by Lorrie Griffith/editor-in-chief Scott Moses sees a parallel between natural grocers and Latino-focused grocers, anticipating that some of the same growth that has occurred for natural grocers in recent years will increasingly take place for Latino grocers in coming months and years. Moses, who is a managing director and the head of food retail and […]
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Milam’s Markets To Open Its Fifth Supermarket In Miami-Dade’s Village Of Pinecrest
IGA retailer Milam’s Markets will open a new store in the Village of Pinecrest in the Miami-Dade community. The company announced the plans on its social media pages on April 20. The store at 11701 S. Dixie Highway in the Pinecrest Plaza is expected to open in summer 2018. Additional details were unavailable at the […]
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Kings Food Markets Appoints New CFO, Makes Other Personnel Changes
Kings Food Markets, a 25-unit upscale supermarket chain in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, has a new CFO and also has made several changes to its executive, operations and merchant teams. Daniel Gallagher has been appointed EVP and CFO. He comes to Kings with more than 16 years of experience in senior management positions and […]
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Groups Ask FDA To Delay Menu Rule Effective Date
National Grocers Association (NGA) and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) have filed a petition asking the FDA for a stay on the Final Rule on Food Labeling. The associations asked the commissioner to hold off on the effective date, currently scheduled for May 5. The petition requested the stay and re-evaluation because of […]
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Central Grocers Selling Strack & Van Til, Closing Nine Ultra Foods Stores
Twenty-two Strack & Van Til stores will be sold and nine Ultra Foods locations closed. The Northwest Indiana Times reports that parent company Central Grocers, based in Joliet, Illinois, is working toward a sale. The plan is to sell the 22 stores as “going concerns,” Strack & Van Til President and CEO Jeff Strack said […]
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Whole Foods Market To Open First Texas 365 Store On April 26
365 by Whole Foods Market’s first Texas location will open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, in Cedar Park, following a bread-breaking ceremony with company officials and the community. It is the fourth 365 store nationwide; others are open in Bellevue, Washington; Lake Oswego, Oregon; and Los Angeles, California. The 30,000-s.f. Cedar Park store, at 5001 183A […]
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Kroger Promotes Colón To Senior Director Of Diversity
The Kroger Co.’s Angel Colón has been promoted to senior director of diversity. He has been serving as the company’s director of multicultural development for merchandising since 2008. Colon succeeds Rueben Shaffer, who retired at the end of March, as Kroger’s head of diversity and also assumes the responsibilities for the company’s strong supplier diversity […]
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Is Nation’s First Soda Tax Working As Intended? New Study Says Yes
A new study of Berkeley’s tax on sugary drinks, the first in the nation, suggests that it may be accomplishing its goals. The study was published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine by the Public Health Institute and the University of North Carolina. “Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending and beverage consumption one year after a tax on […]
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Food City Building New Store To Replace Existing Middlesboro, Kentucky, Unit
Food City is building a new store in Middlesboro, Kentucky. The 56,300-s.f. supermarket will serve as a replacement unit and be located just behind the existing store. The project is expected to be completed by late fall. “We are excited to have the opportunity to bring a new state-of-the-art Food City to Middlesboro,” said Food […]
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Less Is More At Wegmans When It Comes To Packaging
With 92 stores across six states, each offering a minimum of 50,000 products, Wegmans Food Markets’ customers might not immediately equate the notion of “less is more” with the supermarket chain. But, when it comes to sustainability and the company’s commitment to reduce waste in landfills and reduce emissions, less truly is more, according to Wegmans. […]
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ShopRite Partners With Healthcare Provider On New Family Wellness Program
ShopRite and New Jersey healthcare provider RWJBarnabas Health have partnered to launch a free nutrition and wellness education program available to children and families at ShopRite stores in New Jersey and beyond. Called “KidsFit at ShopRite,” the program’s goal is to prevent childhood obesity. KidsFit at ShopRite is a free, six-session curriculum-based program taught by […]
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Tehachapi Save Mart Is Banner’s Sixth Store To Include Brand Refresh
Save Mart hosted a grand reopening Thursday at its store in Tehachapi, California. The celebration marked the culmination of a months-long transformation that modernized the store both on the inside and outside, including the logo. “The interior looks amazing. You’ll want to shop all day here. We’re offering more products and services that today’s families […]
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Raley’s Opens New Store In Sacramento’s Campus Commons/Arden Neighborhood
Raley’s hosted a grand opening Wednesday of its new, state-of-the-art store at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue in Sacramento. It marks the first of five new stores the company plans to open in the next 18 months. Located in the established Campus Commons/Arden neighborhood, the 35,000-s.f. store offers customers an assortment of fresh, high-quality […]
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CEO Boer Addresses First Joint Ahold Delhaize Shareholders Meeting
Ahold Delhaize CEO Dick Boer pointed out some accomplishments from the company’s U.S. businesses—Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Peapod and Food Lion—as he addressed the company’s general meeting of shareholders on April 12 in the Netherlands. This was the first shareholders meeting since the merger of Ahold and Delhaize in July 2016, and Boer said the […]
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AGNE Stores Enhance Efficiencies With New POS Systems
Harvest Market, Vista Foods and Sully’s Superette, three community retailers in New Hampshire and Vermont that are owned and operated by Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE), recently upgraded their point-of-sale software systems. Produced by Dumac, the new system has helped the three AGNE banners increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business operations, particularly cash […]
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Metropolitan Market Gets New CEO
Metropolitan Market has named Ron Megahan CEO. The Seattle-based grocer says that Megahan, previously the company’s COO, has been an instrumental part of the executive leadership team for the past two years and worked closely with Todd Korman, who previously held the chief executive position. Korman remains an active company shareholder and will serve as […]
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Walt Churchill’s Market Marking 100th Anniversary As It Eyes Ohio Expansion
Walt Churchill’s Market (WCM) will celebrate 100 years of serving the Toledo, Ohio, community on Saturday, April 15. This year also may mark another milestone, as the two-store operator looks to perhaps open a third store and fill “a gourmet food niche once occupied by The Andersons,” according to The Toledo Blade. The Churchill family […]
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Whole Foods Market Investor Reportedly Wants Chain To Consider A Possible Sale
Is Whole Foods Market being primed for a takeover? Perhaps. The Wall Street Journal and CNBC report that activist investor Jana Partners has built a nearly 9 percent stake in the Austin, Texas-based grocery chain and wants the company to “speed up its turnaround efforts while also exploring a possible sale.” “The activist investor has […]
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ShopRite Expands Free Fruit Program In Some N.J., Pa. Stores
ShopRite has expanded the free fruit program it launched earlier this year to five more stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that are owned and operated by ShopRite of Hunterdon County. Under the program, children 12 and younger receive a free banana, clementine or other seasonal fruit while shopping with a parent or guardian. The […]
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Weis Adds VP Of Asset Protection
Weis Markets recently named William England VP of asset protection. England will oversee the day-to-day management of shrink and risk management, workplace safety, food quality assurance, insurance and workers’ compensation within Weis Markets, a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based food retailer operating 203 stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. England has […]