Houston-based Fiesta Mart will host a grand reopening of its store at 800 S. Wayside Drive on Wednesday. The store is the first full-store remodel for the grocery chain after the company acquired 11 Minyard Food Stores earlier this summer. This week’s ribbon-cutting event will kick off several store redesigns for Fiesta. In addition, the […]
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Associated Wholesale Grocers To Join ROFDA
Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA) today said that Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) will become a member of the cooperative. The addition of AWG will increase the aggregated total of ROFDA to represent more than $24 billion in wholesale revenue with more than 9,000 independent retail grocers and more than $60 billion in retail […]
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Gordy’s ‘Meat Guy’ Completes Ultra-Marathon To Aid Grocer’s Food Bank Auction
Gordy’s Market held its 12th annual Feed My People live charity auction earlier this month, with all proceeds from the event going to the Feed My People Food Bank of Wisconsin. Feed My People is the only food bank in West Central Wisconsin, providing food to more than 125 hunger-relief organizations in 14 different counties. […]
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Clark’s Market In Aspen Gets Floor-To-Ceiling Makeover
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest They are discreet in Aspen. Sure, celebrities pass through Clark’s Market, and the staff recognizes some of them. Usually they send their chefs, but they do come in from time to time. That’s according to Tom Clark Jr., who is president of the eight-store chain serving western Colorado and eastern Utah. He […]
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Dollar General Will Debut First North Dakota Stores Next Spring
Construction is under way on five new Dollar General stores in southeastern North Dakota, marking the chain’s entry into the state. The stores are expected to celebrate grand openings in spring 2017 and, when completed, will expand the company’s presence to 44 states across the country. “Expanding our footprint into North Dakota provides Dollar General […]
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Hank Meijer Talks About Minding The Customer
Hank Meijer recently recounted some history and possibly recruited future employees at Western Michigan University during the annual Food Marketing Conference, where he spoke about “Minding Our Customers.” Retailing starts with a truism that Meijer said is as important today as it was when his grandfather opened a tiny grocery store in 1934 in Greenville. “Our […]
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Harris Teeter Opening New Maryland Store On Wednesday
Harris Teeter will open its 11th Maryland store in Bethesda on Aug. 24. The Flats 8300 location at 4805 Battery Lane will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony beginning at 8 a.m. The unit will be open 24 hours-seven days a week and include eight checkouts and four express checkouts. Among the store’s features […]
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The ‘Megatrends’ That Are Spurring Change Across The Grocery Industry
In 1930, the first supermarket opened in the U.S., revolutionizing how consumers bought food by focusing on value and convenience. Since then, grocery stores have stayed relatively the same, with only incremental changes. Today, megatrends in the industry are catapulting the supermarket as its known today into the future, as detailed in “The Revolution of […]
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Rouses’ Leader Preps For First Baton Rouge Store Opening As Rebuilding Of Flooded Unit Begins
Donny Rouse stays busy, but his schedule has been especially challenging over the last several days. The managing partner of Rouses Markets, the nearly 50-store chain based in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is getting renovations under way at the grocer’s Denham Springs unit, which was destroyed by the historic and deadly floods that inundated the southern portion of […]
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Demographics Don’t Tell The Whole Story…But Store Managers Do
For years, grocery retailers followed a simple formula to identify their key customer. The target was a woman 19 to 49 years old. Why? Because this group most often was married, had children, were homemakers and did the majority of grocery shopping. Their shopping list was usually made up of recipes for family meals. As […]
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Boston Salad Shop Reopens After Health Violations Are Fixed
Boston health inspectors temporarily closed Sweetgreen, an upscale salad shop in the Back Bay section of Boston until 20 health code violations were fixed. The cited location reopened late last week after a re-inspection by health inspectors. Sweetgreen, located at 659 Boylston Street, was cited for issues related to improper sanitation, improper food temperatures and […]
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Congressman Visits VERC Store As Part Of NACS ‘In-Store’ Program, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Visitors to the VERC Enterprises store in Plymouth, Massachusetts, had the chance recently to say hello to a special guest—U.S. Congressman Bill Keating. Keating visited as part of the NACS “In Store” event sponsored by the National Association of Convenience Stores. Keating met with VERC Enterprises President and CEO Leo […]
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Louisiana Leaders: Industry Can Help Those In Path Of Historic Floods
As is the norm when it comes to natural disasters, grocers and others in the industry are wondering what they can do to help those impacted by the historic flooding in Louisiana. “Over the last 10 days, heavy rains have been falling in South Louisiana but, over the last three to four days, extraordinary amounts […]
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2016 Independent Grocers Financial Survey: Same-Store Sales Increase 2.1 Percent
FMS and the National Grocers Association (NGA) have released the results of the 2016 Independent Grocers Financial Survey, covering fiscal year 2015. This joint study polled independent supermarket operators in 38 states and four Canadian provinces on their financial performance and business strategies, and provides an in-depth look at the economic, political and competitive landscape […]
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Lidl Establishing Another Regional HQ/DC
Lidl, one of the world’s largest retailers that is preparing to open its first U.S. stores, plans to establish a new regional headquarters and distribution center in the Principio Business Park in Cecil County, Maryland, as part of its U.S. expansion. The company says it will invest $100 million in the project and create 100 […]
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Macey’s Donation Helps Renovate Local Children’s Hospital’s Angel Garden
The Angel Garden at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, reopened Monday as a redesigned refuge for patients, families and staff—thanks to generous donations from Macey’s guests and vendors. The garden renovation was made possible from Macey’s customers, with an additional contribution from Macey’s Food stores—totaling $73,000 for Macey’s 2016 Caring for Kids […]
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Supervalu Says It Continues To Prepare For Possible Save-A-Lot Spinoff
Supervalu reaffirmed Tuesday that it is preparing for a separation of its Save-A-Lot business. As part of that process, the Minneapolis-based company has pursued and continues to pursue a spinoff of Save-A-Lot. Supervalu says, however, that it is prepared to consider other alternatives to improve stockholder value and, in this regard, also is evaluating a […]
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Column: Getting A Boost From Nutrition Bars
by Naomi Sleeper Director of Business Development Imperial Distributors As the sun makes an appearance in the summer, so do we…on bike paths, hiking and running trails, waterfronts, sports fields; any outside venue, really. The seasonal upswing in outdoor activities, enhanced by a growing focus on wellness and active lifestyles, means a boost in the […]
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Trading Company Stores President: Humor Is A Differentiator
Trading Company Stores President Paul Matejovsky had no intention of being in the grocery business. He grew up in Montana, spending “half my time on a saddle horse and the other half on a tractor. I was going to be a cowboy, baby.” He told those gathered for the ROFDA Spring Conference in Coeur d’Alene, […]
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Walmart Annual Meeting: McMillon Says Company Will ‘Reimagine Retail’
On Friday, June 3, at Walmart’s 46th annual shareholders meeting, President and CEO Doug McMillon urged the company’s 2.3 million associates to get behind the company’s vision, saying, “We have the opportunity to reimagine retail again.” As part of this “reimagining,” McMillon announced that Walmart is now working with Uber and other partners to test […]