The Fresh Market will open a store in Turtle Creek, Texas, on May 6 and another store in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on May 13. The 26,000-s.f. Turtle Creek store at 3878 Oak Lawn Avenue in the Turtle Creek Village shopping center will mark the company’s seventh Texas store and its third in the greater Dallas […]
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Meijer Debuts New Supercenters In Manistee And Alpena, Michigan
Meijer last week opened two new supercenters in Michigan—one at 15 Caberfae Highway in Manistee in western Michigan and another at 1251 M-32 West in Alpena on the northern end of the state. Both stores are 190,000 s.f. The grocery options that Meijer offers include more than 600 varieties of farm-fresh produce and a meat […]
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Hy-Vee’s Edeker Elected Board Chair For National Association Of Chain Drug Stores
Hy-Vee Inc. Board Chairman, CEO and President Randy Edeker was elected chairman of the board for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) at the trade organization’s annual meeting in Florida last week. As chairman of the board, Edeker will work with the NACDS board of directors, the organization’s officers and executive committee members […]
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7-Eleven Franchisee Sentenced For Exploiting Illegal Workers, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief 7-Eleven franchisee Farrukh Baig has been sentenced in federal court to 87 months in prison following his guilty plea to committing wire fraud and concealing and harboring illegal aliens employed at 7-Eleven franchise stores throughout Long Island, New York, and Virginia… Japan Tobacco Inc. will acquire Logic Technology Development, a […]
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2015 BGC Golf Tournament Raises $500K For Charity
Approximately $500,000 was raised Monday through the 27th annual Brookshire’s Benefit Golf Tournament. The funds will be distributed among more than 100 children’s charities throughout Brookshire Grocery Co.’s (BGC) three-state market area. More than 660 golfers—comprised of BGC leaders, representatives from more than 230 vendor companies and other business associates—competed at six golf courses throughout […]
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Ahold USA Furthers Plans For Fresh Formats Division, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief Fresh Formats LLC, a division of Ahold USA, is developing a new grocery shopping experience that will be introduced later this year. Fresh Formats opened a small store in Philadelphia in December called “Everything Fresh.” Suzi Robinson of Fresh Formats said, “We consider it a learning lab and are focused on gaining […]
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Ahold USA Furthers Plans For Fresh Formats Division, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief Fresh Formats LLC, a division of Ahold USA, is developing a new grocery shopping experience that will be introduced later this year. Fresh Formats opened a small store in Philadelphia in December called “Everything Fresh.” Suzi Robinson of Fresh Formats said, “We consider it a learning lab and are focused on gaining […]
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Weis Announces $92M Capital Expansion Plan
Weis Markets Chairman Jonathan Weis says his company plans to invest $92 million in the growth and upgrade of its store base, information technology systems and supply chain. At the company’s annual shareholders meeting April 23, Weis said, “We continue to invest in the upgrade of our store base and information technology infrastructure. In 2015, we […]
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E-Cigarette Use By Teenagers Rises As Smoking Drops, And More…
C-Store News In Brief A new report released by the CDC shows that 13 percent of middle and high school students used electronic cigarettes in 2014—triple the number from the year before. At the same time, the share of high school students who smoked traditional cigarettes declined substantially, to 9 percent in 2014 from 16 […]
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Target Settles With MasterCard On Data Breach Impact To Card Users, And More…
New Channels News In Brief Target has entered into a settlement agreement with MasterCard relative to the data breach that Target experienced during the fourth quarter of 2013. Under the agreement, alternative recovery offers will be made by MasterCard to eligible MasterCard issuers worldwide that issued MasterCard-branded payment cards claimed to have been affected by the […]
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NACS Toolkit Shares Strategies For Success In Site Approval And Zoning
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has published a new Site Approval Toolkit to share strategies for retailers seeking zoning approvals. The 32-page NACS Site Approval Toolkit is designed to help convenience retailers—whether a one-store operator or chain looking to grow store count or modernize a site’s operations—better understand the planning process and address community […]
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Brookshire’s Hosts Grand Reopenings At Two Renovated Louisiana Stores
Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) on Wednesday celebrated the reopening of two of its Louisiana stores following remodeling work. The stores are located at 7920 DeSiard in Monroe and 802 Broadway in Delhi. The ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Monroe store featured remarks from Mayor Jamie Mayo, Chamber of Commerce President Sue Nicholson and Brookshire Grocery Co. […]
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NACS: Fuel Contributes To A Successful, Historic Year For C-Stores
Buoyed in part by low fuel prices, the U.S. convenience store industry had record in-store sales of $214.9 billion in 2014, higher than overall industry sales in 1998, according to figures released by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). Overall industry sales for 2014 reached $697.5 billion. The industry’s 2014 numbers were announced April […]
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NACS: Consumer Optimism Strengthens As Gas Prices Remain Low
A majority of Americans say they are optimistic about the economy and low gas prices are driving the optimism. Overall, 52 percent of Americans are optimistic about the economy, an eight-point jump from March. Those most optimistic are younger consumers age 18-34 (58 percent) and those in the West (58 percent), according to survey results […]
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The United Family To Offer Guests Tax Day Relief With Free Comfort Food
Guests of The United Family of stores will get a special break on Tax Day when they are treated to free beans and cornbread Wednesday, April 15, at 65 participating United Supermarkets, Market Street, Albertsons Market and Amigos locations in West Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth and New Mexico. The comfort food will be available from 4-8 […]
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Marsh To Close Four Indiana Stores
Marsh Supermarkets said Thursday that it will close four of its stores within the next few weeks. “After extensive review, it has been determined these stores do not meet our business requirements regarding sales or future growth potential going forward,” the company said. “While it is a difficult decision, the Marsh management team is committed […]
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Quick Mart Opens First L.A. Store As Franchise Expands
Los Angeles could see several more green and gold signs popping up atop new convenience store locations in the next year or two, India West reports. After a recent string of Quick Mart grand openings at the outer edges of Southern California’s two major metropolitan markets, the new convenience store chain christened its latest franchisee operation […]
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Walgreens To Close 200 Stores
Walgreens plans to close about 200 U.S. stores, part of the drugstore chain’s $1 billion cost-reduction plan announced last fall. The national chain made the announcement as part of a larger corporate reorganization plan, including streamlining its information technology and other in-house functions. The company expects that the changes will result in a cost savings […]
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FDA Tobacco Director To Speak At NATO Show, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief Mitch Zeller, director of the Federal Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, will be the guest speaker of the 2015 National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) Show, April 22-23 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He will update attendees on the pending regulations on all tobacco […]
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Lottery Sales At The Pump Is A Possibility In Pennsylvania
If the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission has its way, the state may soon follow in the footsteps of other states like California and Minnesota in launching pumpside lottery ticket sales throughout the state. Pennsylvania Lottery officials recently told a State Senate committee in Harrisburg that they have begun exploring play-at-the-pump lottery ticket availability. The Lottery Commission also […]