Getting the attention of customers has always been one of the biggest challenges for retailers. As technology improves, they are having to find new ways to put eyes on their stores. Historically, retailers have been able to accomplish this through coupons, rebates, promotions and rewards, according to Brad Godwin, SVP head of CPG/retail partnerships at […]
Category: Southwest
Posted inGrocery Store Equipment, Southwest
Mercatus Introduces New AisleOne Solution
Mercatus, a Houston-based provider of grocery e-commerce solutions, has launched AisleOne. The intelligent targeting and enhanced personalization solution uses the customer engagement technology from its parent company, Relationshop, to provide regional grocers and independents with a competitive advantage over national chains, mass merchants and discounters. AisleOne enables grocery retailers to activate data insights to deliver […]
Posted inHarps Food Stores, Independent Store News, Retailer of the Year, Southwest
Harps’ Culture Sparks Further Growth With Recent Acquisitions
Harps Food Stores had “a bunch of irons in the fire in 2023,” according to Chairman and CEO Kim Eskew. Those “irons” are among the reasons the Springdale, Arkansas-based company has been named The Shelby Report of the Southwest’s 2023 Retailer of the Year. Harps added 34 net new locations and moved into two additional […]
Posted inNatural Grocers, Southwest, Sustainability News
Free Nutrition Education Tops Natural Grocers’ ESG Report
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. has released its environmental, social and governance (ESG) report for fiscal year 2023. In its third annual ESG report, the specialty retailer emphasizes its support for practices that promote environmental sustainability, human health and community well-being, including new product standards. Founded in 1955, the retailer said it believes that […]
Posted inHarps Food Stores, Independent Store News, Southwest
Harps Food Stores Elevates Creek, Taylor To VP Roles
Harps Food Stores has appointed Debbie Creek as VP of finance and John Taylor as VP of information systems, moves that follow the retirement of Jim Antz, who had served as the SVP of finance and CFO for 37 years. Creek joined Harps in 2006 as controller and played a role in overseeing day-to-day financial […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Online Grocery Technology, Southwest
Bonton Farms, Kroger Address South Dallas Food Deserts
Grocery Connect, a new initiative from Bonton Farms, is offering fee-free delivery of groceries ordered online for pickup at designated, staffed centers in food desert communities of South Dallas. Powered by Kroger Delivery, the first of three Bonton Farms’ Grocery Connect ordering and pickup points in the community has opened in the South Dallas Fair […]
Posted inWalmart, Corporate Store News, Southwest
Walmart To Add New Stores, Jobs By 2029
Shared in a statement on the company’s website, Walmart has announced plans to build or convert more than 150 stores, while continuing to remodel existing stores. These efforts represent millions of dollars in capital investment of labor, supplies and tax revenue, which benefit their respective communities. During the next 12 months, Walmart plans to remodel […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Southwest
Standard Meat Co. Finalizes Plans For New Fort Worth Plant
Standard Meat Co. has begun construction of its fifth protein processing plant at 1101 NE 23rd St. in Fort Worth, Texas. This 166,000-square-foot plant will occupy a renovated, historic 1955 meat processing facility in Fort Worth’s northside, a short distance from the Standard Meat Co. headquarters at the Fort Worth Stockyards. With the new plant, […]