Foodservice News In Brief… Kettle Cuisine of Lynn, Massachusetts, has purchased Chef Creations of Orlando, Florida, which produces wholesale soups and sauces for restaurants and retail operations. The plant operations will be shifted to Boston in July, and many of the Orlando plant staffers face layoffs. Kettle Cuisine focuses on soups and chowders for mainly […]
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Posted in, Produce News, Southeast
Early Outlook Is Bright For South Carolina Peach Crop
South Carolina’s peach farmers are looking forward to an excellent peach crop in 2016 in spite of the challenges they faced last year. Favorable growing conditions have given growers a positive outlook for a fruitful crop. After delays from heavy rains in the fall, growers immediately began working on the upcoming season. Planting new trees, […]
Posted in, Amazon Fresh, Corporate Store News, National, Store News, Suppliers, Whole Foods
Costco, Whole Foods, Target, Walmart And Publix Make Fortune’s ‘Most Admired’ List
Fortune says “there’s a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.” For the fourth time, Fortune’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies Top 50 All-Stars is led by a trio of tech giants under 40 years old. They preside over a class of blue chips and […]
Posted in, Northeast
Group Continues Search For New Executive Director, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Gwen Forman of Cumberland Farms, chair of the New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA), reports some progress in the search for a new executive director to replace Steve Ryan, who left to lead the New England Water Works Association. NECSEMA has received a number of resumes and […]
Posted in, Southwest, Store News
WinCo Set To Take Over Former Target Anchor Site At Carrollton, Texas, Shopping Center
Boise, Idaho-based discount grocer WinCo Foods plans to develop a new, ground-up 82,077-s.f. anchor store at Carrollton’s landmark Trinity Valley Shopping Center, located at the northeast corner of the President George Bush Turnpike (SH-190) and Josey Lane. The new WinCo will be developed at the site of a former anchor store at the center. In […]
Posted in, Northeast
Alliance Cost Containment Launches C-Store Savings
Alliance Cost Containment (ACC) of Kentucky has created a cost reduction program targeting the retail grocery and convenience store industry. Working under the name C-Store Savings, this new entity offers chains with 10 or more locations two distinct ways to reduce day-to-day operating costs. The group savings option provides pre-negotiated savings on more than 30 expense areas, […]
Posted in, Northeast
Survey Smokers Say CVS Decision Makes It Harder To Buy Cigarettes
A new survey by e-cigarette and vaporizer company V2 examines the impact of CVS’s decision to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. The survey focused on several aspects of the CVS decision, which was implemented in fall 2014, including smokers’ reactions, how their lives have changed since and substitute points of purchase. The survey found that […]
Posted in, Center Store, Southeast, Suppliers
Custard Stand Food Products Will Appear On ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ Feb. 21
Custard Stand Food Products, makers of Custard Stand Hot Dog Chili and Custard Stand Chili Soup with Beef and Beans, is scheduled to appear in an episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 10 p.m. (Eastern time). Dee and Angie Cowger, owners of Custard Stand Food Products, were invited to pitch a […]
Posted in, Northeast
Massachusetts Increases Efforts To Combat Skimming
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation is conducting random inspections of fuel pumps to combat thieves using skimmers to steal credit and debit card information from consumers. In addition to the inspections, a letter recently was sent to more than 50 gas dispenser servicing companies seeking their cooperation in reporting to local law […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
TravelCenters, Minit Mart Co-Locate Fuddruckers At Commerce, Georgia, Location
TravelCenters of America and its Minit Mart brand have opened a new Fuddruckers restaurant, located next to the Minit Mart inside the TA travel center at I-85, Exit 149 (US 441), in Commerce, Georgia. The Texas-based eatery Fuddruckers is known for having the “World’s Greatest Hamburgers®,” made from 100% USDA premium-cut beef with no added fillers and […]
Posted in, Grocery News, National, New Products, Suppliers
2016’s Most Innovative Consumer Products Awarded
Product of the Year USA, the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, has revealed its 2016 award winners. The winning products are selected through the votes of more than 40,000 consumers in a national representative survey each year conducted by research partner TNS, a global leader in consumer research. “Consumers are looking for quick, in-and-out […]
Posted in, Independent Store News, Midwest, Store News
Iowa Town Seeking Grocer
In downtown Emmetsburg, Iowa, there is a building waiting for a grocer. Billie Jo Joyce, economic developer for the city, has raised $300,000 locally to purchase the building, but won’t take that step until the city finds a grocer that will go into it. She also purchased the fixtures inside the building, which currently is […]
Posted in, Northeast
Wegmans Installs Flour Mill Inside Pittsford, New York, Store
Wegmans has installed a flour mill inside its Pittsford, New York, store; it will produce flour to be used in the store’s bakery. It is likely the first mill inside a supermarket in the nation, according to the Rochester-based grocer. The mill is 10 x 4 x 7 feet and is visible in the store. […]
Posted in, Northeast
First CVS Pharmacy Inside Target Debuts
Target has opened the first CVS Pharmacy in the Charlotte, North Carolina, market—marking the first of many conversions in existing Targets and new locations. CVS Health plans to convert 1,672 Target pharmacies to CVS Pharmacy locations around the country on a rolling basis over the next six to eight months. Over time, all of the […]
Posted in, Northeast
Authorities Seize Skimming Devices On Gas Pumps
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) reports convenience retailers are finding skimming devices on dispensers, with reports coming in from Louisiana to New England. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Weights and Measures division, the U.S. Secret Service and local sheriff’s offices continue their investigations into skimming devices found at gasoline pumps. Since June 2015, 25 […]
Posted in, Northeast
Gulf Expands Leadership Team
In its first staffing announcement since it was purchased by Boston private equity firm ArcLight Capital Partners, Gulf Oil says that Jay Davis has been appointed a new team leader for oil supply and trading. Davis, ex-senior director of fuels supply and transportation at 7-Eleven, Citgo and Wawa, brings more than 20 years of energy […]
Posted in, Northeast
Rite Aid Installs Proximity Beacons In U.S. Stores
Rite Aid has installed proximity beacons at each of its more than 4,500 U.S. locations. Rite Aid has partnered with inMarket, which makes its own Bluetooth beacons for Android and IOS. The data collected by such beacons provides brick-and-mortar retailers with the ability to personalize and target offers and coupons based on individual shoppers. inMarket also […]
Posted in, Northeast
Industry Provides Water For Flint, Michigan, Students, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are collectively donating water to meet the daily needs of more than 10,000 school children in Flint, Michigan, for the rest of the calendar year. That translates to 176 truckloads, or up to 6.5 million bottles of water, to help with relief efforts for those […]
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PMA Fresh Connections 2016 World Tour Announced
Fresh produce and floral professionals from across the supply chain and around the world will gather during the 2016 Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Connections World Tour. The tour will kick off in Shanghai, China, in March and end in Santiago, Chile, in November. Overall, the tour includes stops in five of the seven continents […]
Posted in, National
Groupon Names Top 10 Cities With The Friendliest Local Businesses
Groupon has unveiled its annual Best of Groupon collection, which celebrates local businesses across the country for outstanding service and the popularity of their Groupon campaigns. In recognition of this distinction, Groupon analyzed customer satisfaction ratings to determine which places had the friendliest local businesses in the nation. “Our annual Best of Groupon collection highlights […]