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 […]
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Harris Teeter Opening Myers Park Store In Charlotte This Month
Harris Teeter will open its Myers Park Shopping Center store in Charlotte, N.C., at 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Harris Teeter publicly announced the possibility of building a new Myers Park Shopping Center store in 2011. In the years since that announcement, the Matthews, N.C.-based grocer’s redevelopment team, its landlord, nearby residents and leaders of […]
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The Fresh Market To Open Fourth Northeast Florida Store Next Year
The Fresh Market will open its fourth Northeast Florida store in the Riverside community of Jacksonville in October 2014. The Jacksonville Business Journal reports that The Fresh Market will anchor Shoppes on Riverside, a new retail development in Brooklyn along Riverside Avenue. The 20,400 s.f. store will be surrounded by another 29,470 s.f. of small-shop […]
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Report: Walmart Could Become Alabama’s Medicaid Drug Provider
The Alabama Medicaid Pharmacy Study Commission last week heard a proposal from retail giant Walmart to make the stores Alabama’s main pharmacy provider through Medicaid, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. The Commission, which is tasked with finding cost cutting measures for the drug program under Medicaid, heard the proposal from Walmart Stores Inc. representative […]
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Publix To Open First Cleveland, Tenn., Store Next Week
Publix Super Markets will make its Cleveland, Tenn., debut next week when it opens a 54,700-s.f. store at Mouse Creek. The store will open at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 635 Paul Huff Pkwy. NW. “We are proud to bring the Publix shopping experience to Cleveland,” said Brenda Reid, Publix spokeswoman. “Stellar customer service, […]