Family-owned and -operated MOM’s Organic Market made its first sale on July 2, 1987, when founder Scott Nash hand delivered a box of fresh organic produce to a customer on Evelyn Drive in Rockville, Maryland. Now, with 17 stores in four Mid-Atlantic states and 1,000 employees, MOM’s will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Sunday with an in-store celebration […]
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S.O.S Soap Pads Marking 100th Anniversary
S.O.S Soap Pads are celebrating a century of cleaning as 2017 marks the brand’s 100th anniversary. Developed in 1917 by a cooking utensil salesman named Irwin Cox, the scrubbers were designed to help his customers keep their new pans shiny. Cox’s wife called the pads S.O.S, which stood for “Save Our Saucepans.” When S.O.S pads […]
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QuickChek Celebrates 50 Years With 50 Promotional Offers
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, QuickChek of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, is rewarding customers with 10 weeks of five offers each week. The fresh convenience market chain is featuring a variety of in-store and mobile app offers through April 30. Each week, shoppers will see a range of deals and savings, ranging from free coffee […]
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The Reese Group: 50 Years Of Family Ownership
The heritage of the Reese Group’s 50 years of family ownership dates back to 1966 when Paul Reese joined the Nashville, Tennessee, broker established in 1902. As one of the oldest brokerage houses in the country, the Reese Group represents some of the top brands across the industry. And while the family-owned company—headquartered in the […]
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Bueno Foods Celebrates 65 Years Of Authentic New Mexico Chiles
Green chiles have become synonymous with the state of New Mexico. Bueno Foods is among those largely responsible for this association. It has established itself as a purveyor of family values and southwestern cuisine. This year, the business celebrates its 65th anniversary of delivering New Mexico green chiles across the U.S., while maintaining a strong […]
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Strong Results, Stronger Together: AWG Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Learn more about AWG’s proud past and its continued growth in a 40-page section, which appears below and in the June 2016 print editions of The Shelby Report of the Midwest, The Shelby Report of the Southeast and The Shelby Report of the Southwest.
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Guiding Stars Celebrates 10 Years As North America’s Leading Nutrition Guidance Program
Guiding Stars is celebrating its 10th year as North America’s leading nutrition guidance program. Better nutritional choices can help people live longer, more productive lives, but it can be a challenge for shoppers to pick the right products. Launched in 2006, Guiding Stars partnered with scientific advisors to develop a food rating system based on […]
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Mother’s Market Celebrating Anniversary On Saturday
Mother’s Market & Kitchen, a natural and organic foods retailer with seven Orange County, California, locations, will celebrate its 37th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the company’s Santa Ana store located at 151 E. Memory Lane. The special event will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and is free and open to the public. […]
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Special—H-E-B At 110: From Humble Beginnings To A Texas Icon
It was Nov. 26, 1905, to be exact, when Florence Butt opened the C.C. Butt Grocery Store with her savings of $60 to support her ailing husband and three children. For $9 a month, she leased the 450-s.f. store on the ground floor of a small frame building on Main Street in Kerrville, Texas. Sales […]
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GMDC Celebration Of Its 45th Gets Under Way
Aug. 1 marked the official 45th anniversary of the Global Market Development Center (GMDC). The official celebration will take place at GMDC’s 2015 Health Beauty Wellness Conference taking place Oct. 1-5 in Phoenix, Arizona. As part of the runup to the celebration, GMDC shared some information from “The Evolution of Retail: Reinventing the Customer Experience,” […]
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Renfro Foods Celebrates ‘75 Hot & Spicy Years’
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Doug Renfro likes to say that Renfro Foods has grown “from itty-bitty to really small in only 75 years.” His grandparents, George and Arthurine, co-founded a packaged spices and pepper sauce business, George Renfro Food Co., in the garage of their North Texas home in 1940. It has become almost cliché […]
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August Celebration Planned For Jungle Jim’s 40th Anniversary
Jungle Jim’s International Market will host “Birthday Bash” events at both its Fairfield and Eastgate locations Aug. 17-22 to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The retailer said in a news release that those attending can expect “a flock of food trucks, a surge of samples, fantastic fireworks, sightings of Jungle Jim himself, free safari tours of […]
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Peapod Turns 25 This Year, Celebrates Many Firsts
In 1989, brothers Thomas and Andrew Parkinson were developing a new way to shop. With DOS programming software, dial-up modems and floppy disks, they created Peapod.com, and shopping from a computer for home-delivered goods was born. Peapod was the first online grocery service to offer customers first in Chicago and later in 23 other U.S. […]
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Cub Foods Kicks Off Month-Long Customer Thank You Celebration
Cub Foods is marking more than 45 years in the Twin Cities with a month-long “Cub Days” customer appreciation campaign. Through Oct. 11, Cub will feature aggressive promotions, free samples and food demonstrations, major prize giveaways, local brand mascot appearances and more. Cub is holding the customer appreciation celebration to thank customers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul […]
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Palermo’s Celebrates 50th Year With Food Bank Donations
Frozen pizza manufacturer Palermo’s Pizza, in partnership with key grocery retailers, is donating more than 50,000 pizzas to food banks during the company’s 50,000 Pizza Giveaway for Our 50th Anniversary campaign. This fall, the Milwaukee, Wis.-based company will tour the country, marking each donation with an event at local grocery stores across the Midwest and […]
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Metro Detroit Youth Day Celebrates 32nd Anniversary July 9
One of the highlights of summer for more than 35,000 youngsters from the Metro Detroit area is the annual Metro Detroit Youth Day (MDYD). This year, the event for children will celebrate its 32nd anniversary on July 9 at Belle Isle Park from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. It is the largest youth event in Michigan, according […]
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Cub Foods Celebrates 45 Years In Minnesota
The year 1968 is often regarded as a turning point in American history. In Minnesota, it marked the opening of Minneapolis’ Nicollet Mall, the iconic, closed-to-traffic outdoor shopping and office venue. It also was the year Vice President and former Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey ran for president after securing the Democratic nomination over Minnesota Senator […]