Burris Logistics, a specialist in temperature controlled supply chain solutions, has renewed its supply agreement with The Fresh Market, the North Carolina-based specialty grocery retailer with revenues of more than $1.7 billion and stores in 27 states across the U.S. “When we began to redesign the supply chain process for The Fresh Market in 2007, […]
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Sheetz Opening New North Carolina Stores Today
Sheetz is opening new stores at 5230 Beauchamp Lane in Winston-Salem and 2350 South Main Street in Lexington, North Carolina, today. “Sheetz is experiencing a lot of growth companywide, and we have done a tremendous amount of growth in the North Carolina market,” said Sheetz’s Ryan Sheetz. “North Carolina is a great fit for us. […]
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Food Lion To Remodel Stores In Raleigh Market Beginning Next Month
Food Lion plans to remodel its Raleigh, North Carolina, market stores in 2015. “We’re proud to have been a part of the Raleigh community since 1975 and are excited to bring our Raleigh customers our newest format stores,” said Food Lion President Meg Ham. “We’ve heard from our customers that they’re seeking an easy, quick, […]
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Save-A-Lot’s Newest Stores Focus On Fresh
Over the past month, Supervalu’s hard-discount grocery banner, Save-A-Lot, has opened 13 new stores across eight states—its latest last week in Rockford, Illinois. The banner’s newest stores, according to company officials, focus on fresh, with a “commitment to bring “fresh produce, dairy and meats” to their communities. The new stores are a combination of corporate-owned […]
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Publix Sees Sales And Earnings Increases In 4Q, 2014
Publix’s sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $7.9 billion, a 6.9 percent increase from the previous year’s $7.4 billion. Comparable-store sales for the fourth quarter increased 6.4 percent. Net earnings for the fourth quarter were $453.3 million, compared to $422.0 million in 2013, an increase of 7.4 percent. Earnings per share for the […]
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Coca-Cola Celebrating 100th Anniversary Of Iconic Bottle This Year
A design so distinctive that it could be recognized by touch alone and so unique that it could be identified when shattered on the ground. This was the vision for the Coca-Cola bottle, which turns 100 this year. To mark the milestone, The Coca-Cola Co. is celebrating with a yearlong campaign that includes new advertising, […]
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Sheetz’s 500th Store Opening Feb. 24 In North Carolina
Sheetz will celebrate the opening of its 500th store Feb. 24 with free coffee at all its stores. At the 500th location, at 1810 Liberty Drive in Thomasville, North Carolina, a grand opening event will take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 24. “Sheetz is experiencing exponential growth, and this marks a significant milestone, not […]
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Believe In Heroes Campaign Raises $21M+ For Wounded Warrior Project
Jacksonville, Florida-based Acosta Sales & Marketing has reported that the 2014 “Believe in Heroes” campaign raised $5,765,292 in support of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). This donation brings the cause marketing campaign’s total contributions to more than $21 million since Acosta founded the program five years ago. WWP is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to […]
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Teamsters Approve New Contracts At MillerCoors Breweries In N.C., Texas
Teamsters at MillerCoors breweries in Eden, North Carolina, and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new three-year contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provide lifetime retiree healthcare benefits. Members of Local 391 and 997 at each location voted earlier this month to ratify the contracts by 88 percent. “Our […]
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P&G Building State-Of-The-Art Manufacturing Plant In West Virginia
The Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) will build a multi-category manufacturing facility in Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the eastern panhandle of the state near the town of Tabler Station. When the plant opens in 2017, it will be one of the most advanced and sustainable plants among P&G’s global manufacturing and supply chain operations, the […]
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Rouses To Take Over Two Winn-Dixie Stores In Louisiana
Rouses Markets plans to open new stores in Kenner and Ponchatoula, Louisiana, taking over buildings that currently are occupied by Winn-Dixie. The New Orleans Advocate reports that Rouses will open in Keener this summer at 4041 Williams Boulevard, moving out of its current spot at 1000 West Esplanade. “The whole shopping center there is kind […]
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Publix Settles Overtime Pay Case
Publix Super Markets has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lengthy legal battle about overtime pay. The Ledger reports that the settlement was approved the first week of February in Tennessee federal court, bringing an end to a collective lawsuit filed in May 2012. Lakeland, Florida-based Publix had been accused of failing to […]
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Snyder’s-Lance Names New Better-For-You Division Clearview Foods, Appoints GM
Snyder’s-Lance Inc.’s new division that will focus on developing innovative and better-for-you snacking options now has a name: Clearview Foods. The division will concentrate its efforts on growing the Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps, Eat Smart and Late July Organic Snacks products, according to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Snyder’s-Lance, which first announced the new division last year. […]
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Martin’s Will Be ‘Official Supermarket’ Of 2015 Richmond Cycling Event
Richmond 2015, the organizer of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, says that Martin’s Food Markets will join its team of major corporate partners of the nine-day cycling event that will be held in Richmond, Virginia, in September. Martin’s, operating 24 grocery stores in central Virginia, will be the “Official Supermarket” of this year’s UCI […]
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Bi-Lo Hires International Exec As President/CEO
At the end of the day Thursday, Jan. 22, Bi-Lo Holdings announced its choice for its new president and CEO. Ian McLeod, whose 30-year career in the food industry includes overseeing more than 2,000 Coles stores in Australia, will become president and CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based Bi-Lo Holdings on March 2, the same day current president and […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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Chiquita Closing North Carolina HQ After Buyout
Following its recent acquisition by the Cutrale-Safra Group, Chiquita Brands International will close its corporate headquarters in North Carolina. The banana producer’s Charlotte operations, where about 300 employees work, will shut down over the next year to 18 months, interim CEO Brian Kocher said. His statement to employees didn’t describe where the headquarters would be […]
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Fred’s Appoints Former Family Dollar Exec President, COO
Fred’s Inc. has named Michael K. Bloom president and COO. Bloom brings to Fred’s more than 30 years of experience in small-box general merchandising, supply chain management and store operations. He most recently served as the president and COO of Family Dollar Stores Inc. Fred’s Chairman Michael J. Hayes said, “Our board of directors views […]