Seattle-based PCC Natural Markets (PCC), the nation’s largest consumer-owned grocery retailer, has made known its support of the City of Seattle’s proposed ordinance to prohibit all retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags to shoppers as of July 1, 2012. PCC discontinued offering plastic shopping bags to customers at all of its stores—within and outside […]
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Stater Bros. Helps to Feed over 8 Million People in Need
Year-round and especially during the holiday season Stater Bros. makes a major commitment to help its friends and neighbors who are faced with hunger. Through monetary donations from Stater Bros. Charities as well as through in-kind donations of food, each year Stater Bros. helps to provide meals for over 8 million individuals who are faced […]
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Safeway Recalls Four Safeway Farms Bagged Salads
In cooperation with the Ready Pac Foods recall of bagged salads containing romaine lettuce due to possible E.coli O157:H7 contamination, Safeway announced Nov. 16 that it is recalling four Safeway Farms brand bagged salads in 14 states. The following salads with the “Best if Used By” dates, Lot Numbers and UPC codes below are subject […]
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Family Dollar Expands to California Market
On Nov. 17, Family Dollar officially marked its entrance into The Golden State with four new stores in the cities of Ontario, Fontana, Rialto and Riverside, all in San Bernardino County. Matthews, N.C.-based Family Dollar, one of the fastest-growing discount retail chains in the country, continues to expand its footprint across the United States. In […]
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Fresh & Easy Expands Range of Own-Brand Holiday Products
In preparation for the holiday season, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is introducing an expanded range of Fresh & Easy holiday products with nearly 100 new items that will hit stores by Nov. 19. The new holiday appetizers and side dishes, created by Fresh & Easy’s team of chefs and made fresh in the company’s […]
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Your Local Market Opens in Bellevue
At precisely 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, Your Local Market opened its doors at a former Safeway location at the corner of 4th and Bellevue Way NE in Bellevue, Wash. Local shoppers, community leaders and businesspeople helped store founders and staff celebrate the opening. “After a lot of hard work, we’re delighted to welcome shoppers […]
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United Fresh to Host Salute to Reggie Griffin Golf Tournament, Dinner
The United Fresh Produce Association will honor the achievements and celebrate the career of industry icon Reggie Griffin with a special golf tournament and dinner Jan. 23 in San Diego. “With his retirement as corporate vice president of produce and floral merchandising procurement, Reggie punctuates a 42-year career with The Kroger Co. in which he […]
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LA County Launches ‘Renew’ Campaign
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s “Renew LA County” initiative has launched its first-ever “sugar-loaded drink awareness” campaign aimed at addressing what it says is a major contributor to the county’s obesity epidemic. Fueled by the release of local data on obesity and sugar-loaded drink consumption, the campaign will inform the public of […]