Winn-Dixie will celebrate Mardi Gras across Louisiana with food and celebrations. The grocer also plans to participate in local parades with free swag gifts. “At Winn-Dixie, we are excited to join the Carnival revelry with our local communities again this year,” said Lynn Rushing, regional VP for Winn-Dixie. “We are incredibly proud of our deep-rooted […]
Category: Southeast
Posted inBakery News, Executive News, Southeast
Flowers Foods Names Cox As Chief Human Resources Officer
Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods has named Cindy Cox as chief human resources officer. In this role, she will lead the company’s human resources organization, reporting to President and CEO A. Ryals McMullian. “Cindy brings a distinguished track record of excellence in human resources management to Flowers, and I’m confident that she will make a tremendous impact as our new CHRO,” […]
Posted inFood Lion, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Food Lion To Hold Store Grand Opening In West Virginia
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion will open a new store Feb. 8 at 130 Duella Drive in Inwood, West Virginia. It will open to the public at 8 a.m., following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Afterward, the first 100 customers in line will receive a mystery gift card valued up to $200 and a free reusable shopping […]
Posted inHarris Teeter, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Harris Teeter To Host Supplier Diversity Summit
Matthews, North Carolina-based Harris Teeter will invite diverse product suppliers to apply to join a virtual Supplier Diversity Summit, to be held March 28-30. The company will work to identify and increase sourcing from suppliers that are at least 51 percent owned, operated and managed by people who are: disadvantaged, disabled, LGBTQ+, military veterans, minorities and/or women […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Southeast
Meat Depot By Fresh Value Opens Third Location In Northport, AL
Meat Depot, a grocery store affiliated with the Birmingham, Alabama-based supermarket chain Fresh Value, recently completed a deal to take over the Cost Kutter Grocery location in Northport, Alabama. Meat Depot will debut its store on Feb. 8 with a grand opening celebration. The festivities will begin at 8 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Southeast, Supply Chain News
Kroger Expands Delivery Services In South Florida
The Kroger Co. has opened a new facility in Miami, Florida. Joined by the local community, it celebrated the expansion of the delivery service and welcomed 90 new employees. This facility means customers can access Kroger’s selection of fresh items, Our Brands products and national brands, as well as individualized offers, delivered to their door. “We are […]
Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, Southeast
Circle The Wagon Names McKelvey As National Director Of Sales
Houma, Louisiana-based Circle the Wagon Group Purchasing Organization has named Dave McKelvey as its national director of sales. McKelvey brings experience and knowledge from more than 40 years in the grocery industry to the Circle the Wagons team. He started his grocery career early, growing up in a grocery family. He started his first paying […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Feature, Southeast
ECRS Helping Retailers Be Creative, Bold With CATAPULT
Western North Carolina-based ECRS is going into 2023 with a challenge for retailers: “Be Creative. Be Bold.” Much of the last two years have been a constant state of waiting, said Caroline Catoe, ECRS president. “Waiting for storms to pass or for the next storm to show. Waiting with uncertainty of what the future would […]