The Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association (TGCSA) held its annual legislative “Day on the Hill” on Feb. 2. A strong contingent of food industry retailers, suppliers and manufacturers fanned out across Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, talking to lawmakers about legislation affecting the upcoming implementation of wine in grocery stores, a bottle deposit bill and the […]
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Winn-Dixie Unveils Newly Remodeled Baymeadows Store In Jacksonville
Shoppers entering the newly remodeled Winn-Dixie store in Baymeadows (Jacksonville, Florida) will see a lot more than they might have expected. “I always like a sense of arrival,” said Ian McLeod, president and CEO of Southeastern Grocers, which owns the Winn-Dixie banner. At the start, they’ll see the large produce section. To their right and […]
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Kroger Announces Rick Going’s Retirement, Names Two Division Presidents
The Kroger Co. today announced the retirement of Nashville Division President Rick Going and the promotion of Zane Day to succeed him. Day currently serves as VP of operations in the company’s Smith’s Division. Going joined Kroger in 1981 as a management trainee in the Cincinnati/Dayton Division. He advanced to serve in many leadership roles […]
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New Doris Italian Market & Bakery Opens In North Palm Beach
Doris Italian Market and Bakery has opened a new North Palm Beach location. An official grand opening celebration, complete with food and wine tastings and a ribbon cutting, will take place Feb. 20. The 22,000 s.f. location is the largest and the company says most unique of the six Doris Italian Market locations in Broward […]
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Wojtkowiak Appointed VP Of Operations For Kroger Atlanta
Jeff Wojtkowiak, VP of operations for Kroger’s Columbus Division in Ohio, has been named VP of operations for the company’s Atlanta Division. He replaces Charles Mitchell, who retired in December. “Jeff brings 34 years of operations and merchandising experience to this position,” said Bruce Lucia, president of Kroger’s Atlanta Division. “We look forward to his […]
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Wynn’s Market In Naples Launching Home Delivery And Store Pickup Service
Wynn’s Market, a grocery retailer in Naples, Florida, is rolling out home delivery and store pickup service. The service is being launched through Digital Foodie, creator of the Foodie.fm platform. Wynn’s, located at 141 Ninth Street North, will use use Foodie’s personalized online grocery platform to provide its customers a modern online ordering service, according to […]
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Food Lion Donating 49K Meals In Honor Of Panthers’ 49-15 Championship Win
Food Lion will donate 49,000 meals to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina through Food Lion Feeds in honor of the North Carolina Panthers scoring 49 points in Sunday’s championship game in Charlotte. The grocer is donating 1,000 meals for each point scored during the game. The Panthers bested the Arizona Cardinals, 49-15, over the […]
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Report: Publix Expected To Open First College Campus Store Next Year At USF
The first Publix supermarket ever to open on a college campus will come to the University of South Florida in Tampa by fall 2017, The Tampa Tribune reports. The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public universities, approved the project Thursday, according to the newspaper. As the Tribune says, the unit will be […]
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Jack Daniel’s Marks 150th Anniversary Of Its Tennessee Distillery In 2016
Jack Daniel’s is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, in 2016. Through events, special promotions and new products, Jack Daniel’s says it will share the authentic stories of America’s oldest registered distillery with friends of Jack, both old and new. In 1866, Jasper “Jack” Daniel had the foresight to […]
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Report: Wegmans Looks To Debut First North Carolina Store In Cary
Wegmans Food Markets is looking to open its first North Carolina store in Cary across the street from Cary Towne Center, The News & Observer reports. The newspaper says the family-owned company, headquartered in Rochester, New York, is eying a site on a 90-acre tract north of the mall. The land is owned by Columbia […]
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Acosta Names Corley COO, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… Acosta has named Tom Corley, former Kraft executive, COO. He is responsible for overseeing the sales and foodservice divisions, deepening consumer packaged goods clients and customer relationships, identifying retail operating strategies and developing a differentiated sales organization. Corley has more than 30 years of industry experience with the Kraft Foods Group […]
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Publix Announces Executive Changes Following Crenshaw/Jones News
Just days after Publix Super Markets announced the upcoming retirement of its 65-year-old CEO, Ed Crenshaw, and the promotion of company President Todd Jones, 53, to that role, Publix has promoted several others. With Jones’ promotion to president and CEO, CFO David Phillips will assume additional responsibilities and be promoted to EVP and CFO. Miami […]
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Weigel’s Debuts New Store Featuring Company’s Latest Design In Clinton, Tennessee
Weigel’s, East Tennessee’s oldest local dairy, has opened its newest full-service convenience store in Clinton, at 2409 Charles G. Seivers Boulevard. The state-of-the-art convenience store is Knoxville-based Weigel’s 63rd store. A first for Weigel’s at this interstate location off I-75 are four wide diesel fuel bays. Long drive-thrus on entrance and exit make access easy […]
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Work On Lucky’s Market In Orlando Begins
Work to transform a vacant fitness center in east Orlando into a Lucky’s Market is under way. The store will be the first in Orlando for the Colorado-based grocer. The Orlando Business Journal reports that the 35,000-s.f. Lucky’s is in the Alafaya Village shopping center on the southwest corner of Colonial Drive and Alafaya Trail in […]
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7-Eleven, Publix And Naifeh’s Sell Three Winning Powerball Tickets
While the identities of the three winners of Wednesday’s record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot aren’t yet known, the stores that sold the prize tickets are. The tickets were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee. The California ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills. Florida’s prize ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store in Melbourne […]
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Publix’s Crenshaw To Retire, New CEO Named
Publix Super Markets CEO Ed Crenshaw today said he plans to retire as the company’s CEO on April 30. Publix President Todd Jones will succeed Crenshaw. Crenshaw began his Publix career in 1974 as a front-service clerk in Lake Wales, Florida. After working in a variety of retail and support positions, he was promoted to director […]
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Family Dollar’s Levine Leaving With Dollar Tree Integration Complete
Dollar Tree said Friday that Howard R. Levine has completed his role in the integration of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree and is stepping down as an officer of the company, effective Jan. 15. On July 6, 2015, Dollar Tree completed its acquisition of more than 8,200 Family Dollar stores across 46 states. The company […]
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‘The Soup Nazi’ Coming To Kroger Atlanta
The “Seinfeld” Soupman, also known as “The Soup Nazi” who made the phrase “No soup for you!” famous, is coming to Atlanta for several days in January to visit Kroger and ladle up soup, while sharing the secret recipes behind the soups made famous on the iconic “Seinfeld” TV show. The Soupman also will donate […]
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Supplier Spotlight: ‘Not The Wise Of Yesteryear’
by Kristen Cloud/staff writer Jolie Weber has been leading Wise Foods since June, but the CPG veteran has been with the Atlanta-based company for nearly 12 years—holding executive leadership roles in areas ranging from marketing to finance. “I have always been in the consumer packaged goods industry,” Weber says. “My first job out of college […]
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TGCSA Hosting Training Seminar Ahead Of Wine Coming To Food Retailers Next Year
The Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association (TGCSA) on Jan. 20 will host a training seminar for the state’s retailers that plan to bring wine to their shelves in July 2016. These retailers “will have to navigate a complicated set of rules and regulations,” according to TGCSA. One requirement for retailers is to certify clerks […]