Northgate González Market will be celebrating the rich traditions of the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with events and store offerings, including community altars, traveling student art exhibits, fresh marigolds and seasonal decorations, and its authentic pan de muerto at 42 stores across Southern California. “During this special time of […]
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The Shelby Report of the West covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Gelson’s Invites Customers For Virtual Cooking Class With Executive Chef
Gelson’s is inviting customers to refine their culinary skills with a cooking class at 6 p.m. Oct. 28, hosted by its Corporate Executive Chef Abraham van Beek. This is the first time that Gelson’s has offered a virtual cooking class with van Beek, who was trained at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Coin Cloud Adds Meme Coin Shiba Inu To 4,000-Plus DCMs
Several years after adding the cryptocurrency Dogecoin to its DCM inventory, Coin Cloud has launched the meme coin Shiba Inu. According to the company, that makes Coin Cloud the fastest and easiest way to buy the two most popular “dog coins” with cash. Dogecoin still wins in terms of recognition among digital currencies that have Shiba Inu dogs […]
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AFS Provides Lower Costs On Generic Drugs For Independent Retailers
Associated Food Stores, a full-service grocery wholesaler based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has opened a new pharmacy distribution center to offer lower-cost generic drugs to its more than 600 members and affiliates nationwide. The distribution center was recently awarded Drug Distributor Accreditation from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. The 4,000-square-foot distribution center […]
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Stater Bros. Charities, PepsiCo Give $50K To Fallen Patriots
Stater Bros. Markets and PepsiCo associates gathered to commemorate PepsiCo’s sixth annual “Rolling Remembrance,” an 8,000-plus mile long relay that honors military heroes who lost their lives while serving the United States. During the stop at the retailer’s headquarters, Stater Bros. Charities and PepsiCo presented a $50,000 donation to the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation. The […]
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Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Gives $3M In Grants
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is improving school garden learning, nutrition education and expanding equitable access to food with $3 million in grants to 115 nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2015, the foundation has granted $15 million to more than 300 nonprofit partners which have brought hands-on, garden-based learning to 1.5 million children and provided nutrition […]
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Vallarta Supermarkets Opens New Store In Bakersfield, CA
Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the largest Latino-owned supermarket chains in California, announced the grand opening of its 53rd store on Oct. 13 in Bakersfield, California. Mayor Karen Goh, local officials and dignitaries joined Vallarta Supermarket’s executive team for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, following public health guidelines, to mark the official grand opening. The new store is located […]
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Cardenas Markets, DoorDash Partner For On-Demand Grocery Delivery
Cardenas Markets, one of the largest Hispanic grocery chains in the country, and DoorDash have formed a new partnership to offer on-demand grocery delivery from all 59 Cardenas Markets store locations. “We understand our customers’ shopping preferences continue to evolve, and Cardenas Markets is committed to providing convenient methods for our customers to shop with […]
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The Pattison Food Group Acquires Roth’s Fresh Markets In Oregon
The Pattison Food Group is acquiring Oregon-based Roth’s Fresh Markets and will grow by nine stores on Oct. 26, pending regulatory approval. Joining the likes of Save-On-Foods, Western Canada’s largest grocery retailer, along with Buy-Low Foods, Quality Foods, Choices Markets and more than a dozen other retail food, drug and specialty banners, Roth’s Fresh Markets will […]
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Jacksons Food Stores’ Acquires 62 Speedway, 7-Eleven Stores
Jacksons Food Stores Inc. has acquired 62 Speedway and 7-Eleven convenience stores with fuels in California, Arizona and Nevada from 7-Eleven Inc. The closing on the final store included in the transaction occurred Oct. 4. The stores acquired were among the 293 locations that 7-Eleven Inc. is divesting to satisfy an agreement with the Federal Trade […]
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Sprouts Natural Remedies Livestream Features Expert Health Panelists
Sprouts Farmers Market has scheduled an exclusive wellness livestream event with selected panelists addressing how food and nutrients can ease anxiety and inflammation while supporting a healthy immune system. The event will take place at 5 p.m. PDT on Oct. 20. Attendees can participate in live polling and those who submit questions to the panelists will […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, West
Calavo Growers Names Montgomery Chief Human Resources Officer
Graciela Montgomery has joined Santa Paula, California-based Calavo Growers Inc., a leader in the avocado and value-added fresh food industries, as its first chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 11. In this role, Montgomery will oversee human resources, training, talent development and recruitment for Calavo, which has nearly 4,000 employees across the U.S. and in Mexico. Montgomery […]
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Mashgin Touchless Self-Checkout Surpasses $100M Global Sales
Mashgin, a touchless self-checkout system powered by AI and computer vision, unveiled new milestones that illustrate how touchless checkout may soon dominate retail, convenience stores, sports concessions, airports and even cafes. Mashgin Touchless Checkout kiosks have processed more than 16 million global transactions to date and recently surpassed more than $100 million in sales transactions […]
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Jones Soda Brings Animated Zoltar Fortunes To Augmented Reality Labels
Jones Soda Co., a craft soda known for its unconventional flavors, has introduced a new series of augmented reality labels featuring the fortune teller character Zoltar reading fortunes in short videos triggered by the Jones Soda app and a phone camera. The series follows last summer’s debut of Jones Soda AR labels showcasing extreme athletes […]
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GrubMarket Acquires Shapiro-Gilman-Shandler Produce
San Francisco, California-based GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Shapiro-Gilman-Shandler Produce, a produce and dairy provider in the Greater Los Angeles Area. With over 112 years of history, SGS is a longstanding produce provider to a wide range of business customers including retailers, wholesalers, government institutions, purveyors and others. Founded in 1907, for over five […]
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KeHE Distributors To Open New Distribution Center In Goodyear, AZ
KeHE Distributors, one of the largest grocery and natural distributors in North America, will open its 16th distribution center this October in Goodyear, Arizona, and bring new jobs to the area. Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE has experienced rapid growth in recent years, resulting in an increase in distribution to more than 30,000 retail outlets across North […]
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Forward Greens Unveils New Products In Safeway And Albertsons Stores
Vancouver, Washington-based indoor farm, Forward Greens, has a new 11-product lineup of microgreens, salad greens and baby greens available in Safeway and Albertsons stores across Oregon and Southwest Washington. Salad greens, a combination of baby greens and microgreens, is a new addition to Forward Greens. All of the new products are a mix of texture, […]
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Smart & Final Presents Check To City of Hope Kids 4 Hope
The Smart & Final Charitable Foundation presented a $450,000 check to City of Hope for the 2021 Kids 4 Hope in-store fundraiser. The Smart & Final Charitable Foundation partnered with Smart & Final, the smaller, faster grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, to raise funds in the 2021 City of Hope Kids 4 Hope […]
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Nature Made Launches #TeachHealthy Campaign
Nature Made, headquartered in West Hills California, is launching the #TeachHealthy campaign to help teachers across the country through this back-to-school season. Nature Made is providing them additional support by giving more than seven million servings of immune-support products and donating $2 million to provide more than 13,000 teachers with supplies needed to maintain healthy […]
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Raley’s To Acquire Arizona-based Bashas’ Family Of Stores
Chandler, Arizona-based Bashas’ Family of Stores says it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Raley’s Holding Co., an independent regional grocer based in California. In a joint video presentation, Edward “Trey” Basha, president and CEO of Bashas’, and Keith Knopf, president and CEO of Raley’s Holding Co., informed Bashas’ employees that its […]