The new Aldi grocery store in south Durham, N.C., has moved up its opening date by one day to Wednesday, Jan. 11, with the public invited to come sample and tour the store between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The south Durham store is the Essen, Germany-based company’s first location in Durham and features the […]
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Piggly Wiggly Fined for Child Labor Violations
More than a dozen Piggly Wiggly stores in Alabama and Mississippi are facing fines for what the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division calls “significant violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s child labor and wage provision.” The following is a news release from the division: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and […]
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Dollar General to Open 625 New Stores in 2012
Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General Corp. plans to open 625 new stores and create more than 6,000 new jobs in 2012, reports the Nashville Business Journal. The new stores will open in the 38 states where the retailer operates, plus California and Massachusetts. The chain currently operates 9,800 stores. As of 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, […]
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Superlo Store to Fill Former Schnucks in Southaven, Miss.
Stepherson Inc. dba Superlo Foods is taking over the former Schnucks location in Southaven, Miss., on the Tennessee border. The Memphis-based grocer has signed a lease for the property at 975 Goodman Rd. in the Southaven Commons shopping center, reports the Memphis Business Journal. Schnucks vacated the 55,000-s.f. property in September after selling most of […]
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Kimberly-Clark to Open Southaven, Tenn., Distribution Center
Kimberly-Clark Corp. is planning to open a new distribution center in Southaven, Tenn.—taking yet another large space off the local industrial market, according to local real estate sources. The Dallas-based personal care products company has targeted Airways Distribution Center Building D for the operation, reports the Memphis Business Journal. The 556,600-s.f. building in Southaven was […]
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Coca-Cola Expanding Auburndale Facility, Adding 60 Jobs
Coca-Cola Refreshments is investing $99 million to expand its Main Street juice production facility in Auburndale, Fla. The expansion also includes adding 60 new jobs with an average salary above both the county and state averages, according to the Orlando Business Journal. “Coca-Cola’s choice of Auburndale for its expansion is a testament to the state’s […]
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Discount Grocer to Open in Triangle Region of N.C.
The Lowes Food grocery store in Oxford has closed down and will be converting into the Triangle (North Carolina) region’s first JustSave discount grocery location when the store reopens on Oct. 28, according to comments made to the Triangle Business Journal by representatives of both companies. The JustSave concept—referred to as Lowes’ “frugal cousin”—is a […]
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Bottom Dollar Heading Disaster Relief Campaig
Bottom Dollar Food is inviting its customers to participate in the grocer’s Hurricane Irene disaster-relief campaign through Sept. 6 in support of the American Red Cross. The company has partnered with the national humanitarian organization to accept register donations at Bottom Dollar Food stores in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas, as well as […]
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Winn-Dixie to Convert SaveRite Stores
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has announced that it will convert all SaveRite-branded grocery stores to conventional Winn-Dixie-branded stores and discontinue the SaveRite banner. “Phasing out the SaveRite banner makes sense and supports Winn-Dixie’s neighborhood marketing strategy. For several years, Winn-Dixie’s business strategy has placed an emphasis on merchandising to the needs, tastes and preferences of local […]
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Tainted Beef Leads to Grocery Store Recall
At least three major grocery store chains have recalled some of their ground beef packages because they could be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., Publix Super Markets Inc. and Kroger Co. announced the recalls mainly in the southeastern U.S. and said they stem from problems at the National Beef Packaging Co. of […]
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East Cobb Now Has a Whole Foods
Signaling the completion of its major redevelopment of Merchant’s Walk, Edens & Avant will officially open the Whole Foods Market in East Cobb County tomorrow.