Smithfield, Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc. issued the following statement May 1, underscoring its ongoing partnership with its team members across the country: “Media and other reports pitting the company against its employees are flat out wrong. There is no such division. The company and its team members all want the same thing, namely, to protect […]
Category: Southeast
The Shelby Report of the Southeast covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Publix Super Markets Reports Q1 2020 Results And Stock Price
Publix Super Markets has reported its first quarter 2020 results, which include the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic as it was declared a national emergency on March 13. Due to the pandemic, Publix has been classified as an essential business and has remained open to serve the needs of its customers. It is a top […]
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Dollar General Gives Additional $25M In Employee Appreciation Bonuses
Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General has announced an additional $25 million investment in retail, distribution center and fleet employee bonuses to demonstrate continued appreciation for the efforts of employees during the company’s first quarter 2020. This brings the company’s total investment in employee appreciation bonuses to approximately $60 million. “We are proud to provide this additional […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market Opens Jacksonville, FL, Store April 29
Sprouts Farmers Market opened in Jacksonville, Florida, at 12675 Beach Boulevard at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 29. The new location is the second Sprouts in the city and will be open from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Sprouts is closely following CDC and local health authority guidelines related to COVID-19, while regularly providing store team members, who are required […]
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Food Lion Feeds To Support Thousands Of Children During Pandemic
Continuing its mission to nourish neighbors in the towns and cities impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19), Food Lion Feeds is partnering with school districts across its footprint to help in their efforts of delivering meals to children and their families. Beginning April 17 and occurring weekly, Food Lion Feeds will donate reusable food bags to […]
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Krewe of Red Beans, Rouses Markets Partner For Feed The Second Line
The Krewe of Red Beans is joining forces with New Orleans-based Rouses Markets, Market Umbrella, the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation and Preservation Hall Foundation to launch Feed the Second Line. On March 17, the Krewe of Red Beans, a Lundi Gras walking parade, began raising money to buy food from locally owned-New Orleans […]
Posted inFood City, Executive News, Home Page Slider, Marketing News, Nonfood Items, Southeast
Lifelong Food City Associate Thomas Hembree Dies At 69
The Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association has announced the death of lifelong Food City associate Thomas R. Hembree, 69. He died Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida, surrounded by his family. Mr. Hembree served as Food City SVP of marketing prior to his retirement in 2010. During his service, he […]
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Natalie’s Among Juice Companies Seeing Sales Spike With Covid
by John McCurry/contributing writer Orange juice has been among the products flying off grocery store shelves since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That has resulted in dramatically increased sales for juice companies. Among them is Fort Pierce, Florida-based Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co. “When the virus kicked in, there was a lot of panic buying […]
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Retired Division VP DiBenedetto Joins Publix Board Of Directors
During its annual stockholders’ meeting April 14, Joe DiBenedetto, retired Atlanta Division VP, was elected to Publix Super Markets’ board of directors. “We are pleased to have Joe rejoin the Publix family in a different capacity,” said Publix Chairman of the Board Ed Crenshaw. “His more than 44 years of Publix experience, including being instrumental […]
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Niagara Bottling Expands Jupiter, FL Water Bottling Operations
Niagara Bottling plans to invest $38 million to expand its operations in Palm Beach County, Florida. Responding to increased demand for bottled water, the company added two new production lines at its 409,000-s.f. manufacturing and distribution facility located in the Palm Beach Park of Commerce, a 1,200-acre master planned industrial park in Jupiter, Florida. This expansion […]
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Produce For Kids Launches Stock The Food Pantries Initiative
Orlando, Florida-based Produce for Kids has provided more than 12 million meals to families in need through Feeding America over the years, and now the organization is looking to rally the produce industry and beyond to support Feeding America’s Covid-19 Response Fund through its new Stock the Food Pantries fundraising initiative. On April 1, Feeding America announced an estimated $1.4 […]
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Flowers Foods Temporarily Closes Georgia Bakery Due To Pandemic
Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc., producer of Nature’s Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave’s Killer Bread and other bakery foods, announced April 14 that it has temporarily stopped production at its bakery in Tucker, Georgia, to safeguard the wellness of its 255 team members. The bakery, which produces primarily frozen, non-retail specialty and foodservice bread and bun […]
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Recommended: Kentucky, Kroger Partner On Free Drive-Thru Testing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentucky is partnering with Kroger to launch free drive-thru COVID-19 testing across the state. The drive-thru testing will be limited to health care workers, first responders, people age 65 and older and individuals with chronic health conditions such as heart disease, lung disease and other immune-system-lowering diseases, […]
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Lidl Updates Customers On Its Covid-19 Safety Measures
Lidl, with its U.S. headquarters based in Arlington, Virginia, has issued an update informing its customers on how it is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that the health and safety of its team and its customers is top priority. The company is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure […]
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SEG Pays Grocery Bill For Thousands Of Community Heroes
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, rewarded thousands of customers with free groceries during Monday night’s healthcare professionals and first responders shopping hour. The community heroes shopping in all Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores throughout seven […]
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Doux South Pickles Has More Product Available For Retail Due To Covid
More than 80 percent of Doux South’s pickle business typically is done with restaurants—in its home state of Georgia as well as Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey and Colorado. With restaurant orders temporarily down due to Covid-19, co-founder Mark Hungarland and his team […]
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Waitr Expands Delivery Areas To Increase Access For Diners, Restaurants
Waitr Holdings Inc., an on-demand food ordering and delivery company, has expanded its delivery areas to support its restaurant partners and diners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Delivery areas will now reach as far as 12 miles away from certain restaurants, which in some cases is double the current reach. This will give restaurants more access […]
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Stop-Painting.Com Offers Visual Cues For Social Distancing
Wake Forest, North Carolina-based Stop-Painting.com is offering social distancing visual cues to aid in curtailing the spread of Covid-19 and to keep retail customers safe. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends staying six feet away from anyone who may be sick. Retail stores are encouraged to control the number of customers in […]
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SEPC Continues To Reduce Food Waste One Community At A Time
Millen, Georgia-based Southeast Produce Council (SPC) distributed fresh donated produce on Friday, April 3, to those within the Tattnall County area in Georgia. SEPC members packed, shipped, unloaded, re-packed and distributed almost 70,000 pounds of fresh produce via a drive-thru format in order to maintain social distancing and serve as many as possible—500 families locally […]
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Recycling Isn’t The Only Answer For Packaging Sustainability
by Sam Jackson/guest columnist Recycling isn’t an excuse to keep packaging food in plastic anymore. Consumers are rightfully concerned that recycling isn’t as effective as they once thought, and they’re passing on products that are packaged in plastic, leaving brands to find new, more sustainable packaging. In previous years, most of U.S. recyclable plastic was […]