Walmart will invest $41 million and create 400 full-time jobs at a new facility in Bullitt County, Kentucky, dedicated to fulfilling online orders from Walmart.com and Walmart subsidiary Jet.com. “This new facility will soon be serving even more Walmart.com and Jet.com customers with fast shipping in two days or less, and we’re thrilled we found […]
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Wegmans Pushing South With New Virginia Beach Store
Wegmans Food Markets has announced it is hiring for a new store in Virginia Beach, set to open in the spring of 2019 near the intersection of Virginia Beach and Independence Boulevards. The new location is Wegmans’ farthest expansion south to date. The 113,000-s.f. store will feature The Burger Bar, a family-friendly, casual restaurant that serves […]
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Acuity Brands Opens Interactive Grocery Store Innovation Center
Acuity Brands Inc. this week launched its Grocery Store Innovation Center, where grocery retailers can receive a demonstration and interact with the latest Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, such as indoor location-based services. Located in Acuity’s Center for Light + Space in Atlanta, Georgia, the Innovation Center features lighting-based IoT solutions that can enable what Acuity […]
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Matherne’s Opens Grocery Store On LSU Campus
Matherne’s Market has opened a grocery store in the Nicholson Gateway corridor on Louisiana State University’s (LSU) campus as the anchor retail tenant. The 17,500-s.f. store, which hosted a soft opening Aug. 24, mimics Matherne’s downtown location, focusing on more fresh food options and prepared foods featured in a modernized market space. The Nicholson Gateway […]
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Atlanta Kroger Customers Raise $65K To Support Aflac Cancer Center
From July 26-29, Kroger customers and associates across metro Atlanta, Georgia, rounded up purchases to the nearest dollar, raising more than $65,403 to contribute to the WSB Care-a-Thon. All donations will be used to help fund family support services, research and the fellowship program at the Aflac Cancer Center located at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). […]
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Publix Charities Donating $5 Million To Help Alleviate Hunger
Publix Super Markets Charities on Aug. 9 announced it will donate $5 million to more than 240 nonprofit organizations, including Feeding America member food banks, focused on alleviating hunger across its operating area. The donation will provide funding to assist these nonprofit organizations in the nourishment of children, seniors and families in need. Over the past […]
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Wayfield Foods Unveils Eden Fresh Market Concept Store
Atlanta-based Wayfield Foods has opened a new-format store called Eden Fresh Market. True to its name, the store offers a broader selection of fresh foods than a traditional Wayfield Foods store. Eden Fresh Market is located southwest of Atlanta, at 12160 County Line Road in Fayetteville. It had a soft opening at the end of […]
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Publix To Open New GreenWise Market In Boca Raton, Florida
Publix has plans to bring a GreenWise Market concept store to Boca Raton, Florida. The new store—the fourth “reignited” GreenWise Market that Publix has announced plans for—will be located on the southwest corner of Glades Road and Boca Rio Road. Publix has not yet determined the opening date for the new store. “We learned a […]