Holly Famulari can’t wait to come to work every day. The cake “wizard” (decorator) at the new Lowes Foods supermarket dances and waves a wand in front of the store’s cake-making corner when the music begins to play for a game of cake walk. “You work, but you have so much fun doing it,” said […]
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Dollar General Plans For 2,000 Real Estate Projects In 2018
Along with a third quarter report that showed a net sales increase of 11 percent and a same-store sales increase of 4.3 percent, Dollar General announced an aggressive 2018 plans for its store base. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based discounter expects 2,000 real estate projects, including 900 new stores, 1,000 store remodels and 100 store relocations. For the […]
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Supervalu Completes Acquisition Of Associated Grocers Of Florida
Supervalu Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of Associated Grocers of Florida Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $193 million. According to Supervalu, AG of Florida adds a dynamic grocery wholesaler to its growing national distribution network, with annual sales of approximately $650 million in its last fiscal year as estimated under Supervalu’s […]
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Southeast Retailer Of The Year: Lowes Foods
Giving Customers What They Want Since 1954 Lowes Foods began in 1954 as a single store in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and, over those 63 years, has grown into a nearly 100-store chain operating in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Now based in Winston-Salem, the grocer grew rapidly during the 1960s, ’70s and early […]
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Western Markets’ 28th Wine & Food Festival Raises $44K For Charity
Birmingham, Alabama-based Western Markets, a locally owned independent supermarket chain, recently hosted its 28th Annual Wine and Food Festival at the Birmingham Zoo. Each year, proceeds from the event are used to benefit local charities in the communities Western Markets serves. During the Wine and Food Festival’s 28-year history, the company has donated more than $246,000 […]
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Publix Ranks Among The Best Workplaces For Diversity
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix has been recognized as one of the 2017 Best Workplaces for Diversity by The Great Place to Work Institute and Fortune Magazine. According to Fortune, the list recognizes companies in the U.S. “doing the most to create inclusive cultures for minorities, LGBT employees and women.” Publix ranked No. 6 on this year’s list. […]
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Food Well Alliance Releases ‘Atlanta’s Local Food Baseline Report’
Food Well Alliance, an organization committed to “uniting communities in Atlanta to build a robust, local food system,” has released what it’s calling the first-ever snapshot of Metro Atlanta’s local food system, “Atlanta’s Local Food Baseline Report.” The report combines research of more than 30 organizations, providing a snapshot of how urban farmers, gardeners and […]
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Tyson Foods Expanding Chicken Production In Western Tennessee
Tyson Foods Inc. has accepted an invitation from city, county and state leaders to build a new chicken production complex in Humboldt, Tennessee, part of Gibson County in the western part of the state. The $300 million project is expected to create more than 1,500 local jobs once the new complex begins operations in late […]