Food Lion reopened its Concord, N.C., store at 860 Union St. on Wednesday, launching the grocer’s newest format. The store has been fully redesigned to make grocery shopping easy and convenient for customers, Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion says. “I want to personally welcome our customers back to the redesigned Union Street Food Lion and invite […]
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Supervalu To Unveil East Coast’s Largest Natural Gas-Powered Truck Fleet, New Fill Station In Va.
As one of the nation’s leading grocery distributors, Supervalu says it has always strived to provide its customers with the best products at a great value. Now, those products are arriving at grocery store shelves across the eastern region with a much smaller carbon footprint, thanks to the recent addition of 35 Class 8 Volvo […]
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State Of The Southeast: Region Sees Shakeup In 2013
A number of big stories came out of the southeastern states in 2013. Many of them involved companies having to regroup and/or sell off their holdings, but there were a couple of bright spots as well, including mergers and strong performance. Below are 10 of the most noteworthy stories as reported by The Shelby Report […]
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LeBlanc’s Opens Eighth Store As It Introduces Frais Marche Concept
LeBlanc’s Food Stores opened its eighth south Louisiana location earlier this month, introducing local shoppers to its new Frais Marche concept—that’s French for “Fresh Market.” The new store is at the corner of Airline Highway and Duplessis Road and is the fourth Ascension Parish location for the local supermarket family. The 55,000-s.f. location is the […]
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Meat- And Produce-Focused Freshfields Farm Opens In Jacksonville
Freshfields Farm, which converted a former Southside furniture store into a meat and produce market, opened in Jacksonville, Fla., last week. The Jax Daily Record reports that the former Liberty Furniture store at Interstate 95 and University Boulevard underwent a partial demolition and reconstruction into a barn-looking building that will house fresh produce and meats, […]
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Danfoss Names Winn-Dixie Its Fourth EnVisioneer Of The Year
Danfoss, a leading manufacturer of high efficiency electronic and mechanical components and controls for air-conditioning, heating, refrigeration and motion systems, has recognized supermarket chain Winn-Dixie as the winner of its fourth annual EnVisioneer of the Year award. Winn-Dixie, a subsidiary of Bi-Lo Holdings, the ninth-largest conventional supermarket chain in the U.S. based on net sales, […]
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Sweetbay Plans 346 Job Cuts Ahead Of Acquisition
Sweetbay Supermarket plans to eliminate 346 jobs, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice issued to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that most of the affected positions are out of the Plant City distribution center owned by Sweetbay. Bi-Lo Holdings LLC entered into an agreement earlier in […]
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Food Lion Invests In 169 Stores In Carolinas, Hires 500
Food Lion said Tuesday that it has made significant investments in 169 stores in the Carolinas and created 500 new jobs. Key markets include Greenville and Wilmington, N.C., and Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach, S.C. To celebrate the launch, Food Lion is holding grand reopening festivities at the 169 stores—including providing the first 50 customers […]