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Raley’s Launches New Pharmacy Mobile App With Mscripts

Through a new partnership, Raley’s is integrating mscripts’ mobile pharmacy solutions with a new Raley’s pharmacy app, Rx Refill On-The-Go. The app will offer a new tool that will support text notifications when a prescription is ready for pick up and a refill is due to be ordered. Customers will be able to use the mobile and web […]

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Prop. 65 Warning No Longer Needed For Coffee; Cereal Under Scrutiny

by Ron Fong/president and CEO, California Grocers Association In many respects, California is like an island unto itself when it comes to laws and regulations. For better or worse, our state is home to a number of laws and regulations that exist nowhere else in the nation. Among the most notorious and controversial of them […]

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Kroger Begins Testing Driverless Delivery

The Kroger Co. and Nuro have selected Scottsdale, Arizona, as the city for their self-driving grocery delivery pilot, which kicked off Aug. 16. Earlier this summer, Kroger and Nuro, maker of driverless delivery vehicles, announced a partnership to begin testing grocery delivery using Nuro’s robots. Customers can place same-day delivery orders through Kroger’s ClickList ordering system or […]

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WinCo, Heeb’s Among Those Building In Montana

by Lorrie Griffith/editor–West The Montana grocery landscape features a mix of chains like Walmart, Costco, Smith’s, Albertsons, Safeway and Lucky Markets as well as some strong local independents. Shoppers in the Billings area may get a new grocery option, as it was reported in February that WinCo Foods is planning to build a new grocery […]

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Wonderful Co. Celebrates First Class Of Ag Prep Program Graduates

On Saturday, The Wonderful Co. Co-Owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick led a celebration of the 90-strong inaugural graduating class of the Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program (Ag Prep) at a special event held at Wonderful College Prep Academy in Delano, California. More than 300 family, friends and community members gathered to honor students graduating with an […]

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Golden West Introduces Beef, Pork And Turkey ‘Tisserie’ Roasts To Retail

Golden West Food Group, based in Vernon, California, is bringing something new to in-store rotisseries nationwide. With the introduction of Beeftisserie, Porktisserie and Turkeytisserie, Golden West hopes to upgrade dinnertime offerings for the retail deli. The meat is hand-cut and seasoned at Golden West and then is prepared in-store by slow roasting in the rotisserie ovens before […]

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New Phoenix, Arizona, Sprouts To Open Aug. 22

Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new location in its hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, at 7th Avenue and Osborn on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The store will be the grocer’s fifth new location to open in Arizona this year.  The Phoenix location joins three other new Sprouts stores opening the same day in Lodi, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; […]

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Rebranded California Food Expo Connects Food, Bev Companies With Buyers

The California Food Expo has officially emerged. Formerly known as the Fresno Food Expo, the name change and brand unveil kicked off what organizers say is a new era for the nation’s largest geographically focused food industry tradeshow. More than 135 exhibitors from California food and beverage growers and manufacturers touted their products to more […]