The team at Northgate González Market in Southern California recently made final preparations for the culmination of the grocer’s six-month mission to build the world’s largest Idaho potato display. Pallets? Check. Spuddy Buddies? Check. 100,000-plus pounds of Idaho potatoes? Check. But the real hopes of Northgate, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and Melissa’s Produce lay […]
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California Assembly Votes To Raise Tobacco Age To 21
The California Assembly on Thursday voted to raise the age of sale for tobacco products to 21, add electronic cigarettes to state tobacco regulations and approve other measures to further reduce tobacco use. The state Senate previously approved similar measures and is expected to give final approval soon. By increasing the tobacco age to 21, […]
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Fry’s Opening Seven New Arizona Stores This Year, Six Are Marketplaces
Fry’s Food Stores, a banner of The Kroger Co., is expanding its presence in Arizona with the addition of seven new stores in 2016. Fry’s says it will invest $260 million in Arizona to build six new Marketplace stores and to add one new store in Tucson along with multiple fuel centers at the properties. […]
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Tyler Myers Honored As 2016 IGA USA International Retailer Of The Year
IGA this week honored four independent retailers from around the globe as 2016 IGA International Retailers of the Year. The announcement was made during the IGA 90th Anniversary Diamond Celebration at IGA WorldWide, which was held at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Among the winners is Tyler Myers, who was recognized as the IGA USA […]
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Food City Opens Remodeled Tucson Store Today
Bashas’-owned Food City will open the doors of its newly remodeled store at 2000 E. Irvington Road in Tucson, Arizona, today, March 2, with a special grand opening “fiesta.” The revamped store features festive décor and expanded product and service offerings, including: • A seating area at the restaurant-style deli, which offers dishes and prepared […]
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Nugget Markets To Acquire Two Sonoma County Stores
Nugget Markets, the 15-store grocery chain in Northern California’s Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Solano and Marin counties, plans to acquire Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market, both in Sonoma County. The purchase is expected to close on March 31. “It is an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to acquire […]
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California Avocado Commission Hires One, Promotes Another
The California Avocado Commission (CAC) has appointed Carolyn Becker to retail marketing director for the northwest region and promoted Zac Benedict to online marketing director. Becker is a produce veteran with 20 years of experience representing growers and marketing associations of the retail produce trade. She has managed marketing programs for a variety of commodity […]
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Smart & Final Launches Private Label Charitable Giving Campaign
Smart & Final has launched a new giving campaign, First Street First Percent, which donates the first 1 percent of net profits from the sale of its First Street private label brand products at its U.S.-based Smart & Final banner stores in California, Nevada and Arizona to the Smart & Final Charitable Foundation to support […]