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Sandwich Designed By NFL Wide Receiver Debuts At Harris Teeter

At 1 p.m. today—Tuesday, Oct. 3—Carolina Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess will make an appearance at the Harris Teeter store at Morrocroft Village in Charlotte to debut his personally designed signature sub sandwich (and sign autographs). Not surprisingly, Harris Teeter says the sandwich is made for larger appetites. Funchess’ sandwich, dubbed the “Funchess Munch,” features […]

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Study Finds Reviews Are Key For Online And In-Store Grocery Shoppers

PowerReviews, a consumer feedback technology company serving more than 1,000 global brands and retailers, has released a new research paper exploring the results of a survey on American consumers’ grocery shopping habits. “Beyond the Supermarket Shelves: How consumers are navigating the grocery shopping experience online and in-store” examines the changing landscape for grocery retailers and provides […]

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Study: Amazon, Walmart Outscore Food Retailers On Online Satisfaction

The Retail Feedback Group (RFG), a provider of actionable stakeholder feedback, has released its 2017 U.S. Online Grocery Shopper Study. This new research found about half of online shoppers plan to purchase grocery items more often in the coming year and rate their overall satisfaction ordering food and grocery items online highest with Amazon (4.63 […]

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Albertsons, Campbell, Others Are Corporate Citizenship Awards Finalists

Albertsons Cos., The Wonderful Co., Campbell Soup Co. and Keurig Green Mountain all have been named finalists for the 18th annual Corporate Citizenship Awards, which “honor businesses for their significant positive impacts in communities around the world.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will present the winners with their awards on Nov. 15. Albertsons Cos.—Best […]

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Tandy Harvey Is Shelby’s Midwest Woman Executive Of The Year

Providence Brought Tandy Harvey to Supervalu by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Tandy S. Harvey will tell you she loves Supervalu, a company she has spent more than three decades serving. Her first job was a part-time summer gig in a warehouse in Champaign, Illinois, in the mid-1980s. She was in college earning a mechanical engineering technology degree […]

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Chuck Norris Water Brand Expands With Brookshire’s, Super 1

CForce “premium artesian water,” from CForce Bottling Co., owned by Gena and Chuck Norris, soon will be available for purchase at Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy and Super 1 Foods stores. Currently sold in 15 states and online through Amazon.com, CForce will be sold at 155 Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy and Super 1 Foods stores in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi on store shelves […]

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CobornsDelivers Adds Lunches To Its Fall Meal Kit Lineup

As consumer interest in meal kits continues to grow, Coborn’s online service, CobornsDelivers, has launched its fall meal kit menu. To meet families’ need for “healthy, adventurous, homemade meals” during the back-to-school season, the company has launched not only seven dinner meal kits but also, for the first time, nine school lunch kit choices. All […]

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Consumers Continue To Choose Physical Over Digital For Groceries

Consumers have a variety of options when it comes to buying groceries, and they continue to choose physical grocery stores to make their purchases. That’s according to the International Council of Shopping Centers’ (ICSC) recently released “The State of Grocery Shopping” survey, which found that 99 percent of adults buy some or all of their […]