H-E-B’s Eleanor Butt Crook, along with her late husband Ambassador William H. Crook, has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) for Lifetime Achievement. The country’s highest award for volunteerism was presented to Crook on Thursday at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. “Texas, the United States and the world are much better off […]
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Sprouts’ Grab ’N Give Food Drive Benefits Regional Food Bank Of Oklahoma
This holiday season, Sprouts Farmers Market invites customers to join it once again in fighting hunger. Through Dec. 31, shoppers are encouraged to purchase and donate a bag of groceries and other items to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma through the grocer’s Grab ‘N Give food drive. Participating Sprouts metro locations include: • 6410 […]
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Taylor Farms Completes Solar Installation At Dallas Facility
Taylor Farms, a leading producer of value-added produce and healthy fresh foods in North America, has completed its latest solar installation at its new prepared fresh foods facility in Dallas, Texas. The 1 MW roof mount array spans nearly four acres with 3,520 panels installed, making it one of the largest commercial solar installations in […]
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Randalls Rolls Out Grocery Delivery Service In Houston And Austin
Randalls has launched a new grocery delivery program with a fleet of state-of-the-art home delivery trucks, offering customers convenient and time-saving grocery shopping, delivered right to their door, according to the company. The program rolled out Thursday, and customers will be able to access the service online at shop.randalls.com, as well as through the Randalls […]
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Latest Round Of H-E-B/San Antonio Spurs Commercials Feature New, Familiar Faces
In addition to the start of the 2016-17 NBA season, H-E-B customers and San Antonio Spurs fans are enjoying the grocery chain’s new round of six television commercials, featuring acting performances by both current and former Spurs players. This year’s commercials showcase products like H-E-B Prime 1 Beef and H-E-B Texas Pets with a star-studded […]
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Lone Star State Shoppers Love To Click And Collect
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest What a difference a year has made for shoppers who’d rather swing by and have their groceries brought to them than cart around the store and wait in the checkout lane. H-E-B Curbside, Kroger ClickList and Walmart’s pickup service (no clever name yet from Bentonville) are making the lives of young mothers, […]
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Colorado’s Hays Market Is Affiliated Foods MW’s Retailer Of The Year
Colorado’s Hays Market recently was recognized with the 2016 Retailer of the Year for a Wholesale Co-op by its parent co-op, Affiliated Foods Midwest. As one of 800 stores in the 13-state region considered for the award, it meant a lot to sibling owners Neal, Ryan and Russell Hays, according to the Berthoud Weekly Surveyor. […]
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Fiesta Mart Continues Reinvigoration With Five DFW Reopenings This Month
Fiesta Mart is continuing on its path to reinvigoration with five Dallas/Fort Worth stores celebrating grand reopenings this month. The first Minyard store to officially transition to Fiesta opened last week at Lake June Road in Dallas; two additional, previously acquired Minyard stores and two remodeled Fiesta stores also will host grand reopenings this month. […]