Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc.—the nation’s second largest pistachio processor and maker of Setton Farms Pistachio Chewy Bites based in California’s Central Valley—is now the official sponsor of the upcoming Acme Markets and Produce for Kids campaign. The promotion will help raise funds for Philabundance, the largest hunger relief organization in the Delaware Valley, […]
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The Shelby Report of the West covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Northgate Gonzalez Markets Hosts Partner Appreciation Event At Family Ranch
The Gonzalez family, owner of Northgate Gonzalez Markets, hosted its 3rd Annual Partner Appreciation Day on Friday at the family ranch in Riverside County, California. Guests were asked to wear boots, jeans and white shirts and were given a choice of three styles of cowboy hats to wear when they arrived. The Southern California grocer’s […]
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Borden Dairy Brings Mexico’s LALA Products To U.S. For First Time
Borden Dairy Co., a leading U.S. dairy processor and distributor headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is making two of Mexico’s favorite LALA product lines available in the U.S. for the first time. The initial offerings arrive on retail shelves this month in Southern California and include LALA Frutas dairy and fruit beverage and LALA Oaxaca Cheese. […]
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Quick Mart Opens First L.A. Store As Franchise Expands
Los Angeles could see several more green and gold signs popping up atop new convenience store locations in the next year or two, India West reports. After a recent string of Quick Mart grand openings at the outer edges of Southern California’s two major metropolitan markets, the new convenience store chain christened its latest franchisee operation […]
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Haggen Donating 45K Pounds Of Fresh Apples To Local Charities
West Coast grocery chain Haggen this week is donating more than 45,000 pounds of apples to Northwest Harvest and the Oregon Food Bank to help feed the hungry in local communities in Oregon and Washington. This donation is part of the Take a Bite Out of Hunger program sponsored by FirstFruits Marketing of Washington and supported […]
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Memorial Service For Save Mart’s Piccinini Is April 11
A memorial service for Mr. Robert “Bob” Piccinini, owner of the Save Mart chain of stores in Northern California, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at CrossPoint Community Church, 1301 12th Street, Modesto. Mr. Piccinini died March 24 at his home in Modesto. He was 73. The Modesto Bee reported that Mr. Piccinini’s health […]
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Bristol Farms Promotes Caldecott To President And COO
Southern California specialty grocer Bristol Farms has promoted Adam Caldecott, EVP of retail, to president and COO. “In order to further prepare Bristol Farms for the growth and opportunity we anticipate in the coming year and for many more years to come, I am pleased to announce this significant and well deserved promotion of Adam Caldecott,” […]
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Former Safeway, Smart & Final And Trader Joe’s Execs Join Haggen Pacific SW
In addition to Haggen Pacific Southwest CEO Bill Shaner, SVP of Operations Wendy Oliver and SVP of Marketing Chris Linskey, Haggen now has several other senior executives to help lead the rollout of the Haggen brand in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. • Rich Winters is VP of fresh foods. He formerly was VP of […]
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New Seasons Debuts First California Store
Since New Seasons Market acquired Northern California’s New Leaf Community Markets as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2013, the grocers say they have been looking for ways to give their customers more of what they want. Based on requests from people in the Evergreen community of San Jose, California, New Seasons says the the New Leaf […]
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WinCo Opening New Store In Chandler, Arizona, On Thursday
WinCo Foods will open its first store in Chandler, Arizona, on Thursday. It will mark the Boise, Idaho-based grocer’s sixth store in the state. The approximately 85,300-s.f. Chandler store is located at 222 W. Willis Road. It will initially employ about 150 people, 140 of whom have been hired locally. The store will feature the […]
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Sprouts Announces Launch Of Public Offering By Selling Stockholders
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market has announced the launch of a public offering of 15,847,800 shares of its common stock held by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. The affiliates of Apollo will be the only selling stockholders. The company will not issue shares in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the […]
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Former Hawaii Food Executive Godfrey Passes Away
Mr. Roger Godfrey, who had an impressive career in Hawaii’s food industry, died Thursday. He was in his early 80s. Details about his death and funeral arrangements were not available at the time of this report. According to a 2012 story about Mr. Godfrey when he was inducted into the Hawaii Food Industry Association’s Hall […]
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Vendors Hear From Albertsons Southern California Leadership
The combined Albertsons–Safeway team in Southern California overseeing the Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions banner stores had a clear message for its vendor partners in the region: the company’s No. 1 priority is sales. Southern California Division President Lori Raya and other members of the leadership team spoke to the company’s SoCal vendors during a meeting […]
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Yummy.com Launches New Mobile-Friendly Website
Yummy.com, a leading multi-channel grocery retailer that has offered on-demand delivery since 2002, has launched a new mobile-friendly website to enhance the customer experience. In addition to becoming more intuitive and simpler, Yummy.com says the new site will reduce the time it takes to place an order. “We already know that our service is much […]
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Bashas’ Celebrates New Look With Grand Opening Event Beginning Today
Bashas’ is celebrating its newly remodeled grocery store, located at 7586 W. Thunderbird Road (at 75th Avenue) in Peoria, Arizona, beginning today. The store has a new floral department with a variety of flowers and gifts; an expanded selection of products, including more organic and healthy options; a revamped deli and bakery with ice cream by […]
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2015 Woman Executive Of The Year: Tanya Domier
While she always aimed high, Tanya Domier never really set her sights on being a CEO. “I never grew up or even went through the business feeling like I needed to be number 1 in the organization,” she says. Today, however, Domier leads Advantage Sales & Marketing as its CEO. And there’s plenty of reasons […]
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Raley’s Celebrates 80th Anniversary
Eighty years ago today, Thomas P. Raley opened his first store on Main Street in Placerville and advertised it as “the nation’s first drive-in market.” So began what has become known as Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, a now integral part of many California and northern Nevada communities. Today, with 128 stores and approximately 13,000 […]
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Tim Spann Returns To California Avocado Commission
California avocado season is getting under way, and the California Avocado Commission (CAC) has updated its production forecast to 327 million pounds for its fiscal year 2014-15. CAC also says that Dr. Timothy Spann has returned to the commission staff and now serves as research program director. Spann, who has a Ph.D. in plant biology […]
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Haggen Pacific Southwest Hires Director Of Produce
Supermarket and produce industry veteran Chris Jacoby is among the latest hires at Haggen’s new Pacific Southwest Division, headquartered in Irvine, California. Jacoby joins Haggen as the division’s director of produce. He most recently was sales manager at Coast Produce and, prior to that, worked for Progressive Produce. Additionally, from 1998-2012, he worked with Albertsons/Supervalu […]
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Unified Grocers Reports 1Q Sales Increase
Unified Grocers has reported improved net sales of $17.9 million, up 1.9 percent, for its first quarter of fiscal 2015 ended Dec. 27, 2014. This sales increase reflected ongoing improvement in the company’s core business. “We are extremely pleased by the continued growth in sales,” said Bob Ling, president and CEO of Commerce, California-based Unified […]