Stater Bros. will host a grand opening of its third supermarket to serve the city of Menifee and nearby Sun City on Wednesday, July 12. The new, more than 45,000-s.f. supermarket is located at 29061 Newport Road in the Shoppes at the Lakes development. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held in front of the store at […]
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Hussmann’s Annual Charity Golf Event Raises $38K For Three Groups
Hussmann’s western sales division recently held its 11th annual Customer Appreciation Golf Tournament & Charity Fundraiser at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine, California. The event benefited Mended Hearts, Orangewood Children’s Foundation and City of Hope. Many regional and vertical market customers attended the event, as did industry sponsors and Hussman representatives, including Dennis Gipson, […]
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Sunriver IGA In Oregon Credits New System For Deterring Theft, Clerical Mistakes
John Audia had no idea how much theft and clerical mistakes were happening at the checkouts at his Sunriver supermarket near Bend, Oregon, until he implemented technology that caught all of it on video. He had a cashier prosecuted after the video revealed her giving away groceries “left and right” to customers and employees. Since […]
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Raley’s New Ground-Up Store Makes Debut In Rancho Cordova
Raley’s on Wednesday opened a new ground-up store at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Douglas Road in Rancho Cordova, California. The 40,000-s.f. unit offers fresh and healthy products in a format tailored to complement the local community, according to the West Sacramento-based grocery chain. It marks the second new store Raley’s has opened in […]
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Montana Community Comes Together To Build A Desperately Needed Store
by Alissa Marchat/staff writer Lodge Pole, Montana, located within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, will have its own grocery store for the first time in decades when the Red Paint Creek Trading Post and Pantry, a nonprofit cooperative, opens this summer. Leslie “Josie” Cliff, GM and project manager, told The Shelby Report in late May […]
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Safeway To Open Fifth Mountain View, California, Store On Wednesday
Safeway will open a new store in Mountain View, California, at 580 North Rengstorff Avenue in Monta Loma Plaza on Wednesday, June 21. It will mark the fifth Safeway location in Mountain View, and the new Monta Loma store will bring an estimated 100 new jobs to the community. “We are excited to open this […]
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Oliver’s Market Sells Portion Of Company To Employees
Oliver’s Market, the largest locally-owned grocer in Sonoma County, California, has sold 43 percent of the company to employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The four-store chain also registered with the state of California as a Social Purpose Corporation, allowing leadership to consider employees, the environment and the community in addition to financial position […]
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Amazon To Open Fulfillment Center In Fresno, California
Amazon said June 2 that it will open its first fulfillment center in Fresno, California. The Seattle-based online retailer said the center will “continue its growth in California’s Central Valley” and create 1,500 new full-time jobs. The Fresno center will be Amazon’s fifth fulfillment center in the Central Valley, with three operating fulfillment centers located […]