The Environmental Protection Agency has named Sprouts Farmers Market and Whole Foods as the nation’s two top winners in the government’s GreenChill Partnership. Phoenix-based Sprouts and Austin-based Whole Foods are being recognized by the government for reducing harmful refrigerant emissions. Whole Foods has seven stores in Arizona. Sprouts earned GreenChill’s top award, Best Emissions Rate, […]
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Ocean Mist Farms Debuts Microwaveable Bag
Ocean Mist Farms is featuring a new item at this year’s PMA Fresh Summit in Atlanta, the first of its kind Season & Steam microwavable artichoke bag. The Season & Steam bag features two, fresh Globe artichokes that are cleaned, trimmed and ready to cook. The innovative packaging gives users the option to open the […]
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Kroger to Expand Store Brands
The Kroger Co., parent of Smith’s Food and Drug Stores, King Soopers and City Market, are buying its corporate brands at a faster rate than national brands, and the grocery giant is working to expand its offerings, reports the New Mexico and Denver business journals. Corporate-brand sales by Cincinnati-based Kroger represented 27 percent of grocery […]
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California Walmart Expanding
The Folsom, Calif., Walmart is getting an expansion and a facelift starting today. The company said the expansion at the location at 1018 Riley St. will bring about 85 new jobs to the city. The store will stay open during the expansion that will add about 26,796 s.f. According to the Sacramento Business Journal, construction […]
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Sunflower Farmers Market Moving Regional Headquarters
Sunflower Farmers Markets is moving its regional offices to Phoenix, reports the Phoenix Business Journal. The company is leasing 23,214 s.f. on the northwest corner of 19th Avenue and Loop 101 in the Deer Valley Office Park in Phoenix. The Boulder, Colo.-based company had been housed at a site near Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix. Financial […]
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Associated Food Stores’ Parkinson Retiring
Associated Food Stores President and CEO Richard Parkinson, who led the grocery cooperative to notable growth and also oversaw the purchase of the financially troubled Albertsons’ Utah supermarkets, is retiring.
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Kroger Names Joe Fey President of QFC Division
The Kroger Co. has announced the promotion of Joe Fey as president of the Quality Food Centers (QFC) Division. Fey, 57, has been VP of merchandising for the company’s Michigan Division. He succeeds Donna Giordano, who was recently promoted to president of the Ralphs Division in California. “We are pleased Joe has agreed to join […]
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Fresh & Easy Starts in Oak Park, More Locations Planned
Fresh & Easy got started on its first store Wednesday in Oak Park, but that’s just the beginning, in more ways than one, reports the Sacramento Business Journal. The grocery chain also plans six other stores in the area in 2012, according to a statement from the store. The stores are expected to bring another […]