The Massachusetts Food Association (MFA) during its annual meeting elected Joe Kelley, VP and GM of Star Market, as its new chairman. The MFA also expressed its thanks to Jay Rainville of Market Basket for his work as chairman for the past four years. Also elected as vice chairs were Ralph Crowley of Polar Beverages and […]
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NorCal’s G&G Supermarkets To Become Safeway After Deal Closes
G&G Supermarkets, with one store in Santa Rosa and another in Petaluma, California, is being acquired by Safeway, an Albertsons company. In a statement Thursday, G&G said it had shared the news about the “new chapter in the company’s history” with employees, which will become part of the Safeway family. “G&G has been proud to […]
Lone Star State Shoppers Love To Click And Collect
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest What a difference a year has made for shoppers who’d rather swing by and have their groceries brought to them than cart around the store and wait in the checkout lane. H-E-B Curbside, Kroger ClickList and Walmart’s pickup service (no clever name yet from Bentonville) are making the lives of young mothers, […]
‘Waremart By WinCo’ Stores Under Way In Oregon
WinCo Foods plans to open two smaller-format stores in Oregon in 2017, according to local newspaper reports. The 40,000-s.f. format is called Waremart by WinCo—a name that harkens back to WinCo’s original name when it was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1967. WinCo changed its name in 1999 to reflect the employee ownership aspect of […]
Small-Format ‘Waremart By WinCo’ Will Debut At Old Haggen Spot In Oregon
WinCo Foods plans to open a new “smaller format” store next year in Keizer, Oregon, at an old Haggen lot. The approximately 40,000-s.f. concept will be called Waremart by WinCo—harkening back to WinCo’s original name when it was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1967, according to the Statesman Journal. The newspaper reports that WinCo has […]
Coborn’s Completes ‘Next-Generation’ Store Remodel In Sartell, Minnesota
Coborn’s Inc. has completed a major remodel of its Coborn’s Superstore in Sartell, Minnesota. The store, located in the Pine Cone Road Market Place, has remained open over the last several months as it underwent renovations to introduce the company’s “next-generation” store format—the first of its kind in the company’s home market. The remodeled store […]
Amazon Considers Opening C-Stores And Drive-Thru Grocery Sites, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Amazon is exploring opening convenience stores and drive-thru grocery pickup sites. The Seattle-based company is looking at building small brick-and-mortar stores and curbside pickup locations for perishable items and grocery products… The New Jersey Legislature has passed a 23-cent gasoline tax hike, sending the measure to Gov. Chris Christie for […]
Albertsons Cos. Adopts ReposiTrak Food Safety Solution
Albertsons Cos. has chosen ReposiTrak to manage regulatory and business documentation compliance within its supply chain. ReposiTrak is a provider of Compliance Management and Track & Trace solutions for food, pharma and dietary supplement safety. “At Albertsons, the health and safety of our customers is of the highest priority,” said Jim Seiple, CFS, group VP, product development, […]
