Dollar Tree has emerged victorious in its bid for the Family Dollar chain, as Family Dollar shareholders voted Thursday to approve a merger with chain. The deal also quashes Dollar General’s pursuit of Family Dollar. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Dollar General had long eyed buying up its main competitor, but those plans were […]
Tag: Grocery
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
The Fresh Market Plans Panama City Beach Store
The Fresh Market has signed a lease for a new store in Panama City Beach, Florida. It will mark the North Carolina-based grocer’s 42nd store in the state. The store, expected to open in the fall, will be located in the Pier Park North shopping center on US-98 east of the intersection of State Road […]
Posted in, Northeast, Store News
Stop & Shop Remodel Enlarges Merrick Store, Expands Product Selection
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has completed a major remodel of its store located at 2160 South Merrick Mall in Merrick, New York. The store reopened earlier this month. The Merrick store closed in September 2014 and underwent a four-month remodel to provide customers with a larger store, an expanded product selection and special […]
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Rouses Opens Newest Store In Denham Springs
Rouses Markets opened its newest store today in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The store is located in Juban Crossing shopping center at 10130 Crossing Way and marks Rouses’ return to Denham Springs. As The Advocate reports, the Thibodaux-based grocer had a location at 630 S. Range Avenue in the late 1990s in a building once home […]
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Industry Expresses Disappointment As Supreme Court Dismisses Swipe Fees Petition
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), National Association of Convenience Stores, National Retail Federation, Boscov’s Department Store, National Restaurant Association and Miller Oil Co. that challenged the Federal Reserve’s rule on debit card swipe fees. The court’s rejection of this case ignores its impact on U.S. […]
Posted in, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Perishables, Southwest, Suppliers
Kiolbassa Sausage On The Menu At Governor’s Inaugural Festivities
San Antonio-based Kiolbassa Provisions supplied 4,000 pounds of its flavored, slow-crafted smoked sausage—enough sausage links to stretch a mile and a half—for Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaugural festivities on Jan. 20. “Kiolbassa is a family operated business passionate about what we do, the communities we serve and excited to serve fellow Texans and visitors alike…We are proud […]
Posted in, Online Grocery Technology, Store News, West
Lucky, Save Mart And FoodMaxx Now Accept Apple Pay
Lucky, Save Mart and FoodMaxx stores are now accepting Apple Pay in all of its 217 stores throughout Northern California and Nevada. “Expect new things in our stores this year—the first of which is Apple Pay. We are working diligently to transform the shopping experience for our customers and this cutting-edge technology will help to speed them through checkout,” said Nicole Piccinini […]
Posted in, Organic Natural, Southeast
Green Bean Delivery Expanding To Nashville
Green Bean Delivery, an online organic and natural grocery home delivery service, will launch in Nashville this month, the Nashville Business Journal reports. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Indianapolis and currently operates in four states—Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. The company operates on a membership-based subscription model, but without sign-up or membership […]
Posted in, Grocery News, National, Organic Natural, Suppliers
What’s Next In Specialty Food?
A panel of food trend experts earlier this week “nibbled” their way through the largest Winter Fancy Food Show in its 40-year history to identify the top five trends bound for store shelves in the coming year. The West Coast’s largest trade show devoted exclusively to specialty food wrapped up Tuesday at Moscone Center in […]
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U.S. Gluten-Free Food Retail Market Reaches $973M
The gluten-free market is cementing its staying power as more than a mere dietary fad and continues to make national headlines, including a recent announcement by Pizza Hut that it will begin offering gluten-free pizza. In the retail sector, sales of gluten-free foods posted an impressive compound annual growth rate of 34 percent over the […]
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Whole Foods To Open Manhattan Store On Upper East Side Next Month
Whole Foods Market will open its eighth Manhattan store on the Upper East Side at East 87th Street (1551 3rd Avenue) on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The 39,000-s.f. grocery store will be a community destination, offering Upper East Side residents a full range of high-quality natural and organic foods. Opening day will start with the Austin, […]
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California’s Nugget Markets Quietly Unveils New Store Concept
In a move that’s been kept relatively quiet over the past month, Nugget Markets in December unveiled a new store concept called Fork Lift. The Woodland, California-based grocer rebranded its Food 4 Less store at 3333 Coach Lane in Cameron Park with the new name. The Sacramento Business Journal reports that there was a grand […]
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Shaw’s, Star Market Food Drives Net 259K Pounds Of Food
Shaw’s and Star Market have donated more than 259,000 pounds of food to more than 140 local hunger relief organizations through the “Spirit of Giving” food drive. Thanks to the generosity of Shaw’s and Star Marker customers, these bags will provide 199,000-plus meals to those in need. In addition, Shaw’s and Star Market donated an […]
Posted in, Center Store, National, Suppliers
Clear Lam Wins International Award For Fisher Roasted Party Peanuts PrimaPak Package
The PrimaPak Packaging developed by Clear Lam Packaging for Fisher Party Peanuts is a WorldStar 2015 Packaging Award winner in the food category, an honor bestowed by the World Packaging Organization (WPO). WorldStar award winners will be formally recognized at a reception in Milan, Italy, on May 19. Companies from 37 countries entered 264 packaging […]
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Craig Carlock Out As CEO Of The Fresh Market
The Fresh Market said Monday afternoon that CEO Craig Carlock has left the company and resigned as a member of the board of directors. Sean Crane, EVP and COO, will serve as interim CEO. The Greensboro, North Carolina-based grocer has retained a national executive search firm to assist in identifying and evaluating candidates for the […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest
Family Fare’s Newest Dickinson, N.D., Store Will Include First ‘Quick Stop’ C-Store
Family Fare will open its newest Dickinson, North Dakota, supermarket on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 1283 Roughrider Road in the Westridge Plaza. Adjacent to the store will be the first Family Fare Quick Stop, a 1,000-s.f. fuel center and convenience store. Family Fare already operates two supermarkets in Dickinson—Family Fare North at 302 1st Street […]
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C&S Completes Acquisition Of Houston’s Grocers Supply Co.
C&S Wholesale Grocers completed its previously announced acquisition of The Grocers Supply Co., a leading grocery wholesaler and retailer based in Houston, Texas, on Dec. 29. C&S is based in Keene, New Hampshire. “As we build on the firm foundation of the C&S legacy, part of our strategic focus is expanding and developing powerful growth […]
Posted in, Midwest, Store News
Hy-Vee To Close Mainstreet Store In Lincoln, Nebraska, Next Month
Hy-Vee will close its Mainstreet store at 2345 N. 48th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska, next month, citing too many of its own stores in a small geographical area. After Hy-Vee Mainstreet closes Feb. 1, its 76 full- and part-time employees will transition to positions at the other Hy-Vee stores in Lincoln. The two nearest stores—the […]
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Sprouts Opening 10 New Stores In 2Q
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open its first stores in Tennessee and Missouri in spring 2015, as well as eight additional stores across the U.S. New Sprouts stores scheduled to open in the second quarter include: • Fort Worth, Texas, at 6300 Waverly Way • Hoover, Alabama, at 5250 Medford Drive, Suite 120 • […]
Posted in, Albertsons, National, Shelby Content, Shelby Signature Content, Special Section, West
2014 Food Industry Hall Of Fame Inductee: ‘I Learned A Lot On The Night Shift’
Safeway’s Karl Schroeder hasn’t always been a West Coaster, but he has always been involved in the grocery business. Schroeder, president of the Pleasanton-based company’s Northern California Division, grew up in New York—the son of an Air Force veteran who, upon emerging from World War II, opened a corner store. “We, for part of my […]