Mac’s Fresh Market, a grocery chain that operates in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, has opened its newest store in West Monroe, Louisiana. The store, which is the 18th for the chain, marks “the latest in a barrage of grocery store openings and renovations in the Ouachita Parish market during the past 18 months from Mac’s, […]
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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Tennessee Grocers To Recognize Buchanan, Mayfield With Annual Awards
Each year, the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association (TGCSA) recognizes a Retailer and Supplier of the Year. The 2015 Retailer of the Year is United Grocery Outlet’s Gary Buchanan. The 2015 Supplier of the Year is Mayfield Dairy Farms’ Scottie Mayfield. Winners of the annual awards are TGCSA members, and the selections are based on store […]
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Lowes Foods Recognized As A Retailer Of The Year By NCRMA
The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA) recently honored four leading retail businesses, including Lowes Foods, with Retailer of the Year Awards. The awards were presented during NCRMA’s Annual Retail Refresh “lunch-and-learn” event held at the Marriott in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “We are proud of all of our retail members, who work day in and day out to provide superior value […]
Posted in, Organic Natural, Perishables, Produce News, Southeast, Suppliers
SEPC’s Southern Innovations Symposium To Debut Bright Ideas Platform
Southern Innovations Symposium, the newly named Southeast Produce Council (SEPC) Fall Conference, will be held Sept. 17-19 at the Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, South Carolina. New to the conference this year is the Southern Innovations Bright Ideas Platform, a mini trade show featuring new and innovative ideas in produce. The Bright Ideas Platform will be […]
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Miami’s First On-Demand Grocery Delivery Service
Instacart, a grocery delivery service whose Personal Shoppers hand pick and deliver items from local stores, has expanded to Miami, its 16th city. Beginning today, customers can order from Whole Foods Market, Costco, Winn-Dixie, BJ’S Wholesale Club and Petco stores and have everything delivered by Instacart in as little as one hour. Instacart customers do not […]
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Bi-Lo Holdings Changes Name, Logo
Bi-Lo Holdings is now Southeastern Grocers, home of BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie. The name change for the Jacksonville, Florida-based parent company of those three chains took effect today. With the new name, Southeastern Grocers debuts a new logo as well. The grocery retail company said the change symbolizes that regardless of whether employees work for BI-LO, Harveys […]
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Food City Appoints New EVP Of Store Operations For Its Knoxville Division
Food City has appointed Mickey Blazer as EVP of store operations for its Knoxville Division. The position previously was held by John Jones, who was promoted to EVP/director of store operations for the supermarket chain. Blazer brings more than 37 years of industry experience to the position, including six years in pharmacy management. Blazer began his retail […]
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Native Sun Natural Foods Market Plans New Jacksonville Beach Store
Native Sun Natural Foods Market, a leading organic grocery retailer in North Florida, is planning a new store at the corner of 3rd Street and 15th Avenue North in Jacksonville Beach. It is slated to open in mid- to late August. The grocer says it has chosen Auld & White as the project’s general contractor. […]
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Specialty Grocer Doris Italian Market To Open Its Largest Store This Fall
Doris Italian Market & Bakery, a specialty supermarket company serving South Florida, has kicked off construction on its sixth and largest location in North Palm Beach with a groundbreaking ceremony. Palm Beach County Commissioner Hal R. Valeche and Village of North Palm Beach Mayor Robert Gebbia joined other Village council members and Doris Italian Market […]
Posted in, Center Store, National, Southeast, Suppliers
TW Garner Discontinues Texas Pete Chili Sauce For Hot Dogs, Hamburgers
TW Garner Food Co., the makers of Texas Pete sauces and affiliated products, has discontinued its Texas Pete Chili Sauce for hot dogs and hamburgers. “Upon careful assessment, TW Garner Food Co. ceased production of the hot dog chili sauce in order to focus resources on the company’s core product offerings and the development of […]
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The Fresh Market Opening New Stores In Texas, North Carolina Over The Next Week
The Fresh Market will open a store in Turtle Creek, Texas, on May 6 and another store in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on May 13. The 26,000-s.f. Turtle Creek store at 3878 Oak Lawn Avenue in the Turtle Creek Village shopping center will mark the company’s seventh Texas store and its third in the greater Dallas […]
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Publix’s 1Q Sales Increase, Comp-Store Sales Up 5.3 Percent
Publix’s sales for the first quarter of 2015 were $8.3 billion, a 6.8 percent increase from last year’s $7.8 billion. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter of 2015 increased 5.3 percent. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2015 were $548.9 million, compared to $493.7 million in 2014, an increase of 11.2 percent. Earnings per […]
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Kroger Cutting Prices Throughout The Triangle And North Carolina
The Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer with 14 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, says it plans to increase its commitment to customers by lowering prices on thousands of items in stores across its Mid-Atlantic Division, which covers Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio. The […]
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Alabama Grocers Association Holds Spring Golf Tourney
The Alabama Grocers Association held its 23rd Annual Spring Golf Outing earlier this month at Inverness Country Club in Birmingham. The tournament included two flights and raised a spring record for the Alabama Grocers Education Foundation (AGEF), which funds scholarships to employees and children of employees of Alabama Grocers Association companies. To date, AGEF has […]
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Southeastern Mills Acquires Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce
Rome, Georgia-based Southeastern Mills Inc. has acquired The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce and related assets from New Iberia, Louisiana-based Bruce Foods Corp. This acquisition includes all of the brands and intellectual property related to the hot sauce business, as well as the manufacturing and warehouse facilities in New Iberia. The Original Louisiana Brand Hot […]
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German Discount Grocer To Set Up U.S. HQ In Virginia
According to an article in the Washington Business Journal earlier this month, international discount grocer Lidl is planning to establish its corporate offices in Arlington, Virginia. Citing sources familiar with the deal, the Journal said the Germany-based grocer will use its Arlington base to first grow in the Washington, D.C., area and then expand into […]
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Kroger Donated More Than 100K Pounds Of Fresh Food To N.C. Food Bank In 2014
The Kroger Co.‘s 14 stores in North Carolina donated 137,798 pounds of fresh meat, produce, dairy and bakery items to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina in 2014 through the chain’s Perishable Donations Partnership (PDP). Collectively, the 120 stores in Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic division, which spans six states including North Carolina, contributed a […]
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Oasis Brands Donates 11K Rolls Of Product To IGA Operator
Oasis Brands has donated more than 11,000 rolls of paper products to Houchens Industries Inc., owner of grocery stores like Price Less IGA and Crossroads IGA. The donation will provide much-needed supplies to the Housing Authority of Bowling Green. “We are very fortunate to have great partners and suppliers that share in our commitment to […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
Enmark Stations Unveils Aggressive Fresh Food Initiative
Enmark Stations says that 37 of its Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina stores have launched a custom fresh food program to meet the growing consumer demand for healthier, fresher food options. “Enmark has always had an interest in making our communities healthier,” said Matt Clements, director of marketing at Savannah-based Enmark Stations. “In order […]
Posted in, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Southeast, Suppliers
Acme Smoked Fish Corp. Opens Largest Smoked Salmon Facility In U.S.
Acme Smoked Fish Corp., the Brooklyn, New York-based manufacturer of Acme, Blue Hill Bay, Ruby Bay and Great American smoked and cured seafood, has opened its largest cold smoked salmon facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. The 100,000-s.f. state-of-the-art facility initially will produce 10 million pounds of cold smoked salmon per year. Located to complement Acme’s […]