Food Lion has opened its newest location at 2915 W. 5th North St. in the Jedburg community of Summerville, South Carolina. The new store is open daily from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. “I’m extremely excited to open this new store in the community where I grew up,” said Mark Rocheleau, the store manager of the […]
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Ingles Markets Pharmacy, HHS To Partner On COVID-19 Vaccines
Asheville, North Carolina-based Ingles Markets says it will be partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to administer the coming COVID-19 vaccine. Ingles Pharmacies will receive direct allocations of COVID-19 vaccine once a vaccine is approved for its safety and efficacy and recommended for use in the United States. “We are […]
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Southeastern Grocers Donates Turkeys To Feed Communities In Need
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers, the parent company and home of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, together with the SEG Gives Foundation, will donate 8,075 frozen turkeys to communities throughout the Southeast that will struggle with hunger this Thanksgiving holiday. According to Feeding America, more than 50 million people, including 17 […]
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COVID-19 Rapid Antibody Testing Available At Georgia Kroger Pharmacies
Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co., has launched rapid antibody testing at Kroger pharmacies in Georgia to help inform patients if they have previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The FDA-authorized rapid antibody tests, which are supplied by Whitmire Medical, are available to Kroger customers beginning Nov. 18 for […]
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Governor Stops At Cheese Straw Plant On North Georgia Business Tour
Editor’s note: This article appears courtesy of FetchYourNews.com in Jasper, Georgia. Cathy Cunningham wanted her mama’s cheese straws to be to snack foods what Tabasco was to hot sauce – the name everyone knew. So she launched Bodacious Foods in Jasper, Georgia, to produce Mama Geraldine’s cheese straws. The energetic Cunningham said she didn’t know […]
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Flowers Foods Elects W. Jameson McFadden To Board Of Directors
Flowers Foods, producer of Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wonder, Tastykake and other bakery foods, has elected a new board member. W. Jameson McFadden, president of Wellington Shields & Co., will join Flowers Foods’ board of directors effective Jan. 4, 2021. “We welcome Jameson as an independent director of the Flowers board,” said George E. Deese, chairman of the board of Flowers […]
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Ingles To Light 28th Annual Giving Tree On Nov. 23
Ingles Markets is once again launching the annual Ingles Giving Tree, a benefit for Manna FoodBank and families across Western North Carolina struggling with hunger. Right now, Manna and its partner network of nonprofit agencies are serving more than 100,000 people each month with emergency food support. This year, Ingles Markets is keeping the tradition […]
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SEPC Reschedules Southern Exposure to Q2 2021
The Southeast Produce Council has just announced that Southern Exposure, which was scheduled to be held Feb. 25-27, 2021, will now take place April 6-8, following Easter Sunday. This strategic decision was carefully made by the SEPC Executive Committee to ensure that retailer and foodservice members are able to join the event. “When presented with […]