Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market plans March openings for its first five locations in the Sacramento, Calif., region. The U.K-owned grocery chain, which opened its first stores in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona in 2007, announced expansion into Northern California last year. The first stores set to open March 7 will be at Mack and […]
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NorCal Grocery Workers Want to Block Walmart’s Neighborhood Markets
Unionized grocery workers in Northern California have come out against the introduction of Walmart neighborhood markets into the region. Walmart Stores, based in Bentonville, Ark., has said that it intends to build up to 30 Neighborhood Markets—stores averaging 30,000 to 40,000 s.f. that will compete directly with unionized companies like Safeway and Lucky. This is […]
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Eggert Retires from New Seasons Market
Co-founder and board member Chuck Eggert has retired from New Seasons Market, the 12-store grocery company based in Portland, Ore. He has sold his shares back to the company, but Eggert is not completely severing his ties with the grocery company he helped create more than a dozen years ago. He will remain as a […]
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San Francisco Bans All Plastic Disposable Bags
The Wall Street Journal reports that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to make it illegal for any shop in the city to offer disposable plastic bags to customers. The law expands a 2007 bag ban that applied to large grocery stores and pharmacies, and also mandates stores charge customers 10 cents apiece […]
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PMA to Debut Produce Pavilion at N.G.A Show in Las Vegas
The 2012 National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Show will feature a new collaboration with the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) that will bring together more than 20 produce companies into 2,500 s.f. of exhibit space on the expo floor called “The PMA Produce Pavilion.” The PMA Produce Pavilion will provide independent grocers and attendees of The N.G.A. […]
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Ocean Mist Farms Receives Economic Vitality Award
Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms has been honored by the Monterey County Business Council for its contribution to agriculture in Monterey County. Ocean Mist Farms was one of six organizations selected to receive the Economic Vitality Award at the council’s annual awards ceremony last week in Monterey. The Monterey County Business Council is an alliance […]
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2012 Arizona Profile: State Still Reeling from Recession
[gn_note color=”#66cc66″] The 2012 Arizona Profile originally ran in the January 2012 edition of The Shelby Report of the West. Due to reader requests we will be posting our Profiles from each edition of The Shelby Report. The profile will be published on theshelbyreport.com one month after it has run in print. [/gn_note] by Katie […]
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Better Whey of Life Launches New Whey-Infused Greek Yogurt
Evanston, Ill.-based Tula Foods Inc.®, a healthy foods manufacturer, has launched Better Whey of Life® (BWoL), the first all-natural brand of Greek yogurt made with whey protein from grass-fed cows. Hitting regional shelves in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco are six “twist-on-the-familiar” varieties: blackberry pomegranate, strawberry goji berry, raspberry white grape, acai mixed berry, vanilla […]