This summer, San Bernardino, California-based Stater Bros. Charities donated $100,000 and more than 150,000 pounds of food to local food banks to help bolster food reserves and alleviate child hunger in the communities it serves. “Stater Bros. has always believed in not just doing business in the community but being part of the community, and […]
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Albertsons’ McNiff To Succeed Frahm At Helm Of Stater Bros. Markets
After more than 47 years of service to Stater Bros. Markets, President George Frahm, 66, has announced his plans to retire on Oct. 31. Food industry veteran Greg McNiff has been named to succeed him. “I have been blessed to work at Stater Bros. for my entire career and have had the opportunity to advance […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New West Covina, California, Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market soon will finish construction on its new store in West Covina, California. The more than 30,000-s.f. store at 2630 East Workman will open on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 a.m. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. The new West Covina Sprouts is bringing […]
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An Exclusive Look At Aldi’s 1,900th Store In San Diego
The Shelby Report‘s VP-West Bob Reeves was on site at Aldi’s new store in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego that opened June 13. It marks the Illinois-based grocer’s 1,900th store in the U.S. and is part of a $3.4 billion Aldi investment to expand to 2,500 stores nationwide by the end of 2022. […]
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21st Amendment Brewery Distributing Across Texas This Summer
San Leandro, California-based 21st Amendment Brewery, the 26th-largest craft brewery in the U.S., said in late May that it will launch its beers statewide in Texas this summer. Its craft beer line includes Brew Free! or Die IPA, El Sully Mexican-Style Lager, Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer, Sparkale Sparkling Rosé Ale, and Blood Orange […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Lake Forest, California, Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, is hiring for its soon-to-be finished new store in Lake Forest, California. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 24332 Rockfield Boulevard will open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. […]
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Cardenas Markets Expanding With Four New Stores In 2019
Ontario, California-based Hispanic grocer Cardenas Markets is opening four new stores in Nevada, California and Arizona in 2019. The first of these is a store in Las Vegas that opened in early May. It is the company’s fifth store in Las Vegas and the 56th store for the grocer overall. The other Cardenas Markets that […]
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Online Grocer Farmstead Lowers Prices With Refill & Save Program
Farmstead, a San Francisco-based online grocer offering fresh groceries, delivered for free, is rolling out a new offering that it says brings prices for certain popular staples down even lower than local supermarkets. Farmstead’s new “Refill & Save” program provides customers with recurring orders of certain staples—like milk, eggs, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and bread—with significant […]
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Blue Diamond Expanding California Manufacturing Plant
Blue Diamond Growers, a nonprofit grower-owned cooperative and a processor and marketer of almonds, has begun expanding its processing facility in Turlock, California. The company held a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 29 at the 200,000-s.f. manufacturing plant. The new addition is part of Blue Diamond’s continued plans to expand its value-added product lines and deliver new almond products […]
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Vons Opens Replacement Store On California’s Catalina Island
Vons celebrated the grand opening of its newest store, No. 3280, on Catalina Island, California, Jan. 30. This store, located at 240 Sumner Avenue in Avalon, replaces store No. 2272, which closed Jan. 29. Vons is the only grocery store on the island, located 26 miles off the coast of Southern California, and has been […]
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Stater Bros. Promotes Thomas To Group SVP Of Retail Operations
Stater Bros. Markets has promoted Keith Thomas to the position of group SVP–retail operations. In his new position, Thomas will continue to lead the company’s retail operations and training departments, and be responsible for overseeing the entire operations of all 172 Stater Bros. supermarkets. He also will become a member of the company’s executive management […]
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Walmart To Open ‘High-Tech’ Consolidation Center In California
This July, a Walmart supply chain first is coming to Colton, California. A newly built, 340,000-s.f. consolidation center will be the first in Walmart’s supply chain to receive, sort and ship freight. The facility’s automated technology will enable three times more volume to flow throughout the center and will help Walmart deliver the right product […]
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‘Little Joe’s Dinner’ Continues A Longstanding SoCal Tradition
In 1957, three men—Sam Guzzo of Oroweat Baking Co., Charlie Dragna of Barbara Ann Bread Co. and John Fusano of San Fernando Valley Olive Co.—started what would become an annual Christmas party. The event was held during the holiday season and hosted at Little Joe’s Italian Restaurant in Chinatown Los Angeles. The party quickly became […]
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Los Angeles’ Co+opportunity Market & Deli Hires New GM
Co+opportunity Market & Deli, a Los Angeles-area natural foods retailer for 45 years, has hired industry veteran Mike Bowen as its GM. Bowen was chosen after a national search led by Co+opportunity’s board of directors. Bowen has been a part of Southern California’s natural foods landscape at the operations and strategic level for 30 years, […]
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Northgate Gonzalez Markets Hosting 22nd Annual Toy Giveaway
Family-owned Northgate Gonzalez Markets gave away toys to more than 42,000 children on Dec. 13 at stores in California’s Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. Northgate Markets works with its partners and the community for the annual toy giveaway at the chain’s 40 full-service grocery stores year after year. Northgate associates dressed in festive holiday […]
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Raley’s To Sell 13 Aisle 1 Fuel Stations To Anabi Oil
Raley’s plans to sell its 13 Aisle 1 fuel stations to Anabi Oil, a Southern California family business and c-store operator. Anabi Oil is prepared to assume operations of the fuel stations as of early 2019, under the name Aisle 1. The deal will make Anabi’s Aisle 1 locations and Raley’s exclusive fuel partners. The fuel stations are […]
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H-Mart To Open Flagship Store At Los Angeles’ Koreatown Plaza
The Plaza Market grocery store at Koreatown Plaza—a tri-level indoor shopping mall located at 928 S. Western Avenue in Los Angeles—will be sold to H-Mart, which plans to convert the location into a flagship H-Mart grocery store. The Plaza Market’s last day of business will be Jan. 31, 2019, and H-Mart will open on Feb. 1, 2019. H-Mart, […]
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Recommended: Save Mart Is Changing Its Look And Feel, But Not Its Valley Grown Pride
The fresh face leading Modesto-based grocery giant Save Mart wants to bring fresh ideas, a fresh look and fresh experience to the Central Valley. The Save Mart Companies CEO Nicole Pesco, whose grandfather Michael Piccinini and great-granduncle Nick Tocco started the venerable valley brand in 1952, is now almost two years into her tenure at […]
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California’s St. Benoit Creamery Unveils Brand Refresh
Sonoma, California-based St. Benoit Creamery has debuted an updated look for its line of organic yogurts and milk. According to St. Benoit, the evolution of the brand includes its philosophy of “real food, real good,” reflecting the line’s key attributes: organic, pasture-raised, Jersey cow’s milk, and California-inspired. Starting this month, trade and consumers will begin seeing […]
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Eureka, California, Safeway Store Sold For $11.4M
A Safeway grocery store in Eureka, California, has sold for $11.4 million, according to NAI Northern California, the Bay Area office of NAI Global, a commercial real estate brokerage network. NAI Northern California EVP Doug Sharpe represented the buyer, who purchased the property for less than the asking price. “Opportunities such as these come infrequently: great location, […]