Rouses Markets is debuting its newest store today, Feb. 26, in Kenner, Louisiana, six months after the grocery chain’s managing partner, Donny Rouse, signed the lease. The 55,000-s.f. site at 4041 Williams Boulevard previously housed a Winn-Dixie. “There was a lot of work to do,” said Rouse. “We are very different from Winn-Dixie. Our design […]
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Aldi Expanding In Massachusetts, And More…
Grocery News In Brief… Discount grocer Aldi is expanding in Massachusetts and will open its 11th store in the Bay State this summer in Plymouth at Colony Place. The chain is known for its smaller-footprint stores, averaging 17,000 s.f., and an inventory that is 90 percent Aldi branded products. Aldi charges for plastic and paper […]
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Group Continues Search For New Executive Director, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Gwen Forman of Cumberland Farms, chair of the New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA), reports some progress in the search for a new executive director to replace Steve Ryan, who left to lead the New England Water Works Association. NECSEMA has received a number of resumes and […]
Posted in, Center Store, Suppliers, West
Popkoff’s Opens New Production Facility In City Of Industry
Popkoff’s—makers of all-natural Russian dumplings—has opened a new state-of-the-art food production facility in City of Industry, California, to meet the growing demand for its frozen food products. The company recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new factory location at 18901 Railroad Street. The 40,000-s.f. facility is able to produce about 40,000 pounds of Pelmeni […]
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Whole Foods Market Signs Leases For Five Additional 365 Stores
Whole Foods Market has signed another five leases for its 365 by Whole Foods Market stores, bringing the total to 13 leases now signed. The new stores will be located in Evergreen Park, Illinois; Gainesville, Florida; and Concord, Claremont and Los Alamitos, California. The Austin, Texas-based grocer says that 365 by Whole Foods Market will offer […]
Posted in, Center Store, Grocery News, Organic Natural, Snacks Brands, Southeast, Suppliers
Specialty Snack Company Opens Global Headquarters In Tennessee
Pure Foods, a specialty snack company, celebrated the opening of its global headquarters and primary manufacturing location late last month at Gateway Commerce Park in Kingsport, Tennessee. The 88,000-s.f., state-of-the-art manufacturing facility produces nutrient-dense and reduced-fat snack foods for distribution in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. “Today marks an exciting new chapter for Pure Foods […]
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
Ingles’ New Greeneville, Tennessee, Store Opens This Week
Ingles Markets will open its new Greeneville, Tennessee store, on Thursday. The store replaces an old unit on East Andrew Johnson Highway that closed in May and is double the size—nearly 80,000 s.f.—of its predecessor, which was demolished to make way for the new store. According a story from The Greeneville Sun last year when […]
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WinCo Foods Opening Store In Grants Pass, Oregon, This Week
WinCo Foods will open its newest store on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 231 NE Terry Lane in Grants Pass, Oregon. The store is the company’s 105th location and is somewhat smaller than most traditionally sized WinCo stores, measuring approximately 72,000 s.f. WinCo says the store has a simple décor package that creates a solid, clean […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southwest
New State-Of-The-Art Travel Center Opens In Hillsboro, Texas
TravelCenters of America, operator of the TA and Petro Stopping Centers travel center brands, has expanded its network with the completion of construction and opening of TA Hillsboro, located on 78 acres of land at I-35, Exit 370 (160 State Highway 77), in Hillsboro, Texas. TravelCenters and Hillsboro City officials say they have worked closely together to […]
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
Report: Wegmans Looks To Debut First North Carolina Store In Cary
Wegmans Food Markets is looking to open its first North Carolina store in Cary across the street from Cary Towne Center, The News & Observer reports. The newspaper says the family-owned company, headquartered in Rochester, New York, is eying a site on a 90-acre tract north of the mall. The land is owned by Columbia […]
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Weigel’s Debuts New Store Featuring Company’s Latest Design In Clinton, Tennessee
Weigel’s, East Tennessee’s oldest local dairy, has opened its newest full-service convenience store in Clinton, at 2409 Charles G. Seivers Boulevard. The state-of-the-art convenience store is Knoxville-based Weigel’s 63rd store. A first for Weigel’s at this interstate location off I-75 are four wide diesel fuel bays. Long drive-thrus on entrance and exit make access easy […]
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GE Move To Boost Restaurants In Boston Seaport District, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… General Electric, in a major economic benefit to Boston and its restaurants, has selected Boston’s Seaport District for its corporate headquarters location. Employees will move to a temporary location in Boston starting this summer, with a full move completed in several steps by 2018. In Boston, GE will have about 800 […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Store News, West
Stater Bros. Building New Rancho Cucamonga Store
Plans are in place to build a new Stater Bros. Supermarket at the northwest corner of Baseline and Day Creek roads in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The 44,000-s.f. full-service store slated to open in the fall is being developed by Lewis Retail Centers in the Day Creek Marketplace, which also will include a full-service drug store […]
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Big Y Completes Two Market Renovations
Big Y Foods of Springfield, Massachusetts, recently completed two supermarket renovations in East Longmeadow and Worcester, Massachusetts. In East Longmeadow, the $2.3 million project began in August and included major renovations in all areas of the 59,473-s.f. store. This store originally opened in 1968 and was last updated in 2001. The $2 million Worcester project […]
Posted in, Center Store, Market Profile, Shelby Content, Shelby Signature Content, Southeast, Suppliers, Women In The News
Supplier Spotlight: ‘Not The Wise Of Yesteryear’
by Kristen Cloud/staff writer Jolie Weber has been leading Wise Foods since June, but the CPG veteran has been with the Atlanta-based company for nearly 12 years—holding executive leadership roles in areas ranging from marketing to finance. “I have always been in the consumer packaged goods industry,” Weber says. “My first job out of college […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
Wawa Debuts Three New Virginia Stores
Wawa is celebrating the opening of three new stores in Virginia, each debuting Dec. 18 and marking the convenience store chain’s first-ever grand opening triple header in the state of Virginia and Wawa’s first location in Fairfax County. The stores are located at 4350 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly; 5280 W Mercury Boulevard, Hampton; and 2916 […]
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Boston-Based Unidine Awarded Dining Services Contract In Georgia, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Unidine Corp. of Boston has been awarded a contract to manage dining services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) newly renovated “Market 16” Cafe at the Roybal campus in Atlanta, which is home to 6,000 workers and 90,000 visitors annually. With operations in more than 200 locations, Unidine […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest, Store News
Fareway To Acquire Family Food Center In Anamosa, Iowa, And Build New Store In Peosta
Fareway Stores has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the former Family Food Center located at 402 E. Main Street in Anamosa, Iowa. The grocery chain also plans to build a new store in Peosta. Fareway says it currently is working with local officials on the details of the Family Food Center acquisition and […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
On The Move C-Stores Signs Deal To Bring Restaurant Brand Stewart’s To 250 Locations In Florida, Georgia
On the Move Corp. (OTM) and Stewart’s All American Corp. have signed an exclusive 12-year agreement that calls for the development of 250 Stewart’s locations exclusive to On the Move convenience stores throughout Florida and Georgia in order to compete with Wawa, RaceTrac and QuikTrip. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring an iconic brand […]
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Rutter’s Unveils ‘A Monument To Convenience’
Rutter’s newest and largest store, located in York Springs and just 10 miles north of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, opened its doors Dec. 14 and is billed as a “monument to convenience.” The new unit marks Rutter’s 61st store and the third Rutter’s location in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The 11.5-acre site has seven high-speed truck diesel fueling spaces, 14 […]