Shoppers now can purchase Custard Stand Hot Dog Chili in 125 Food City stores and six Super Dollar Food Center stores in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, northern Georgia and southwest Virginia. The rollout began Sunday, April 28, and should be in all stores soon. Food City and Super Dollar shoppers should look for the 100 percent beef chili near the wieners […]
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Food Lion Feeds Honors ‘Feedy’s’ Winners At Fourth Annual Awards
Food Lion Feeds held its fourth annual “Feedy’s” awards this week to honor food banks, community leaders and Food Lion associates who share the company’s commitment to ending hunger in the towns and cities Food Lion serves. The event was attended by more than 150 Food Lion leaders, community partners and Food Lion associates at […]
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FR Refuel Purchases 25 Markette C-Stores, One Lotto Land In SC
West Oil Inc. has sold 25 Markette convenience stores and one Lotto Land store in South Carolina to FR Refuel LLC. The transaction also includes two car wash properties and three vacant lots for future development. FR Refuel is a portfolio company of First Reserve, a global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on energy. […]
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Food Lion To Open Third Huntersville, NC, Store May 1
Food Lion is celebrating the grand opening of its new store in Huntersville, North Carolina, on May 1. It’s the third location serving the Huntersville community. The new store is at 13108 Eastfield Road. It will be open daily from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, May […]
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Weigel’s Commits To Using Only Tennessee-Produced Milk
Weigel’s announced April 26 that it has committed to using only milk produced by Tennessee farmers. The new Tennessee Milk logo which was created to help consumers identify the sourcing and production of dairy products from Tennessee will be featured on all Weigel’s milk. According to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the state has 230 […]
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Nudge Coffee Butter, Launching In June, Wins Major Award
Nudge. Coffee Butter was named Best New Product in the food category at the Specialty Coffee Association Expo. Nudge. Coffee Butter, in its Brazilian Origin flavor, received the award at the annual Specialty Coffee Expo in Boston, April 12-14. The competition recognizes new products judged on their quality and value to the specialty coffee and […]
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Ga.’s Hart Dairy First Pasteurized U.S. Operation To Be Certified Humane
Hart Dairy has been named the first pasteurized U.S. dairy cow operation to earn the Certified Humane designation from Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC). Augusta, Georgia-based Hart Dairy is the largest single-source producer of 100 percent free-range, grass-fed milk in North America. HFAC is an international nonprofit certification program, whose mission is to improve the lives […]
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RaceTrac Breaks Ground On First Tennessee Store; More To Come
RaceTrac broke ground April 23 on its first store in Tennessee with a ceremony at the site in Murfreesboro on New Salem Highway. The store is slated to open this fall. This is RaceTrac’s first move into a new market in more than 15 years, the Atlanta-based company said. During the groundbreaking, President Natalie Morhous […]