Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services Company, a limited liability company owned by about 70 independent Coca-Cola bottlers, has opened a new office at 8125 Highwoods Palm Way in Tampa, Florida, to accommodate collaboration and cultural engagement. In addition to the corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, the new office space in Tampa supports the company’s operational […]
Category: Southeast
The Shelby Report of the Southeast covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Independent Store News, Southeast
Publix Names 2022 Pharmacy Rxcellence Award Recipients
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix presented 15 pharmacy employees with the Rxcellence Award for excelling in customer service, performance, ownership and teamwork. The award was given to one pharmacist and one technician from each of the company’s five divisions, one pharmacy supervisor and four pharmacy support employees. “Our pharmacy teams are committed to providing the best care and […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
ECRS Expands Operations With New Deployment Center
ECRS has announced the opening of its new deployment center on Industrial Park Drive in Boone, North Carolina. The facility will build, manufacture, prepackage and ship retail technology solutions to retailers located throughout North America and the Carribean. The renovated building more than doubles the size of the previous hardware warehouse and shipping space. With a 33-year […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
Southeastern Grocers’ Uses Zebra Services To Improve Operations
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers is modernizing technology for its store employees with Zebra Technologies’ workforce and task management solutions to improve in-store operations and elevate the customer experience. Southeastern Grocers selected solutions from Zebra’s Modern Store framework to better engage employees and optimize store labor productivity across its network. Leveraging Zebra’s software capabilities enables the grocer to align the […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Association News, Southeast
Isom IGA Rebuilds, Reopens Store In Kentucky
The Isom IGA store held a grand reopening celebration April 5 at 29 Isom Dr. in Isom, Kentucky. Among the many special guests, Independent Grocers Alliance CEO John Ross attended. A 12-hour deluge beginning July 27, 2022 in eastern Kentucky brought 7-10 inches of rain overnight and raised the North Fork Kentucky River about 11 feet […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Grocery Store Layout, Southeast
Save A Lot Debuts Two Remodeled Stores In Florida
Save A Lot held grand reopenings April 1 at two recently renovated stores in North Florida. The locations – 816 6th St. in MacClenny and 16702 SE Hwy 19 in Cross City – held a cookout, with proceeds donated to local youth groups. The reopenings featured free samples from Sunset Farms Foods, Nettle’s Sausage Company […]
Posted inFeature, Southeast
DECA Important Benefit For Military Personnel, Families
Officials talk about agency’s purpose, recent transformation, modernization efforts The Defense Commissary Agency, headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia, operates a worldwide chain of commissaries providing groceries in a safe and secure shopping environment to U.S. military personnel, retirees, service-related disabled veterans and their families. Authorized patrons can purchase items tax free, plus a 5-percent surcharge, […]
Posted inFood Lion, Produce News, Southeast
Food Lion Donates 1.6M Meals Through Orange Bag Campaign
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion Feeds has provided 1.6 million meals through its Orange Bag campaign, surpassing its 1 million meals goal. During the Orange Bag campaign, which ran from March 1-21, customers purchased specially-marked orange bags or made a cash donation at the register during checkout at stores. Each bag sold helped provide five […]
Posted inProduce News, Southeast
SEPC Opens Application Period For Fresh Chefs Scholarship
The Southeast Produce Council has opened the application window for its scholarship program, SEPC Fresh Chefs. The second annual opportunity for this program is open to any full-time college or secondary education student pursuing a degree in culinary arts or restaurant management. Student applicants will submit a video introducing themselves and explaining the importance of […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Grocery Store Layout, Southeast
Save A Lot Holds Store Grand Opening In Prestonsburg, KY
Save A Lot held a grand reopening March 29 for a store at 525 Village Dr. in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. A ribbon cutting was held at 9 a.m. to celebrate the occasion. Save A Lot CEO Leon Bergmann joined Saver Group store owners Dale Combs, Wendell Combs, Larry Noe and COO Keith DeFisher, along with the Floyd […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Beverage News, Southeast
Southeastern Grocers Pilots Ice Manufacturing Micro-Factory
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc. has announced a partnership with Relocalize to pilot ice manufacturing in the first autonomous micro-factory, designed to help eliminate middle-mile logistics to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, water waste and plastic pollution. The new ice micro-factory was unveiled at the grocer’s Jacksonville Distribution Center, where a ribbon made of 200 pounds […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Food Lion Celebrates 22 Years As Energy Star Partner Of The Year
For the 22nd year in a row, Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion has earned the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for its work reducing energy consumption. The retailer is the only company in the U.S. to receive this honor for that long. Each year, the Energy Star program honors a […]
Posted inC-Store News, Southeast
Enmarket Charity Classic Raises $250K For Two Charities
The Enmarket Charity Classic returned March 23, raising $250,000 to be split between the 200 Club of the Coastal Empire and Make-A-Wish Georgia. This was the fourth annual Enmarket Charity Classic, which is part of the company’s sponsorship of the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia. More than 280 golfers took […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Food Lion Donates 1.2M Meals During College Basketball Season
Throughout the 2022-23 college basketball season, Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion Feeds partnered with 32 college and university teams to provide more than 1.2 million meals for those in need. Through this collaboration, known as “Score to Give More,” Food Lion Feeds provided 100 meals for each made foul shot to participating schools’ local Feeding […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Southeast
Farmer Focus Debuts Butcher-Style Organic Ground Chicken
Harrisonburg, Virginia-based Farmer Focus has launched a new product – Organic Ground Chicken. Available in select grocery retailers, Farmer Focus Organic Ground Chicken maintains moisture and holds flavors in a pan, grill or oven. “Our new Organic Ground Chicken builds on the award-winning success of our recent new products,” said Kathryn Tuttle, chief commercial officer. “As more […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
The Fresh Market Begins Video Partnership With Chef Rossi
Greensboro, North Carolina-based The Fresh Market has begun an annual partnership with celebrity chef Anna Rossi. In her new role as a brand ambassador and spokesperson, Rossi will create recipes, lifestyle content and host a monthly livestreaming shoppable event on the company’s website. The celebration began in March as Rossi hosted, “Plan an Easter to Remember with The […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Corporate Store News, Southeast
Kroger’s Atlanta Division Celebrates Zero Hunger, Waste Week
Kroger’s Atlanta Division is celebrating Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Week to further its goal to establish communities free of hunger and waste. Throughout the week, Kroger is working internally to celebrate and to educate employees about how each role within the company can make a difference, from courtesy clerks to store leadership. “Simple, everyday […]
Posted inFeature, Executive News, Southeast
Lowes Foods Focused On Offering Entertainment, Experiences
‘We want people to be able to come in and escape all the pressures of life in general’ The Shelby Report of the Southeast caught up with Tim Lowe, head of retail for Alex Lee and president of Lowes Foods, during the recent FMI Midwinter Executive Conference in Orlando, Florida. Lowe provided an update on Lowes […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Southeast
Investment From Fed, State Governments Accelerating Hurricane Recovery
FRF educating grocers, other members to ensure they’re prepared to optimize savings While Florida’s economy has been emboldened by increased tourism, the southern part of the state is still reeling from last year’s hurricane season. But during a recent special session of the state legislature, retailers began to see some light at the end of […]
Posted inProduce News, Southeast
National Watermelon Promotion Board Shares New Research
Winter Springs, Florida-based National Watermelon Promotion Board has partnered with Nutrition Impact on a research project to “determine intake of watermelon and assess association with diet quality, energy and nutrient intake and physiological parameters in children and adults.” A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Analysis, the study found that total diet quality was higher […]