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Specialty Grocer Doris Italian Market To Open Its Largest Store This Fall

Doris Italian Market & Bakery, a specialty supermarket company serving South Florida, has kicked off construction on its sixth and largest location in North Palm Beach with a groundbreaking ceremony. Palm Beach County Commissioner Hal R. Valeche and Village of North Palm Beach Mayor Robert Gebbia joined other Village council members and Doris Italian Market […]

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TW Garner Discontinues Texas Pete Chili Sauce For Hot Dogs, Hamburgers

TW Garner Food Co., the makers of Texas Pete sauces and affiliated products, has discontinued its Texas Pete Chili Sauce for hot dogs and hamburgers. “Upon careful assessment, TW Garner Food Co. ceased production of the hot dog chili sauce in order to focus resources on the company’s core product offerings and the development of […]

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Publix’s 1Q Sales Increase, Comp-Store Sales Up 5.3 Percent

Publix’s sales for the first quarter of 2015 were $8.3 billion, a 6.8 percent increase from last year’s $7.8 billion. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter of 2015 increased 5.3 percent. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2015 were $548.9 million, compared to $493.7 million in 2014, an increase of 11.2 percent. Earnings per […]

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Kroger Cutting Prices Throughout The Triangle And North Carolina

The Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer with 14 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, says it plans to increase its commitment to customers by lowering prices on thousands of items in stores across its Mid-Atlantic Division, which covers Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio. The […]

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Alabama Grocers Association Holds Spring Golf Tourney

The Alabama Grocers Association held its 23rd Annual Spring Golf Outing earlier this month at Inverness Country Club in Birmingham. The tournament included two flights and raised a spring record for the Alabama Grocers Education Foundation (AGEF), which funds scholarships to employees and children of employees of Alabama Grocers Association companies. To date, AGEF has […]

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Southeastern Mills Acquires Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce

Rome, Georgia-based Southeastern Mills Inc. has acquired The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce and related assets from New Iberia, Louisiana-based Bruce Foods Corp. This acquisition includes all of the brands and intellectual property related to the hot sauce business, as well as the manufacturing and warehouse facilities in New Iberia. The Original Louisiana Brand Hot […]

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German Discount Grocer To Set Up U.S. HQ In Virginia

According to an article in the Washington Business Journal earlier this month, international discount grocer Lidl is planning to establish its corporate offices in Arlington, Virginia. Citing sources familiar with the deal, the Journal said the Germany-based grocer will use its Arlington base to first grow in the Washington, D.C., area and then expand into […]