Rouses Market will reopen its Denham Springs, Louisiana, store at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. The much anticipated news comes after the 50,000-s.f. unit was destroyed by the floods that ravaged the southern portion of the Pelican State over the summer. In mid-August, as he was surveying the water damage, Rouses Markets CEO Donny Rouse […]
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2016’s Top 10 Stories Of The Southeast
2016’s Top 10 Stories Mergers and acquisitions, new formats and executive changes were at the center of many of the biggest stories of the year in the Southeast. Several supermarket companies based in the region found new ownership, including Food Lion, The Fresh Market and Louisiana’s LeBlanc’s Food Stores. Others, like Southeastern Grocers, began rolling […]
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Kroger Nashville Helps With Smoky Mountain Fires
Kroger is joining forces with the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Red Cross to provide aid to those affected by the Smoky Mountain fires. Customer donations are being accepted at all Middle and East Tennessee Kroger stores, northern Alabama Kroger stores and southern Kentucky Kroger locations. All monies collected will be forwarded directly to the […]
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Food City, Publix Among Those Aiding Gatlinburg Wildfire Relief Efforts
In the wake of the devastating fires sweeping Gatlinburg and Sevier County, Tennessee, Food City and Bristol Motor Speedway have teamed up to host a number of initiatives, including a fundraising campaign to benefit local relief efforts. Publix Super Markets also is supporting local relief efforts. Beginning today, Dec. 1, and continuing through Dec. 7, […]
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Couple Married At Harveys In Albany, Georgia
Two Harveys customers—Charles and Mary Tinson—were joined by friends and family on Thanksgiving Day as they wed at the grocer’s Albany, Georgia, supermarket—the exact location where they reconnected four years ago on Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day 2012, after returning home from a tour in Afghanistan, Charles walked into Harveys Supermarket at 1032 W. Gordon […]
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Lowes Foods Reports Dramatic Increase In Coupon Redemption Using Digital Platform
Winston-Salem-based Lowes Foods, with grocery stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, is reporting a 422 percent increase in average coupon redemptions over the last six weeks compared with the average for the six weeks prior to the launch of Unata’s integrated coupons platform. Lowes Foods is the first grocery retailer to embed digital […]
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Lucky’s Market Leader Steve Black Joins Rouses As President, COO
Steve Black, previously president of Lucky’s Market, a specialty grocery chain focused on natural, organic and locally grown products, has been named president and COO of Rouses Markets, effective in December. Donny Rouse, CEO of Rouses Markets, made the announcement today. Rouse recently assumed his new role as CEO of the 56-year-old Thibodaux, Louisiana-based company. Before […]
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2016 Southeast Retailer Of The Year: Food City
Abingdon, Virginia-based Food City was selected as The Shelby Report of the Southeast’s Retailer of the Year as a company that exemplifies leadership in merchandising, marketing, innovation and community service. The company founded by Jack Smith back in 1955 started out, as most do, with one store, his in Grundy, Virginia. Unlike many, though, Smith’s […]