Safeway, an Albertsons Cos. banner, has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington to settle a 2014 investigation into Safeway’s compliance with the Controlled Substances Act. The investigation focused on compliance with record-keeping and reporting […]
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AWG Closing Fort Worth Division
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) on Tuesday announced the sale and future closure of its Fort Worth, Texas, Division. In a communication to its member-retailers, AWG said, “To continue to maintain the lowest possible cost of operation, AWG has made the determination to consolidate the remaining Fort Worth business into our more efficient and productive Oklahoma […]
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Grocery Industry ‘Visionary’ Ben Schwartz Celebrates 100th Birthday
Ben Schwartz, a nationally recognized leader of the retail grocery industry and former board chairman of Certified Grocers of California Ltd., celebrated his 100th birthday on July 8 with family and friends on the Entertainer yacht in Marina del Ray. Certified Grocers is a predecessor company of Unified Grocers, which was recently acquired by Supervalu. […]
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Leaders Of New Hanover Wegmans Have 80+ Years With Company
The Wegmans Food Market that opens in Hanover, New Jersey, on Sunday, July 23, will be led by a team of leaders that have a combined 84 years of experience with the grocer. The team consists of: Store Manager Tim Lockwood; Executive Chef Preston France; Pharmacy Area Manager Jim Rossettie; Perishable Area Manager Megan Doherty; […]
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Well-Deserved Dual Honors For Gelson’s Executive
Donna Tyndall is a shoo-in for The Shelby Report of the West’s Woman Executive of the Year award as well as induction into the Food Industry Hall of Fame. Currently serving as SVP of store operations for Encino, California-based Gelson’s, Tyndall was the first woman in management for the upscale grocer. And she has taken […]
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Pete’s Fresh Market To Open At Rice Lake Square In Wheaton, Illinois
Locally owned and operated Pete’s Fresh Market has leased two adjacent spaces vacated by Whole Foods Market and Sports Authority at Rice Lake Square in Wheaton, Illinois. According to property manager Annette Eastman of Mid-America Asset Management, Pete’s will open a 69,586-s.f. “enhanced concept grocery store” at this location in fall 2018. A multiple Talk […]
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First 365 In Arizona Will Anchor 9-Story Tempe Development
A new mixed-use development in Tempe, Arizona, called The Local is under construction following a groundbreaking in July. It will house the first Whole Foods Market 365 store in the state. Located at the intersection of University Drive and Ash Avenue in downtown Tempe, The Local combines a luxury apartment residence with the 365 grocery market. […]
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AG New England Elects Maine Operator To Board Of Directors
Associated Grocers of New England recently elected John Beaupre of Carrabassett Valley, Maine, to its board of directors. Beaupre is the co-owner of Ayottes Country Store, Mountainside Grocers and Sugarloaf Grocery in Carrabassett Valley and Anni’s Market in Kingfield. Beaupre has served as vice chair of the Carrabassett Valley Maine Board of Selectmen since 2000. From […]
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Giant Donates More Than $400K To USO Of Metro Washington-Baltimore
For the second year, Giant Food, the title sponsor of the Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle, designated the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore as the event’s beneficiary. Through in-store campaigns and fundraising, Giant raised more than $400,000 for the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore. Giant’s support of the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore and its programming began in 2011 and is […]
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Former Red Sox Star Pitcher To Headline New England Produce Council Expo
Pedro Martinez, former Major League Baseball and Boston Red Sox All-Star pitcher, will speak at the 2017 New England Produce Council’s (NEPC) Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo keynote breakfast. In addition, Brian Numainville, a consultant and expert on consumer-centered marketing research and a food industry expert, will be the moderator for the consumer panel on Wednesday, Sept. […]
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Wegmans Offering Grocery Delivery In Most Massachusetts Stores
Wegmans is offering same-day delivery service through Instacart out of its Massachusetts stores in Chestnut Hill, Westwood and Burlington, with plans to extend the service to Northborough. Instacart deliveries can be ordered online or through a smartphone app. Delivery hours are between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Orders can be placed up to seven days prior and will […]
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Lowes Foods To Debut Second Lexington, S.C., Store On July 21
Lowes Foods will mark the grand opening of its second Lexington, South Carolina, store, located off Hope Ferry Road at U.S. 378, on Friday, July 21, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 a.m. The second store comes on the heels of the May 24 opening of Lowes Foods’ first Lexington unit, which is located at the […]
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Report: Grocery E-Commerce Growing, But 97% Of CPG Dollars Still Spent In Store
Since the first modern-day supermarket opened nearly a century ago, there had been little change in the grocery retail space—at least until recently with the emerging popularity of e-commerce. While other online retail had seen growth early on, the trend took longer to make its mark on grocery, as new research and insights from Acosta show that […]
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Stater Bros.’ New Menifee Store Will Open July 12
Stater Bros. will host a grand opening of its third supermarket to serve the city of Menifee and nearby Sun City on Wednesday, July 12. The new, more than 45,000-s.f. supermarket is located at 29061 Newport Road in the Shoppes at the Lakes development. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held in front of the store at […]
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Massachusetts Firm Wins Innovation Award For Best Food Safety Solution
Massachusetts-based Nature’s Frequencies’ Food Freshness Card last month won the United Fresh Innovation Award for the Best New Food Safety Solution. Rick Hassler, director of Nature’s Frequencies and developer of the Food Freshness Card, said, “This award, which comes at the same time as the award the Food Freshness Card received from Food Logistics for Top Green […]
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Roche Bros. Joins Other Grocers In Unata’s ‘Unified’ Shopping Experience
Roche Bros. has joined three other retailers, including Lunds & Byerlys, in Unata’s omni-commerce strategy called Unata’s Unified Experience. The Unified Experience interconnects three distinct types of shopping modes—in-store list-planning, delivery and click and collect—into one experience. According to Unata, most retailers have these experiences split among different websites. Unata’s Unified Experience prompts shoppers to select their desires, after which […]
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Big Y Expands Local Dairy Partnerships
Big Y Foods of Springfield, Massachusetts, has expanded its number of local dairy partnerships to 10 companies, adding Kimberly Farm in New Milford and Wildowsky Dairy in Lisbon, Connecticut, to the lineup. Big Y partners with each farmer individually, and both sides mutually agree on how many nearby stores each dairy can supply with its fresh products. […]
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More Details About Meijer’s New Urban Grocery Store Released
West Side and downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, residents recently marked the groundbreaking of Meijer’s Bridge Street Market, a grocery store coming to the city’s West Side on the corner of Bridge Street and Seward Avenue.The new 37,000-s.f. store will feature 22-foot ceilings, open-air elements and a pedestrian-friendly design. Bridge Street Market is a first-of-its-kind store […]
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The Fresh Market’s Latest Batch Of Refreshed Stores To Feature Interactive Sampling Stations
The Fresh Market on July 12 will unveil six refreshed stores in North and South Carolina with expanded offerings and new interactive sampling stations. The specialty grocer’s North Carolina units that will debut an “enhanced shopping experience” are located at 944 Merrimon Avenue and 1378 Hendersonville Road in Asheville and 223 Greenville Highway in Hendersonville; […]
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Hussmann’s Annual Charity Golf Event Raises $38K For Three Groups
Hussmann’s western sales division recently held its 11th annual Customer Appreciation Golf Tournament & Charity Fundraiser at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine, California. The event benefited Mended Hearts, Orangewood Children’s Foundation and City of Hope. Many regional and vertical market customers attended the event, as did industry sponsors and Hussman representatives, including Dennis Gipson, […]