Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, Associated Food Stores, West

AFS Selects Procurant For FSMA 204 Rule Compliance

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Associated Food Stores (AFS) has selected Procurant, a collaborative software platform for retail grocers, to be a core component of its compliance solution for FSMA 204 rule reporting and traceability. The selection enables AFS to meet the FDA’s enhanced food safety requirements, set to take effect in January 2026, using Procurant’s […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Food Lion, Southeast

Food Lion Names Hardesty Store Manager Of The Year

Jon Hardesty, manager of the Food Lion store in Leonardtown, Maryland, was named the retailer’s 2024 Ralph W. Ketner Store Manager Excellence Award winner. Hardesty was selected from a group of more than 1,100 store managers across Food Lion’s 10-state operating area. Named for Ketner, one of Food Lion’s founders, the awards recognize exceptional store […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Aldi, C&S Wholesale Grocers, National

Aldi Sells Southeastern Grocers To Private Investors

A group of private investors – led by Southeastern Grocers CEO and President Anthony Hucker and C&S Wholesale Grocers – has acquired SEG and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners from Aldi U.S., which had purchased them in March.  The agreement includes about 170 grocery stores under the two banners in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi […]

Posted inExecutive News, Dollar General, Southeast

Dollar General Promotes Deckard, Herrmann To EVP Roles

Dollar General Corp. has promoted Steve Deckard as EVP of strategy and development and Tracey Herrmann as EVP of store operations. Both of the roles were effective Feb. 1. Deckard’s new position will focus on the expansion of Dollar General’s national footprint, corporate wide process improvement and leadership of its strategic initiatives. In his most […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, Harris Teeter, Southeast

Harris Teeter Launches Health Partner Round-Up Campaign

Harris Teeter has launched its Health Partner Round-Up Campaign, supporting six health nonprofits: the American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Heart Association (AHA), the ALS Association, Breakthrough T1D, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and the HEARTest Yard, a foundation founded by former Carolina Panther Greg Olsen. Through April 22, shoppers can round up their total […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, National, The Kroger Co.

Kroger, PepsiCo Win Gold Mitt Award At FMI’s Culinary Competition

The Kroger Co. and PepsiCo Inc. team of chefs took home a Gold Mitt Award for Chef’s Choice in the FMI Foundation’s Stir it Up! culinary event held during the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference. Celebrating 10 years of National Family Meals Month, and to support food security within communities, retailers and suppliers were tasked with […]