Blue Bell Creameries has begun production at its facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The move comes just after the Brenham, Texas-based company’s products returned to stores in select areas following the all-product recall earlier this year. “We are pleased to be producing ice cream in Broken Arrow,” said Blue Bell CEO and President Paul Kruse. […]
Category: Southwest
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United Supermarkets Announces Plans For 10th Lubbock Store
United Supermarkets announced today that it will open a new location in Lubbock at the corner of FM 1585 and Indiana in 2016. Construction on the new location is expected to start late this fall and is targeted for completion in late summer or early fall 2016, according to Robert Taylor, president of United Supermarkets […]
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Blue Bell Ice Cream Returns To Stores In Select Areas Today
Blue Bell Ice Cream is making its much anticipated return to stores in select areas today. “We are excited to announce that we have begun filling stores with our products,” said Ricky Dickson, VP of sales and marketing for Blue Bell. “It could take more than a week to get everyone stocked with ice cream […]
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Natural Grocers To Open Second Oklahoma City Store In September
Natural Grocers will open its seventh store in Oklahoma on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The store, which opens at 8 a.m., is located at 2120 SW 89th Street in Oklahoma City. It will mark the Colorado-based company’s second Oklahoma City store. Natural Grocers says it will provide the Oklahoma City community with fresh produce that is […]
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Odell Bringing Back Stores For Communities After Buyer Goes Bankrupt
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor “Somebody told my wife the other day that we had flunked retirement, because I’m 82 and my wife is right behind me,” said Leroy “Perk” Odell, owner of Super’s stores in Akron, Wiggins, Haxtun and Walden, Colorado. Perk and Betty Odell are back in the business so that communities in Colorado […]
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Kroger Creating Two Supermarket Divisions In Texas
The Kroger Co. plans to establish two new supermarket divisions in Texas—a Dallas division and a Houston division. Previously, both markets were served as part of Kroger’s Southwest division. In addition, the company says that Dana Zurcher has been promoted to serve as president of the company’s new Dallas division. Bill Breetz, who has been […]
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Harvest Natural Market Debuts First Store In Katy, Texas
Harvest Natural Market opened its first store July 25 at 25600 Westheimer Parkway in Katy, Texas. The market specializes in fresh, organic and locally-grown fruits and vegetables; natural grass-fed beef; and fresh, sustainable seafood. Additionally, Harvest Natural Market features two restaurants within the store: a full-service Bistro and Bar, and the fast-service Harvest Express. One […]
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Renfro Foods Celebrates ‘75 Hot & Spicy Years’
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Doug Renfro likes to say that Renfro Foods has grown “from itty-bitty to really small in only 75 years.” His grandparents, George and Arthurine, co-founded a packaged spices and pepper sauce business, George Renfro Food Co., in the garage of their North Texas home in 1940. It has become almost cliché […]