by John McCurry, contributing writer Tod Griffin, executive director of the Kentucky Grocers & Convenience Store Association, is among industry observers who believe the pandemic has accelerated the trend toward online grocery shopping. Many stores had been sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see what some of the bigger players were going to do. “A […]
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Market Profile: Long’s Pic Pac Pleased To Serve Pineville
Owner: ‘We do things for people…we are full service’ by John McCurry, contributing writer With a population of less than 2,000, Pineville, Kentucky, is small. The nearest city of any significant size is Knoxville, Tennessee, some 70 miles south. The region is economically challenged due to the recent decline of the coal industry. The local hospital […]
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Publix Opens In-Hospital Pharmacy At Jupiter Medical Center
Publix Pharmacy has opened a new pharmacy in the Anderson Family Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida. In addition to services available at Publix pharmacies, this location provides access to medications not typically available in traditional pharmacies, including, but not limited to, those used to treat carcinomas, leukemias, lymphomas, melanomas and sarcomas. […]
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Lidl Plans To Add 50 New Stores, 2,000 New Jobs By End Of 2021
Lidl U.S. says it plans to open 50 new stores by the end of 2021. The stores will be located in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. Below is a full list of the new Lidl U.S. locations, which will bring the company’s total number of stores […]
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Parker’s Opens New Store On Montgomery Cross Road In Savannah
Parker’s has opened a new state-of-the-art Parker’s Kitchen at 1930 E. Montgomery Cross Road in Savannah on Aug. 20. Located between the Truman Parkway and Skidaway Road, the new Parker’s Kitchen offers fresh, Southern-style food for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as gourmet coffee, freshly brewed sweet tea, lemonade, 28-degree beer, fountain drinks with Chewy Ice and […]
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Food Lion Expanding To-Go Services To Make Shopping Easier
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is adding additional “Food Lion To-Go” grocery pick-up services at 43 new stores in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia beginning Aug. 24. Customers can use the Food Lion To-Go website or the Food Lion To-Go app to confirm availability and place orders. “Expanding this convenient service to additional Food Lion […]
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Giant Food Opens New Store In Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia, welcomed the opening of a new Giant Food on Aug. 21. Located at 9400 Fairfax Boulevard, Fairfax Circle, the store is the grocer’s second to open in the area this year. The company said the 53,000-square-foot location, which created 180 new jobs in the community, was designed to address the way consumers are […]