Convenience Store News In Brief… Sheetz is opening four new stores this week in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio. The store in Indiana, Pennsylvania, is the company’s third restaurant/grocery concept; the other two fuel-free concept stores are located at West Virginia University and in State College, Pennsylvania. The concept store has a complete focus […]
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Fiesta Mart Reopening First Of Acquired Minyard Stores This Week
Houston-based Fiesta Mart will host a grand reopening of its store at 800 S. Wayside Drive on Wednesday. The store is the first full-store remodel for the grocery chain after the company acquired 11 Minyard Food Stores earlier this summer. This week’s ribbon-cutting event will kick off several store redesigns for Fiesta. In addition, the […]
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Dairy Leader Grupo LALA Launches U.S. Division
Grupo LALA, a leading dairy company headquartered in Mexico, has set up a new division named LALA U.S., a value-added dairy company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. LALA U.S. features a portfolio of established brands, including LALA yogurt smoothies, Promised Land premium milk and cream products, Borden cultured products, Frusion smoothies, Skim Plus milk and Nordica […]
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Smith’s Marketplace In South Jordan, Utah, To Open Wednesday
Smith’s will open a new Marketplace store Aug. 31 on Daybreak Parkway in South Jordan, Utah. In addition to its grocery offerings, the store will feature an apparel department, general merchandise, Starbucks, Fred Meyer Jewelers, drive-thru pharmacy, fuel center, an Asian hot and cold bar, made-to-order pizza and sandwiches, Murray’s Cheese Shop, online shopping service […]
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Stater Bros. Debuts First Simi Valley Store
For decades, Stater Bros. Markets has been trying to make its way to Simi Valley, California. On Wednesday, the grocery chain did as it opened its first Ventura County store at 660 East Los Angeles Avenue. The grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time, either, since Stater Bros. officially […]
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New KeHE DC In Aurora, Colorado, Opening Next Week
KeHE Distributors will open its new LEED Gold-certified distribution center in Aurora, Colorado, on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan will join local government officials, Colorado food companies and KeHE team members at the 270,000-s.f. facility at 2200 N. Himalaya Road for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, plant tours and a “pick & pack” activity to […]
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Dollar General Will Debut First North Dakota Stores Next Spring
Construction is under way on five new Dollar General stores in southeastern North Dakota, marking the chain’s entry into the state. The stores are expected to celebrate grand openings in spring 2017 and, when completed, will expand the company’s presence to 44 states across the country. “Expanding our footprint into North Dakota provides Dollar General […]
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Day’s Market In Heber City, Utah, To Become Lee’s Marketplace
Lee’s Marketplace is expanding to Heber City, Utah. The locally owned grocer plans to purchase Day’s Market in Heber City and transition the store to a Lee’s Marketplace. The sale is expected to be finalized on Sept. 26. “We are excited to bring Lee’s to the Heber community and are looking forward to getting to […]
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Hank Meijer Talks About Minding The Customer
Hank Meijer recently recounted some history and possibly recruited future employees at Western Michigan University during the annual Food Marketing Conference, where he spoke about “Minding Our Customers.” Retailing starts with a truism that Meijer said is as important today as it was when his grandfather opened a tiny grocery store in 1934 in Greenville. “Our […]
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Harris Teeter Opening New Maryland Store On Wednesday
Harris Teeter will open its 11th Maryland store in Bethesda on Aug. 24. The Flats 8300 location at 4805 Battery Lane will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony beginning at 8 a.m. The unit will be open 24 hours-seven days a week and include eight checkouts and four express checkouts. Among the store’s features […]
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Aldi To Set Up Divisional HQ And DC In Virginia
Aldi plans to establish a divisional headquarters and 500,000-s.f. distribution facility in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office said this week that the state successfully competed against North Carolina for the $57 million project, which will create 145 new jobs. “We’re proud to locate our new division headquarters and distribution center in business-friendly Virginia. […]
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New York’s First Organic Beer Begins Distribution In New Jersey, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Smart Beer, New York’s first organic beer company, has expanded distribution to New Jersey, bringing premium organic beers brewed with herbal ingredients to the Garden State. Headquartered in New Paltz, New York, the company crafts beers with purified organic ingredients. The beer has been distributed to all boroughs of New […]
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Grocery Outlet Execs Share ‘Secret Sauce’ Ingredients
Grocery Outlet opened a new location in Costa Mesa in December, adding to its 250-plus store count and venturing for the first time into Southern California. Executives from the company offered a peek behind the curtain into the operations of the chain during a recent Food Industries Sales Managers’ Club (FISMC) event honoring Grocery Outlet. The […]
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Bulk Nation President: How We Capture Millennial Shoppers
by Clay Donato/Bulk Nation Special to The Shelby Report The only thing constant in the grocery industry is change; opportunities and challenges will always be fast-moving targets. Capturing and keeping the Millennial market is important now and will continue to be into the future. So our industry should respond. In fact, an operator who is […]
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Foodservice Component Shines At New Harmons Store In Lehi, Utah
Harmons has opened its Traverse Mountain store in Lehi, Utah, and the grocer has made foodservice a standout component at the location, which is nestled against the Wasatch Mountains at 1750 Traverse Parkway. The store is the anchor for the new Terrace at Traverse Mountain retail center and marks Harmons’ 17th unit. “The Terrace at […]
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Boulder Organic Foods Adds Three New ‘Garden-Fresh’ Soups To Lineup
Boulder Organic Foods says it is meeting the growing consumer demand for wholesome, hearty garden-fresh soups with the addition of three varieties to its certified organic, gluten-free and non-GMO lineup. The new fresh-refrigerated soups (MSRP $4.99 per 16-oz. tub) are debuting now in grocery deli cases at select stores nationwide. • Bacon Potato Corn Chowder features hand-cut […]
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Lidl Establishing Another Regional HQ/DC
Lidl, one of the world’s largest retailers that is preparing to open its first U.S. stores, plans to establish a new regional headquarters and distribution center in the Principio Business Park in Cecil County, Maryland, as part of its U.S. expansion. The company says it will invest $100 million in the project and create 100 […]
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Instacart Rolls Out Service In Dallas
Instacart, the retail delivery service whose personal shoppers hand pick and deliver items from local stores, has expanded into Dallas, the fourth city it serves in Texas. As of Aug. 1, Dallas residents looking to purchase from Whole Foods Market, Central Market, Petco, Spec’s, Total Wine & More, Kroger and Tom Thumb can have their order delivered […]
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Second Bfresh Unit To Open In Brighton, Massachusetts
Bfresh, focused on affordable fresh foods, will open its doors at 470 Washington Street in Brighton, Massachusetts, on Aug. 19. This will mark the second bfresh store in the Greater Boston area. The inaugural bfresh store opened in nearby Allston in September 2015. Bfresh offers more natural and organic options than a typical market, vegan […]
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Five Former Mars Locations To Open As Weis Markets This Week
Weis Markets of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, will open five converted Mars Super Markets as Weis stores on Aug. 4. More than 500 former Mars employees will join the Weis team. The acquired locations in Baltimore County, Maryland, include two stores in Dundalk and individual units in Essex, Arbutus and Carney. The converted stores will add more […]