Walmart expects to spend an estimated $200 million over the next year in Florida to open and remodel 43 stores, as well as roll out several in-store and online innovations designed to help customers save time and money. The spend is part of Walmart’s total capital expenditures guidance of approximately $11 billion for fiscal year […]
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Specialty Retailer Bulk Nation Launches New Online Store
Bulk Nation, a Tampa-Florida based bulk retailer, has launched an online store, now accessible via the company’s website at bulknationusa.com. Bulk Nation offers an extensive selection of bulk products. Inspired by the concept of bulk shopping and leaving the quantity purchased in the control of the customer, Bulk Nation opened its first store in Brandon, […]
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Winn-Dixie Unveils New Concept With Remodeled St. Johns, Florida, Store
Winn-Dixie has reopened its remodeled store in St. Johns, Florida, in the Jacksonville area. The store offers a new concept and features in response to customers who asked for an improved shopping experience, the company says. As part of the grand opening ceremony and to officially reintroduce the community to the new and improved store at […]
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Walmart Expanding Delivery With Postmates, Starting In North Carolina
Walmart has reached an agreement with on-demand delivery fleet Postmates to help expand its Online Grocery Delivery fulfillment option to more than 40 percent of U.S. households. Postmates will help power the Walmart’s grocery deliveries, beginning today in Charlotte, North Carolina, with further expansion planned in the coming months. “Customers are busy. They are managing jobs, […]
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Earth Fare Debuts New Globally Inspired Product Line
Earth Fare is rolling out a new brand, “Hand Picked, Discovered by Earth Fare,” introduced April 4 in the second edition of its in-store magazine, The Clean Plate. The curated line of globally inspired products features “sophisticated flavor profiles,” the company says, while adhering to Earth Fare’s food philosophy. “Shoppers shouldn’t have to sacrifice more adventurous […]
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Central Florida Gaining In Population, Businesses
by Lorrie Griffith/editor–Southeast Central Florida is in the midst of a housing crisis created by Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico last September. According to the Orlando Sentinel’s 2018 Central Florida Business Forecast, released in January, 50,000 or more Puerto Ricans are believed to have moved to Florida since the storm, many of them now […]
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Tyson Donates Truckload Of Protein, $168K To Georgia Food Bank
Tyson Foods in March helped the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank establish a mobile pantry with a $168,414 grant that allowed the food bank to purchase a 26-ft. refrigerated truck. The company also donated a truckload of protein, totaling 35,000 pounds, to the food bank. “Middle Georgia Community Food Bank is grateful to have Tyson […]
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Independent Piggly Wiggly Owners To Purchase Six SEG Stores
Three independent Piggly Wiggly store owners, with the support of C&S Wholesale Grocers, have entered into a definitive agreement with Southeastern Grocers to acquire three Bi-Lo stores in South Carolina and three Harveys Supermarkets in Georgia. This arrangement is in conjunction with the restructuring support agreement announced by Southeastern Grocers on March 15. Piggly Wiggly […]