Publix Super Markets has reopened a 46,811-square-foot store at the Shoppes of Beville Road in Daytona Beach, Florida. “We look forward to welcoming new and existing customers and providing them with premier service and quality products,” said Hannah Herring, media relations manager. The Publix store features a deli counter with Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, […]
Category: Southeast
Posted inCorporate Store News, Southeast
The Fresh Market Celebrates Birthday With Promotions, Offers
To celebrate 41 years in business, Greensboro, North Carolina-based The Fresh Market Inc. is showcasing products specific to its stores for its birthday. Among the highlights: The company works with local farmers and growers to ensure the fruits and vegetables it offers are of the highest quality and freshness. Its butchers bring the counter to […]
Posted inProduce News, Food City, Retailer of the Year, Southeast
Offerings At Best Store In Town Are ‘As Fresh As Fresh Gets’
Food City’s meat and seafood and produce and floral departments can be best described in two words: picky and convenient. The company prides itself on providing the freshest produce, highest quality meat and seafood and brightest floral arrangements in the market – all while cultivating partnerships with local farmers and growers to provide the best […]
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Independent Store News, Southeast
Publix Marks March Of Dimes Milestone
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix’s support of the March of Dimes has topped $100 million since 1995 to help improve the health of mothers and children. The Publix campaign raised about $6.4 million in 2023, making it March of Dimes’ No. 1 corporate partner for the eighth year in a row. Dwaine Stevens, Publix’s director of community […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
ECRS Introduces SNAP Balance Management Tool
Boone, North Carolina-based ECRS has created SNAP While You Shop, an industry-first, patent-pending balance management tool for EBT customers. After consulting with retailers in the CATAPULT Community, ECRS heard stories of EBT/SNAP shoppers having insufficient funds at checkout, causing them to make difficult decisions about what to put back. This was complicated by the fact […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Southeast
Community Co-op Market Caring For Community In Tallahassee
Founded on Jan. 1, 2020, Community Co-op Market in Tallahassee, Florida, is on a mission to provide residents of the capital city and beyond access to healthy food. The store is one of two grocery co-ops in the state, according to CEO Troy Bond. Community Co-op Market was aided by National Co-op Grocers to help […]
Posted inRetailer of the Year, Food City, Southeast
It’s All About Experience – ‘People Don’t Forget Things Like That’
Food City, The Shelby Report of the Southeast’s Retailer of the Year, was founded on the simple notion to run the best store in town. But how has it accomplished that? Customer experience is the strategy, said Dan Glei, EVP merchandising/marketing. “If you come into our stores as a customer, we want you to have […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Food Lion Feeds Foundation Gives $785K In Grants
More than 220 nonprofits that work to fight hunger and provide nutritional education across 10 states are benefiting from some $785,000 in grants from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. As part of the distribution, the foundation gave $165,000 to Feeding America to support child hunger programs. In addition, it awarded $50,000 matched by Food […]