Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Fareway, Featured News, Midwest, News

Fareway Launches Online Pickup Through Instacart Partnership

Fareway, the Iowa-based grocer with more than 140 Midwest stores, has partnered with Instacart to launch an updated e-commerce experience powered by Storefront Pro, its enterprise commerce platform. Fareway orders are available for pickup through the Instacart Marketplace with no markups and customers can shop at Shop.Fareway.com or through the Instacart app. The partnership gives […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Hy-Vee, Midwest, News

Hy-Vee Opens Food Pantry At Kansas City Elementary School

Hy-Vee, Harvesters – The Community Food Network and KC Dream Center have opened a revitalized food pantry at M.E. Pearson Elementary School, marking the first on-site school food pantry in Kansas that Hy-Vee has launched with a Feeding America-affiliated food bank. The pantry is expected to serve about 150 families each month in Wyandotte County, […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Natural Grocers, News, West

Natural Grocers Plans New Store In Walla Walla, WA

Natural Grocers has begun preparations for a new store in downtown Walla Walla, Washington, marking the family-operated chain’s sixth location in the state and first in the Walla Walla Valley. Ahead of the spring opening, the company is hosting a community meet-and-greet March 24 and a two-day hiring event March 25-26 at the Courtyard by […]

Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, News, Northeast, UNFI

UNFI Posts Q2 Profit Turnaround As Network Optimization Drives Margin Gains

United Natural Foods Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) reported second quarter fiscal 2026 net income of $20 million, reversing a $3 million net loss in the same period a year ago, as cost discipline and distribution network restructuring more than offset a 2.6 percent decline in net sales to $7.9 billion. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, Food City, Health & Wellness, News, Southeast

Food City Expands NationsBenefit Flex Card Access For Members

NationsBenefits has integrated its Flex Card network with Food City, allowing eligible health plan members to use prepaid benefit cards at all of the grocer’s participating locations in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. Using the NationsBenefits Mastercard Prepaid Flex Card, they will be able to buy approved food as medicine items, over-the-counter (OTC) health […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Merchant Distributors, News, Online Grocery Technology, Southeast

Swiftly, MDI Bringing Digital Circular, AI Targeting To Independent Grocers

Swiftly has partnered with Merchants Distributors (MDI), a Hickory, N.C.-based wholesale grocery distributor, to expand digital capabilities across MDI’s network of more than 600 independent retailers in the Southeast. Under the agreement, MDI retailers will gain access to three Swiftly products – a modern retail website platform, SmartCircular for digitizing the weekly circular experience and Audience […]

Posted inProduce News, Featured News, News, Northeast, Wakefern

Wakefern Opens Applications For Local Produce Supplier Summit

Wakefern Food Corp. is accepting applications from growers to participate in its annual Local Produce Supplier Summit on July 15 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey. Qualified applicants will be invited to present to Wakefern’s procurement teams, participate in panels and explore retail partnerships across the cooperative’s eight supermarket […]