Mr. Robert (Bob) Stiles, who served as president of Southern California supermarket chain Gelson’s from 1996-2011, has died. He worked for the company for more than 51 years. According to Gelson’s, Mr. Stiles started his career with the company in Burbank in 1960 as a grocery clerk, rising through the ranks before assuming the president’s […]
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Amazon Prime Now Comes To San Diego, Offers One-Hour Delivery
Amazon Inc.’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service has expanded to San Diego, California, and surrounding areas in time for Thanksgiving. Amazon Prime members in San Diego now have access to one-hour delivery on thousands of daily essentials, such as paper towels, milk, diapers and electronics, which can be ordered through a mobile app. Through the […]
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Unified Grocers Launches CART Portal
Wholesaler Unified Grocers has launched the CART platform in partnership with CART (the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology) at advancingretail.org/unified, a new service for member retailers to find, learn about and connect with the best Unified-recommended solutions for their business. The CART portal also includes a large and growing number of resources, including case […]
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Bay Valley Foods Plans To Close City Of Industry, California, Facility
Bay Valley Foods, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TreeHouse Foods, intends to close its City of Industry, California, facility. Oak Brook, Illinois-based TreeHouse says the closure of the facility was determined after carefully reviewing the operation and identifying opportunities to lower production costs. Production is expected to cease in the first quarter of 2016 with full […]
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Company Culture Is The Most Important Factor For Success, Says ‘Happiness Expert’
Shawn Achor, founder and CEO of GoodThink Inc. and author of “The Happiness Advantage,” keynoted the California Grocers Association’s recent Strategic Conference to share a simple message: When it comes to a company’s chances for success, “culture eats strategy for lunch.” Achor spent 12 years with Harvard University as a researcher in the field of […]
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New Stater Bros. Store In Development For Tustin
Plans are now under way for Stater Bros. Markets to build its next supermarket on the northeast corner of Tustin Ranch Road and Valencia Avenue in the city of Tustin, California. Scheduled to open in fall 2016, the future 43,829-s.f. full-service grocery store in Orange County is being developed by Regency Centers in The Village […]
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Raley’s Kicks Off Annual Holiday Bag Drive
Raley’s Family of Fine Stores has kicked off its 29th holiday bag drive with the goal of raising 3 million pounds of food to help local food banks meet the increased demand for food to serve thousands of hungry families and people throughout Northern California and Nevada this holiday season. Reflecting the nation’s ongoing focus on healthy eating, West Sacramento-based Raley’s will […]
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Stater Bros. Receives 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation Award
From celebrating safety success to aggressively rooting out fraud and abuse, Stater Bros. Markets is making workers’ comp risk management gains on multiple fronts, and these are the strategies that caught the attention of Risk & Insurance judges as they selected the 2015 recipients of the Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation and Disability Management Award. This year, San […]