New Channels News In Brief… Whole Foods Market has signed leases for three new 365 formats in Cedar Park, Texas; Cincinnati; and San Francisco. In July, Whole Foods announced new 365 by Whole Foods Market stores in Bellevue, Washington; Houston; Portland, Oregon; Santa Monica, California; and the first 365 store will be in the Silver […]
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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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FMI Mourns Passing Of Cathy Polley, Services Set For Monday
The Food Marking Institute (FMI) is mourning the death of one of its beloved leaders. Mrs. Catherine Mary Jelinski “Cathy” Polley, 56, died Nov. 2. She was nationally known as a passionate leader in improving the health and wellness of everyday Americans. Importantly, she was a courageous and loving wife, mother, sister and friend to […]
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Alabama Grocers Hosts Fall Golf Tourney For Education Foundation
The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation (AGEF) held its 23rd Annual Fall Golf Outing in October at Inverness Country Club in Birmingham. The tournament included two flights and raised a fall record for AGEF, which funds scholarships to employees and children of employees of Alabama Grocers Association companies. To date AGEF has awarded more than $1 […]
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Washington State Presents Awards, Crowns Best Bagger During Annual Reception
The Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA) presented several awards and crowned the state’s best bagger during the group’s annual industry reception in Spokane on Oct. 27. Candice Lastimado, a courtesy clerk at the West Seattle Metropolitan Market, took home the first place trophy and a check for $2,000 in a heated competition at the Washington […]
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H-E-B Creates ESOP For 55K Employees
H-E-B, the largest private employer in Texas, said Monday that 55,000 employees would be eligible to receive a portion of stock in the company under a new employee ownership plan. The plan commemorates the 110th anniversary of the San Antonio-based company, which was founded and is owned by the Butt family. The family will remain […]
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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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TreeHouse Foods To Acquire ConAgra’s Private Brands Biz For $2.7B
After it announced it May that it planned to “exit the private brands operations,” ConAgra Foods has signed a definitive agreement with TreeHouse Foods to sell that portion of its business for $2.7 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016. The acquisition of ConAgra’s private brands operations will meaningfully […]
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Rouses Becomes Official Grocer Of NBA Team
The New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday said that Rouses will be the Official Grocer of the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2015-16 NBA season. The partnership will be highlighted by a series of bi-monthly sweepstakes, as well as the Year of the Uniform game-day giveaway series for Pelicans fans. “We’re excited to collaborate with Rouses […]
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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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Wakefern’s Mottese Honored With NGA’s Great American Award, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… The National Grocers Association (NGA) has recognized Lorelei Mottese with NGA’s highest award for government relations, the Clarence G. Adamy Great American Award. The award was presented to Mottese by NGA President and CEO Peter J. Larkin and NGA VP of Public Affairs Greg Ferrara during Wakefern Food Corp.’s annual shareholders’ meeting, […]
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New Recycling Plan In Bay State Modeled After Delaware’s, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… According to the Massachusetts Food Association (MFA), a Massachusetts legislative committee recently held a hearing to hear comments on an act to improve comprehensive recycling. This legislation seeks to phase out the state’s forced bottle deposit law, eliminating the costly recycling procedure for just those containers while creating a funding […]
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Southeastern Grocers, Walmart Join Others To Launch GEDWorks
GED Testing Service has partnered with some of the nation’s largest employers and most recognizable brands—including Southeastern Grocers, Walmart, KFC and Taco Bell—to create GEDWorks, a comprehensive program free for employees who want to earn their GED credential. The GEDWorks program includes everything an employee needs to successfully prepare for and pass the GED test. Students […]
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Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Recognizes Three Industry Leaders During Annual Banquet
The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) hosted its annual Excellence in Leadership Awards Banquet this month at the Phoenix Downtown Sheraton. More than 950 industry professionals attended the event, which AFMA has been hosting since 1965. Shane Dorcheus, Albertsons–Safeway Southwest Division president, was recognized as the Retailer of the Year; Terry Morrison, VP of national […]
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Liras Promoted To VP Of Manufacturing At Lipari Foods
Lipari Foods has promoted Spiro Liras to VP of manufacturing, according to the company’s president and CEO, Thom Lipari. Liras joined JLM Manufacturing, a division of Lipari Foods, in 2009 as the director of manufacturing when the facility was exclusively confections packaging. JLM has since expanded its operational space multiple times, along with several acquisition […]
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Kroger Cuts Ribbon On Large Georgia Distribution Center
Kroger celebrated its new state-of-the-art distribution center at 2000 Anvil Block Road in Forest Park, Georgia, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. The Forest Park distribution center enables Kroger to provide full-line distribution services for existing and future stores. Construction of the 1 million-s.f. facility located on 253 acres began in summer 2014 with an investment […]
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North American Meat Institute Objects To Report Claiming Processed Meats Cause Cancer
A new report by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR) is causing quite a bit of controversy for labeling processed meats such as hot dogs, bacon and ham as carcinogenic, as well as claiming that red meat is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The IACR said the risk of developing colorectal cancer […]
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Tony’s Fresh Market Is IFRA’s 2015 Industry Retailer Award Recipient
Tony’s Fresh Market is the Illinois Food Retailers Association (IFRA) 2015 Industry Retailer Award recipient. The company was honored during the IFRA-Grocery Merchandisers Association (GMA) Annual Conference and Expo, which was held earlier this month at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace. “The IFRA board of directors unanimously chose Tony’s Fresh Market as […]