The Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) elected new leadership in May, as well as added new directors to its board. The 2025-26 WAFC officers are: President – Kevin Lovell, SVP of operations at Albertsons/Safeway NorCal; VP – Rebecca Calvin, SVP and CMO for Stater Bros. Markets; Treasurer – Wendy Coldesina, VP, general merchandise manager […]
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Reser’s Fine Foods Commemorates Anniversary With $2B Milestone
Reser’s Fine Foods, a family-owned company in the refrigerated prepared foods industry based in Beaverton, Oregon, is celebrating 75 years in business as it reaches $2 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1950 by Mildred Reser, the company began as a small farmhouse kitchen potato salad business and has grown into the largest family-owned, prepared foods businesses in the […]
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Save Mart Celebrates Partnership With Modesto Nuts During Final Season
Save Mart is celebrating its partnership with the Modesto Nuts as the city’s minor league baseball team plays its final season in Modesto, California. Since the team’s inception in 2005, the partnership has helped advance community engagement, supporting education and expanding access to America’s favorite pastime. The Nuts are relocating after the season to San […]
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Market Of Choice Opens New Store In Hillsboro, OR
Market of Choice, Oregon’s largest independent, family-owned grocer, recently held a grand opening for its 12th store in the state, located at 3515 SE Cornelius Pass Road in Hillsboro. The 35,000 square-foot store is the cornerstone of the new Reed’s Crossing Town Center development, offering a selection of conventional, natural and specialty products. “We are […]
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Raley’s To Anchor Development in Madera County, CA
Riverstone, a community in California’s Central Valley, will add 61,000 square feet of new retail space headlined by a Raley’s Supermarkets store. The new Riverstone location marks the second store in Madera County for Raley’s, a division of The Raley’s Companies, Located in the Riverwalk at Riverstone, the 40,000-square-foot store will feature a contemporary grocery […]
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Vallarta Supermarkets Celebrates Store Opening In Colton, CA
Vallarta Supermarkets will open a new 43,931-square-foot store June 4 at 1250 Washington St. in Colton, California. The location, which has created numerous new job opportunities, will feature the full suite of Vallarta’s signature departments, each of which reflects and celebrates the traditions and tastes of Latin America. The store boasts a modern store design […]
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Simpson’s Legacy At CFCU Not Forgotten
Certified Federal Credit Union CEO Steve Weakley is one to give credit where credit is due (no pun intended). He continues to recount the contributions of Donna Simpson, the late EVP and COO of Certified Federal Credit Union who passed away last August following a cycling accident in Idaho. She was like family to Weakley, […]
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El Rancho Supermercado Launches ‘Super Gangas’ Price Reduction Campaign
Heritage Grocers Group’s Texas-based El Rancho Supermercado banner has launched “Super Gangas” (Super Bargains), a campaign of price reductions on thousands of frequently purchased items available to all shoppers. “Our customers are at the center of everything we do, and we’re excited to invest to support them, and to launch our first major media campaign,” […]