Posted inNortheast, Aldi, Corporate Store News, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Slider, Nonfood Items

Aldi Plans To Open Two Long Island Stores During First Half Of 2020

Aldi plans to open two new Long Island stores—one in Valley Stream and one in North Babylon—in the first half of 2020. The Valley Stream store is the retailer’s first location in Nassau County. Aldi is investing more than $5 billion to remodel 1,300 existing stores and open hundreds of new stores across the country. […]

Posted inHealth & Wellness, Amazon Fresh, Center Store, New Products, Northeast, Suppliers, Whole Foods

Manuka Honey Brand Wedderspoon Launches Immunity Gummies

Wedderspoon, the No. 1 selling Manuka Honey brand in the U.S., has launched its newest product line; Manuka Honey Immunity Gummies. These fruit gummies are the first on the market made without cane sugar, corn syrup, glucose or artificial sweeteners. Wedderspoon is excited to be launching two flavors and formulas : the Berry gummies contain […]

Posted inMidwest, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Sendik's

Recommended: Salvatore Sendik, Of Downer Avenue Sendik’s Grocery Store, Dies At 84

Salvatore Sendik had picture-perfect produce. He knew people bought food with their eyes, so he ran the Downer Avenue Sendik’s grocery store with a focus on presentation, his family said: vegetables on beds of ice, shiny fruits without blemishes. Sendik, whose independent Milwaukee market became known for quality foodstuffs amid chain stores’ growth, died Thursday […]

Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Marketing News, Online Grocery Technology, Southeast

Food Lion MVP Customers Save Millions With Shop & Earn Rewards

Food Lion recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of its innovative Shop & Earn MVP rewards program. With Shop & Earn, MVP customers have saved more than $58 million in the past two years on top of their usual MVP savings. Since the program’s full banner inception in February 2018, customers have loaded their monthly Shop […]

Posted inCenter Store, Amazon Fresh, National, Snacks Brands, Suppliers, Whole Foods

Morning Consult Reveals Most Trusted Brands of 2020

The United States Postal Service, Amazon and Google rank as the top three most trusted brands in the country, according to the inaugural Most Trusted Brands report from data intelligence company Morning Consult.  The report, the largest study of its kind, features an average of 16,700 interviews per brand for nearly 2,000 brands. It also […]

Posted inBeverage News, Albertsons, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, New Products, Southwest, Suppliers

Ascent Recovery Water Is Ready-To-Drink Protein Beverage

Ascent, a sports nutrition company based in Denver, Colorado, has launched Recovery Water, a water-based beverage that pairs protein with electrolytes to help athletes recover post-workout. It is made using Ascent’s proprietary native whey protein formulation process. Ascent Recovery Water contains 20g of fast-digesting native whey protein and 2.5 grams of naturally occurring Leucine to […]

Posted inLipari Foods, Home Page Slider, Midwest, Packaging News, Wholesaler/Distributor News

Lipari Foods Employee Robert C. Palmateer Dies At 66

Robert Charles Palmateer, 66, of Port Huron, Michigan, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. He was born July 27, 1953, in Port Huron to the late Charles and Jacqueline Palmateer. He married his childhood sweetheart, Maureen Lower, on March 3, 1973, at Marysville United Methodist Church. Mr. Palmateer was a 1971 graduate of Marysville High School. […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Amazon Fresh, Home Page Slider, Northeast, Suppliers, Whole Foods

New York’s Grace’s Marketplace Offers Same-Day Grocery Delivery

Grace’s Marketplace, the European-style neighborhood market in New York City, is offering online delivery through Mercato, the online grocery e-commerce platform for independently owned grocery and specialty food stores. Grace’s Marketplace, which located on New York’s Upper East Side, with a second location in Greenvale, New York, will offer same-day delivery of globally sourced gourmet products, […]