform With eGrowcery
Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. (PWADC), a supermarket warehouse cooperative serving more than 240 stores in the Southeast, is offering its retail members the eGrowcery digital commerce platform. PWADC said it selected eGrowcery to deliver a combination of unified commerce and fulfillment technology, as well as joint retail marketing promotion to ensure operational success. “eGrowcery […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Ahold Delhaize, News, Southeast, Supply Chain News
Ahold Delhaize USA Plans Distribution Center In Burlington, NC
Ahold Delhaize USA’s distribution and transportation companies, ADUSA Distribution and ADUSA Transportation, are planning to build an $860 million distribution center in Burlington, North Carolina, that will grow the supply chain network serving the company’s brands on the East Coast, including Food Lion. Construction is expected to begin in 2026, with an anticipated start of […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Northeast, Tops Friendly Markets
Northeast Grocery Inc. Upgrades Website, Apps With Instacart Storefront Pro
Northeast Grocery Inc. has launched redesigned websites and mobile apps for its Market 32, Price Chopper and Tops Markets banners, powered by Instacart’s Storefront Pro, the company’s white-label e-commerce technology. The upgraded platforms provide a customer-friendly, personalized digital shopping experience and are designed with customers at the center. They aim to simplify navigation, making search and […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Grocery Store Equipment, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, News, Southwest, Walmart
Walmart, Avery Dennison Aim To Increase Operational Efficiency Using RFID
Walmart and Avery Dennison have announced a new innovation to advance the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in fresh categories. Addressing food waste and ensuring freshness are important for consumers, producers and retailers. This first-to-market solution seeks to transform inventory processes and enhance employee and customer experiences across fresh departments – particularly bakery, meat […]
Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, CERTCO Inc., Midwest, News
Certco Inc. Reflects On 95 Years Of Service To MW Independents
It was 1930. The Roaring Twenties had ended, and The Great Depression hit America. Consumers could buy a box of cereal for eight cents and a 10-lb. bag of sugar for 49 cents on a weekly salary of less than $40. That was 95 years ago. It was the year five retailers in the Madison, […]