Convenience Store News In Brief… For the past 23 years Sheetz Family Charities has set out to make the holiday season brighter for children in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. Sheetz Family Charities is a charitable organization that raises funds through in-store donations, proceeds from Sheetz bottled water sales and the […]
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Goya Foods Donates 40K Pounds Of Food To Catholic Charities, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Goya Foods has donated 50,000 pounds of food to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington to support its food pantries and emergency food programs throughout the archdiocese. The donation is part of a 150,000-pound donation equally distributed to food pantries and emergency food programs through Catholic Charities in New […]
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
Earth Fare Expands Atlanta Footprint
A milestone in the company’s 40-year history, Earth Fare, a specialty organic and natural foods grocery store, opened its 40th location Dec. 9. The new store, located at 3140 Ronald Reagan Boulevard in The Collection at Forsyth in Cumming, Georgia, expands the company’s Atlanta footprint to three stores. Highlighted by CNNMoney as the 6th Fastest Growing County […]
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Kroger Celebrates Grand Reopening Of Peachtree City, Georgia, Store
The Kroger store at 564 Crosstown Drive in Peachtree City, Georgia, celebrated its grand reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning after undergoing a more than 43,000-s.f. expansion—increasing in size to approximately 100,000 s.f. The expansion adds an estimated 100 new jobs to the Peachtree City community. “Kroger has been a part of the Peachtree […]
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Gelson’s To Reopen Its First Former Haggen Stores Next Month
by Bob Reeves/The Shelby Report Southern California grocer Gelson’s will reopen the first of its newly acquired Haggen stores next month. Executives tell The Shelby Report that the Del Mar store at 2707 Via De La Valle will open Jan. 14 and the Rancho Mirage store at 36-101 Bob Hope Drive will open Jan. 28. […]
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KURE To Sell 100 Franchises In 2016, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Since the launch of its first corporate KURE modern Vaporium and Lounge, KURE has a goal to expand by more than 100 stores in the U.S. by the end of 2016. In just more than a four-month period, KURE Franchise LLC has sold more than 30 franchises in the states […]
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Rutter’s Adds New Food Items In Leola, Pennsylvania, Store, And More…
Rutter’s Farm Store has always had an interest in offering fresh food, but its newest location in Leola, Pennsylvania, incorporates an expanded menu, turning the convenience store into a convenience restaurant. The more than 7,000-s.f. store boasts a new kitchen—the R-Kitchen—plus an indoor seating area for 30. The menu has the usual burgers and pastrami, […]
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Coborn’s New Isanti, Minnesota, Location Will Feature C-Store With Car Wash
Coborn’s plans to build a new grocery store in Isanti, Minnesota. The St. Cloud-based company says the Isanti supermarket will showcase the next generation of Coborn’s store features, with a significant amount of the store dedicated to fresh offerings. The approximately 45,000-s.f. store will be located at the corner of Highway 65 and County Road […]
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Blue Bell Readies For Phase Three Of Return
Blue Bell Ice Cream continues to expand its distribution following the virtual shutdown of its operations earlier this year after a recall of its products. Phase three of the Brenham, Texas-based company’s five-phase market re-entry is scheduled to begin Dec. 14. Phase three includes the remaining majority of Texas and central and southern Alabama. “We […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Store News, West
New Stater Bros. Store In Development For Tustin
Plans are now under way for Stater Bros. Markets to build its next supermarket on the northeast corner of Tustin Ranch Road and Valencia Avenue in the city of Tustin, California. Scheduled to open in fall 2016, the future 43,829-s.f. full-service grocery store in Orange County is being developed by Regency Centers in The Village […]
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Gifford’s Announces Plant Expansion
Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream is expanding the company’s Skowhegan, Maine, factory to meet increased demand for its vintage, handcrafted ice cream. The $1.6 million, 3,810-s.f. addition and plant renovation will mark the most significant expansion Gifford’s has made to its 48,000-s.f. plant in its 41-year history and will double the ice cream maker’s total production […]
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Niemann Foods To Acquire Covington Foods’ County Market Stores
Niemann Foods Inc. (NFI) has signed a purchase agreement with Covington Foods to acquire six County Market stores. The stores are located in Crawfordsville, Covington and Attica, Indiana, and Danville and Tilton, Illinois. The transfer of ownership is expected on or before Jan. 7, 2016. “After 56 years of operating our stores and serving the […]
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Salt Lake City Costco Is Now Largest In The World
Salt Lake City is now home to the world’s largest Costco warehouse store. As the Deseret News reports, the first-of-its-kind, hybrid business center-consumer warehouse measures 235,000 s.f. The new space is geared specifically for commercial and institutional customers. “We decided to add a business center and combined it with a (traditional consumer) warehouse for a […]
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Sprouts Slated To Unveil A Dozen New Stores Early Next Year
Sprouts Farmers Market plans to add 12 locations to its roster of grocery stores in early 2016. Sprouts stores scheduled to open in next year’s first quarter include: • Alhambra, California: 150 E. Main Street, Suite 150 • Atlanta, Georgia: 1853 Piedmont Avenue NE • Clovis, California: 850 Herndon Avenue, Suite 103 • Colorado Springs, […]
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Schnucks To Open New Evansville, Indiana, Store, On Nov. 11
Schnucks will open its sixth store in southern Indiana—in Evansville—with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11, beginning at 8:45 a.m.; the store will open at 9 a.m. The new 59,000-s.f. full-service grocery and pharmacy features service meat and seafood departments; a service deli with sliced-to-order specialties, including Boar’s Head meats and cheeses; a floral […]
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First ‘Ground Up’ Market 32 Opens In Sutton, Massachusetts
The Golub Corp. cut the ceremonial ribbon on its first “ground up” Market 32 in Sutton, Massachusetts, on Oct. 28. The Sutton Market 32, a USGBC Green Globes-certified building located at 21 Galaxy Pass, is the first supermarket in the community. “Market 32 is a reflection of what our customers have told us they want […]
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Friendly’s Debuts First Drive-Thru In Westfield, Massachusetts
Friendly’s Ice Cream, the operator of Friendly’s restaurants and a manufacturer of ice cream products, has opened its first drive-thru in western Massachusetts, located at the Friendly’s restaurant at 21 Southampton Road in Westfield, right off exit 3 from the Mass Pike. This is a test concept and, if successful, could create new growth for the […]
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Publix To Open 60th Alabama Store In Rainbow City
Publix Super Markets will open a new store in Rainbow City, Alabama, on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The store, at 3509 Rainbow Drive in the Shoppes at Rainbow Landing, will open at 7 a.m. following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that begins at 6:45 a.m. when Rainbow City Mayor Terry John Calhoun will greet guests. “Publix differentiates itself […]
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WinCo Foods Opening Two New Washington, California Stores On Oct. 22
WinCo Foods LLC, an employee-owned discount grocery chain, will open two new discount supermarkets on Thursday, Oct. 22. The stores are located at 21900 Highway 99 in Edmonds, Washington, and at 555 Grand Ave. in San Marcos, California. The stores are traditionally sized for WinCo, with Edmonds measuring approximately 87,000 s.f. and San Marcos coming […]
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New Seasons Unveils Plans For New Store At Public Market In California
New Seasons Market, a Portland, Oregon-based independent grocer, has plans to occupy a 35,000-s.f. store with a parking structure as part of the Public Market Emeryville development in Emeryville, California. New Seasons will be an anchor to the 14.5-acre mixed-use site, which includes the Public Market Food Hall, restaurants, retail, offices and housing. The new store will […]