Grocery Outlet will open its 200th store Saturday in Sacramento Pocket, Calif. “We are thrilled to add our 200th store to the list of successful, locally owned and operated Grocery Outlet stores,” said MacGregor Read, co-CEO at Grocery Outlet and grandson of founder Jim Read. “This is a major accomplishment for our team and, more […]
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Interactive Grape Display At Broulim’s Fresh Foods Drives Sales
In a particularly effective back-to-school merchandising strategy, Broulim’s Fresh Foods in Rigby, Idaho, enticed shoppers to “Make It A Grape School Year!” when it constructed an interactive school bus display using Welch’s grapes. The display was built as part of a back-to-school promotional display contest sponsored by Associated Food Stores and C.H. Robinson, in which […]
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Fry’s President Dies At 58
The president of Fry’s Food & Drug Stores Inc. has died unexpectedly of a heart attack, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. Mr. Jon Flora, 58, died Friday, Fry’s pharmacy technician and Arizona State Rep. Jonathan Larkin told the Journal in an exclusive interview. Larkin confirmed Fry’s employees learned of Flora’s death Friday afternoon. “It’s such […]
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Frieda’s CEO Judges Young Entrepreneur Competition
Frieda’s Specialty Produce President and CEO Karen Caplan joined a panel of 21 other business leaders last month to judge the Global Youth Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Academy of Business Leadership (ABL) at the University of Southern California. The Global Youth Business Plan Competition is one of the featured events of the ABL […]
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Fresh & Easy Finds A Buyer
Tesco said today that it has agreed to sale the substantive part of Fresh & Easy’s operating business to YFE Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Los Angeles-based investment firm Yucaipa Cos. LLC. As part of an orderly restructuring process, Yucaipa will acquire more than 150 stores as well as Fresh & Easy’s Riverside distribution and […]
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C&K Market Launches Digital Coupons For Loyalty Program Members
C&K Market Inc. is now offering digital manufacturer coupons published by Zavers by Google for its All Access Rewards loyalty program members. Members can easily find manufacturer coupons on the websites for C&K’s Ray’s Food Place, Shop Smart, Lo Bucks or C&K Market banners and redeem them at any of the company’s retail stores—no printing […]
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L.A. Creamery Releasing Its Rosh Hashanah Ice Cream At Bristol Farms
L.A. Creamery Artisan Ice Cream is releasing only 50 cases of its small-batch limited-edition Rosh Hashanah flavor honoring the Jewish New Year and ice cream lovers. The handcrafted and hand-packed ice cream will be sold this year exclusively at eight Bristol Farms Markets beginning Saturday: Beverly Hills/West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Hollywood, South Pasadena, Westchester, Westwood, […]
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Limoneira Appoints Palamountain As Director Of Business Development
Limoneira Co., a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights in California, has appointed Mark Palamountain as its director of business development and business integration. Palamountain previously served as Limoneira’s director of energy, waste and water projects and was instrumental in the development of Limoneira’s solar installation, one of […]