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Aldi Plans To Open Two Long Island Stores During First Half Of 2020

Aldi plans to open two new Long Island stores—one in Valley Stream and one in North Babylon—in the first half of 2020. The Valley Stream store is the retailer’s first location in Nassau County. Aldi is investing more than $5 billion to remodel 1,300 existing stores and open hundreds of new stores across the country. […]

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WinCo Foods To Open Two Stores In Montana On March 3

Employee-owned WinCo Foods will open its first two stores in the state of Montana—and its 125th and 126th stores overall—on Sunday, March 3. Montana is the 10th state of operation for Boise, Idaho-based WinCo Foods. “We believe Helena and Billings are both a perfect fit with WinCo Foods and a prime opportunity for the company and for the […]

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Sprouts Hiring For New Florida, Nevada Stores

Sprouts Farmers Market soon will be hiring for new stores in Florida and Nevada. One of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, Sprouts soon will finish construction on its first West Palm Beach store, located in Wellington, Florida, and a new location in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 30,000-square-foot store at 816 South State Road 7 […]

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Sprouts To Enter South Carolina With Q2 Round Of Openings

Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market will open six new locations in the second quarter of 2018, including one in Simpsonville, South Carolina, bringing the company’s footprint up to 16 states. Sprouts will open approximately 30 new stores across the country in 2018. The six new stores included in the announcement are:                     Augusta, Georgia—630 Crane Creek […]

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Fresh Thyme Looks Back At 2017, More Growth Planned For 2018

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a full-service specialty grocer focused on fresh, healthy and organic offerings, grew by 20 stores and more than 2,000 new hires in 2017, bringing its total footprint to 66 stores across the Midwest. Since opening its first store in 2014, Fresh Thyme has expanded across nine states, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, […]

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Dollar General Plans For 2,000 Real Estate Projects In 2018

Along with a third quarter report that showed a net sales increase of 11 percent and a same-store sales increase of 4.3 percent, Dollar General announced an aggressive 2018 plans for its store base. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based discounter expects 2,000 real estate projects, including 900 new stores, 1,000 store remodels and 100 store relocations. For the […]

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Recommended: Lidl Hits The Brakes On N.J. Grocery Store As Other Store Plans Scrapped

Plans by German discount grocer Lidl to begin construction on its second New Jersey store have stalled as the company hits the brakes on several proposed locations in other states. Lidl, which operates about 10,000 stores globally, entered the U.S. market in June with several store openings in the southeast as part of a plan […]

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SpartanNash Reopens Two S. Dakota Stores Under Family Fare Banner

As part of its $5 million investment in the Rapid City, South Dakota, community, SpartanNash on Tuesday celebrated the grand reopening of two Family Fare Supermarkets, located at 1516 E. Saint Patrick St. and 751 Mount View. The stores, which previously operated under the Family Thrift Center banner, underwent an extensive remodeling and rebannering process […]

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Natural Grocers Opening Fifth Iowa Store June 21

Natural Grocers will open its fifth store in Iowa on June 21. The 15,000 s.f. store is located in Iowa City at 1404 South Gilbert Street. The first 100 people to shop at the new Iowa City store will receive a free Natural Grocers “goody bag.” Other opening day offerings include vendor demonstrations, an ice cream social […]

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Fresh Thyme Farmers Market Confirms 18 New Stores

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market plans to open a number of new stores over the coming months. The Illinois-based chain currently operates more than 50 stores in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. Fresh Thyme will open stores on: • April 26 at 2130 E. Kimberly Road in Davenport, Iowa; • […]

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Key Food Opens Two New Stores In New Jersey

Key Food Stores Co-operative Inc., a Northeast chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, has opened two stores in New Jersey: The Food Emporium in Garwood and Super World Fresh in Belleville. Within its 50,000 s.f. space, The Food Emporium has 5,000 s.f. dedicated to fresh produce offerings—including all natural and organic items—from […]

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Dick’s Fresh Market Celebrates New Store Opening In Menomonie, Wisconsin

by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Doug Rinehart, president and CEO of Dick’s Fresh Market, saw opportunity when the fourth generation of the family running a store on 9th Street in Menomonie, Wisconsin, decided to leave the grocery business. The store was founded 155 years ago, during the Civil War, and the same family had operated it […]

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Harps Details Plans For Acquired Walmarts, Holds Job Fairs

Springdale, Arkansas-based Harps Food Stores has released more details on changes the employee-owned chain will make to nine Walmart Express properties it acquired in June, including opening dates, which stores will close and when job fairs will be held to staff others. Three of the acquired stores are located in Missouri, in Anderson, Seligman and […]

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Jewel-Osco Opening Five Chicagoland Stores Today

‘Grand reopening’ celebrations planned at 14 remodeled locations tomorrow   Five new Jewel-Osco stores are opening today at 5 p.m. with “celebratory galas” across Chicago. Town officials and community members from each respective neighborhood as well as Jewel-Osco executives and associates are expected to attend the events that will feature live music, sampling and other […]