Blue Bell Ice Cream has rolled out a redesigned website created for the company by its advertising agency, Houston-based Richards/Carlberg. Blue Bell hopes that consumers looking for information about the company and its products will find the new site easier to navigate. The site also has a new look. Working with Blue Bell’s in-house marketing […]
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A2 Milk Among Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies
Business magazine Fast Company has named The a2 Milk Co. as one of its “Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Food” for 2018, one of 36 categories that recognizes pioneering companies across industries. The categories range from artificial intelligence to wellness and honor “leading enterprises as well as rising newcomers that exemplify the best in business and […]
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Walmart Reports 23 Percent Increase In E-Commerce Sales In 4Q
Walmart U.S. this week released highlights from its fourth quarter and its fiscal year. In the fourth quarter, total revenue was $136.3 billion, an increase of $5.3 billion, or 4.1 percent. Excluding currency, total revenue was $135.1 billion, an increase of $4.1 billion, or 3.1 percent. Comp sales increased 2.6 percent, and comp traffic increased […]
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Big Red Stores To Open Three New Central Arkansas Locations This Year
Big Red Stores has begun construction on its 37th c-store in Central Arkansas, located in North Little Rock on Counts Massie Road. The store will serve the Maumelle and North Little Rock Communities, and it will incorporate the company’s new contemporary design, developed to meet changing customer needs, says Big Red. The new store will feature […]
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HAC Seeks To Build Awareness Around Employee-Owned Companies
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest There is something special about employee-owned companies. Marc Jones, president and CEO of HAC Inc., sees it as an attribute that attracts both employees and customers. “An employee-owned business is seen as a big plus in both groups, which is kind of a fun thing,” he told The Shelby Report’s Jan Meade, […]
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7-Eleven Adds Pizza For The Morning Crowd
Participating 7-Eleven stores have added a new choice to their breakfast menus. The new item is a ready-to-eat breakfast pizza made with smoked bacon, breakfast sausage, hickory-smoked ham, scrambled eggs, cheddar and mozzarella cheese, and peppered cream gravy on top of a flaky biscuit crust. The hot breakfast pizza is part of 7-Eleven stores’ two-for-$2 […]
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Brookshire Bros. Brings Online Ordering To East Texas With Rosie
Brookshire Brothers, a 121-store retailer with locations throughout Texas and Louisiana, is joining the network of independent retailers who have selected Rosie to bring online shopping to their customers. Brookshire Brothers Anywhere Powered by Rosie is initially launching with curbside pickup and delivery at two locations in the retailer’s home market of Lufkin, Texas, on Feb. 19. “Our […]
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Love’s Travel Stops Expands In Texas, Enters New Part Of Iowa
A new Love’s Travel Stop opened its doors last week in Alma, Texas, at 105 SE Interstate 45 (Exit 246). The 12,000-s.f. facility is open 24/7. It features Chester’s Chicken, Godfather’s Pizza and Subway restaurants, laundry capabilities, a game room, coffee, fountain drinks, gift items, name-brand snacks and more. Professional drivers can take advantage of amenities […]
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Cryovac And Kane Beef Roll Out New Clipless Ground Beef Packages
Kane Beef has launched a new metal-free alternative to traditional ground beef chubs. The plastic, clipless ground beef chub option was first introduced by Kane in partnership with Cryovac in December 2017 and has been well received by grocers across the South, the company says. Kane Beef currently is the only packer offering the chub. […]
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Allsup’s Convenience Stores Founder Passes Away At 84
Allsup’s Convenience Stores founder Mr. Lonnie D. Allsup, 84, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Jan. 28 at his home. Mr. Allsup was born Sept. 7, 1933, in Lubbock, Texas, to Roy and Ellen Reed Allsup. He was raised in and graduated from high school in Morton, Texas, where he played football and basketball. After graduation […]
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Reasor’s Refocuses To Keep Up With Evolving Needs Of Shoppers
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor—Midwest and Southwest Several factors are driving change at Tahlequah, Oklahoma-based Reasor’s as it celebrates its 55th anniversary this year. Perhaps the most significant will be the ability to sell full-strength beer and wine beginning in October. For decades, Oklahoma grocery stores have only been allowed to offer beer that is 3.2 percent […]
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Aurora Organic Dairy Names New CEO, Peperzak Stays On As Executive Chairman
Scott McGinty has been named CEO of Aurora Organic Dairy as the company’s founder, Marc Peperzak, assumes a new role as executive chairman. McGinty brings 20 years of direct category experience and varied perspectives to the role as CEO, the company says. After joining Aurora at its inception to establish product distribution, he was asked […]
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Former Supervalu President And COO Joins Logile’s Advisory Board
Mike Jackson, former President and COO of Supervalu, has joined Logile as an advisory board member. According to the company, Jackson’s leadership and executive guidance will help support its “transformation from a workforce and execution management provider of software and consulting services to become an even more significant player with an even larger industry footprint […]
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Recommended: Walmart—Why We’re Helping More Customers Scan And Go
By Justin Rushing Walmart Communications Our customers have made it clear: They want more ways to save time and money. For many, Scan & Go is doing just that, and now we’re helping even more customers across the country save time with this fast, simple and easy way to check out. That’s right. We’re expanding […]
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Sam’s Club Confirms Reports Of Store Closures Nationwide
Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Stores Inc., late yesterday announced changes to the business unit’s U.S. real estate portfolio, with the closure of 63 clubs around the country. The company’s press release came after local and national news outlets across the country reported that some Sam’s Club employees reported to work yesterday morning to […]
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Big Red’s Hydrive And Xyience Expand With New Flavors, Distribution
Hydrive Energy Water, a zero-calorie energy water, has launched two new flavors, Kiwi Melon and Grape Fusion. The new offerings join four other flavors (Black Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Triple Berry and Citrus Burst) in Hydrive’s line of hydration products with B vitamins and caffeine. Grape Fusion was a fan favorite of Hydrive’s prior full-calorie line. After […]
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Raw Honey Producer Rice’s Honey Names Former Teasdale Exec CCO
Rice’s Honey, a producer of U.S.-only raw and unfiltered honey for the retail, club and foodservice channels, has named Cale Nelson as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). Nelson, a graduate of SMU Cox School of Business, is a 15-year CPG executive and brings with him an extensive proven track record of “igniting value for […]
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7-Eleven Launches Its First USDA Organic, Cold-Pressed Offerings
7-Eleven stores are carrying a new line of organic, cold-pressed proprietary juices. The new juices are part of the retailer’s 7-Select GO!Smart private brand line of better-for-you snacks and beverages. They comes in four varieties: Clean & Green—kale, cucumber, apple, spinach, mint, celery, lime, parsley; Tropical Glow—pineapple, orange, banana, apple, mango, passionfruit, coconut water; Berry & Bright—Tart cherry, carrot, blackberry, […]
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Southern Glazer’s, Jarboe Sales To Form Joint Venture In Oklahoma
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, a North American wine and spirits distribution company, has signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture distributorship with Jarboe Sales Co. that will create an integrated wine, spirits and beer wholesaling operation serving the state of Oklahoma. The joint venture, which will operate under the name Southern […]
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And Then There Were Two: Texas Now Has Dallas And Houston Kroger Divisions
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a Special Section honoring Kroger as our Southwest Retailer of the Year. See the complete story in the December edition of The Shelby Report of the Southwest. The Kroger Co. has served Texas grocery shoppers since 1958. In August 2015, Kroger split its Southwest division into two. Now there […]