Lottery Ticket Purchases At Checkout Debut In Select Fareway Stores
Powerball and Mega Millions tickets are now available for purchase in checkout lanes at select Fareway Stores in Iowa, marking the state debut of this new convenience in lottery purchases. The new purchase process allows easy-pick tickets in Powerball and Mega…
Lunds & Byerlys To Close Downtown St. Paul Location
Lunds & Byerlys will close its downtown store at 115 East 10th St. in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of business on March 26. “It’s a decision we didn’t want to make, but one we needed to make given…
Cochran Named Food City’s Store Manager Of The Year
Food City has named Mitch Cochran as its 2025 Jack C. Smith Store Manager Of The Year. Each year, Food City presents one store manager with the supermarket retailer’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding performance across a broad spectrum of customer…
H-E-B Seeking ‘Quest For Texas Best’ Entries
H-E-B is accepting entries through April 23 for its 12th annual “Quest for Texas Best,” a competition to find the best products made in the state. Participants will compete for a combined $100,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to…
CFCU Honors Late EVP With $250K Gift To WAFC
Certified Federal Credit Union (CFCU) recently made a $250,000 donation to the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) in memory of the late Donna Simpson, who had been the company’s EVP and COO. The CFCU said it wanted to leave…
Northeast Grocers Tailor Strategies For Latino Customers
by Diana Leza Sheehan / founder, principal consultant, PDG Insights In this new series, we explore the opportunity created for retailers by targeting Latino grocery consumers across the United States. For context, the Latino population in 2024 reached about…
ProAmpac’s ProActive Platform Wins At 2025 PAC Global Awards
ProAmpac’s ProActive Recyclable RP-1000 Paper Platform has won Best in Class and an Award of Distinction at the 2025 PAC Global Awards. The awards were presented at the PAC Global Awards Celebration and Futures Edge Summit in New York. As part of the ProAmpac’s Fiberization of Packaging…
Grocery Industry Faces Inflation, Tariff Uncertainty, FMI Reports
The grocery industry is grappling with many challenges, including inflation and the threat of tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, according to FMI – The Food Industry Association’s 2025 Inflation & Food Price Outlook. Andrew Harig, FMI’s VP of…
Topco Associates Shares Membership Updates
Topco Associates recently held its Annual Membership Conference, during which the cooperative provided updates, including that American Foods International and Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) have become members. American Foods International, headquartered in Miami, serves independent retailers throughout the Caribbean, Latin…
The Save Mart Companies Names Pulido Store Manager Of The Year
George Pulido of the FoodMaxx store in San Pablo, California, has been named The Save Mart Companies’ 2024 Piccinini-Tocco Outstanding Store Manager of the Year. The announcement was made during the company’s 31st Annual Management Awards Gala on March 8…
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