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Meijer To Open 3 New Stores On May 6

Meijer will open three new stores May 6 – 159,000-square-foot supercenters in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, and Brownsburg, Indiana, and a 47,000-square-foot grocery store in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The openings bring Meijer’s Ohio store count to 59, Indiana to 44 and add a third grocery location in Michigan, where it has 125 supercenters and market format […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Health & Wellness, Midwest, News, The Kroger Co.

The Kroger Co. Adds Zepbound KwikPen To Retail Pharmacies

The Kroger Co. announced that Zepbound KwikPen, Eli Lilly’s multi-dose weight-management injection, is available at participating Kroger Family of Pharmacies locations. For the first time, self-pay patients eligible for Lilly’s KwikPen Self-Pay Savings Card can access the manufacturer’s program at a retail pharmacy counter. Zepbound is a GLP-1 receptor agonist prescribed for chronic weight management. […]

Posted inGrocery Store Layout, News, Southeast, Southwest, Walmart

Walmart Tests Neighborhood Market Rapid Remodels

Walmart will begin testing a rapid remodel process at select Neighborhood Market stores in April, temporarily closing main sales floors for four weeks while keeping pharmacies and fuel stations open. The pilot spans stores in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. The accelerated timeline compresses a process that traditionally stretches several months, with […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Featured News, National, News, Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market To Double UK Presence With 6 New Stores

Whole Foods Market will open six new stores across London between April and June, doubling its U.K. store count to 12. The expansion marks the international debut of the grocer’s Daily Shop format, a compact store design launched in 2024 in New York City that fits high-quality product selection into locations under 14,000 square feet. […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Featured News, Food Lion, News, Southeast

Food Lion, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Team Up For Hunger Relief

Food Lion Feeds, the nonprofit arm of Food Lion, and the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers are launching a season-long partnership that will convert runs scored during the 2026 minor league baseball season into meals for food-insecure families. For every home plate crossed this season, Food Lion Feeds will donate 100 meals to Second Harvest Food Bank […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Publix Super Markets, Southeast

Publix Opens 55,000-Square-Foot Store In St. Petersburg, FL

Publix opened a new 55,454-square-foot supermarket March 12 at 6605 38th Ave. in St. Petersburg, adding a full-format location with an indoor seating area and an adjacent Publix Liquors to the city’s northwest side. Lindsey Willis, Publix’s media relations manager, said the store was designed with comfort and convenience in mind. “This store brings together […]

Posted inPrivate Label Brands, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Featured News, Midwest, News

AWG Brands Adds 63 New Products In Q1 2026

Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is rolling out 63 new private brand items across its Best Choice, Superior Selections by Best Choice, Tippy Toes, TopCare and Simply Done lines in the first quarter of 2026, with products hitting shelves throughout the quarter. The expansion spans food, wellness and household categories, with a notable debut: four Tippy […]