A new 47,800-s.f. Whole Foods Market store will open Nov. 4 at 10th and Gilman streets in Berkeley, Calif. The store will be Whole Foods’ second location in Berkeley and the 41st in the Northern California region. The Austin, Texas-based grocer has named Jen Monaco as the Berkeley store’s team leader. In this role, Monaco is […]
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Roche Bros. Opening Second Brothers Marketplace Store Next Week
Roche Bros. will open its second Brothers Marketplace store Wednesday, July 30, in Medfield, Mass. The neighborhood market will provide customers with a one-stop grocery shopping and dining experience with a carefully curated selection of local, fresh and specialty foods. The market will emphasize local producers and vendors that have been handpicked by store associates, […]
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Fresh Thyme Opening First Ohio Store Next Month
Grand opening celebrations for Ohio’s first Fresh Thyme Farmers Market will be held in the Dublin community Wednesday, Aug. 13. The store is located at 6670 Sawmill Rd. in Columbus. “Fresh Thyme is honored to be welcomed by the community in Dublin,” CEO Chris Sherrell said. “This grand opening celebration is one way for Fresh […]
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EPA Presents Sprouts In Dunwoody, Ga., With GreenChill Certification As Store Opens Today
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has presented Sprouts Farmers Market in Dunwoody, Ga., with GreenChill Platinum-Level Store Certification, the highest level of certification. EPA Regional Administrator Heather McTeer Toney delivered remarks and made the award presentation Tuesday. GreenChill is an EPA partnership with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on […]
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EV Charging Services Now Available At Mariano’s In Frankfort, Ill.
Roundy’s Supermarkets, through a partnership with CarCharging Group, the largest owner, operator and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, is now offering EV charging services at Mariano’s in Frankfort, Ill. “CarCharging is excited to continue its partnership with Roundy’s and offer another amazing amenity for the Mariano’s shoppers,” said Michael D. Farkas, CEO and […]
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Lucky’s Market Will Open First Wyoming Store Early Next Year
Lucky’s Market plans to open its first Wyoming store in Jackson Hole in early 2015. The 11,500-s.f. store will employ about 100 people and be located at 974 W. Broadway, bringing a wide selection of organic, specialty and gluten-free items to the popular mountain town. “We are excited to bring reasonably priced healthy foods to […]
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Whole Foods To Open In Columbia, Md., Next Month
Whole Foods Market Columbia, the first in Howard County, Md., is set to open Wednesday, Aug. 20. The approximately 50,000-s.f. store, located in the former Rouse Co. building, was designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry for Columbia founder James W. Rouse. “With such an energetic community, beautiful building and scenic location we truly hope […]
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Meijer Breaks Ground On Second Detroit Store
Less than a year after Meijer opened a supercenter at the historical Michigan State Fairgrounds on 8 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, the retailer continued its investment in the city of Detroit today with a formal groundbreaking ceremony for a second supercenter to be located at the site of the former Redford High School on […]
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State Liquor Agency Opens At Buehler’s Wooster Milltown Location
Wednesday marked the official opening of the State Liquor Agency inside Buehler’s Fresh Foods Wooster Milltown supermarket at 3540 Burbank Rd. in Wooster, Ohio. This completes the transfer and relocation agreement of Gary’s Liquor Agency, which Buehler’s purchased in October 2013. Dan Shanahan, president and COO of Buehler’s Fresh Foods, says, “With the highly successful […]
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WinCo Foods Debuting New Duncanville, Texas, Store On Thursday
WinCo Foods will open its third Texas discount supermarket Thursday. The 89,500-s.f. Duncanville store is located at 800 S. Cockrell Hill Rd. The store will initially employ approximately 170 people, 160 of which have been hired locally. Chenille Oggs, who has been with WinCo for nearly eight years, is the Duncanville store manager and transfers from […]
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Stater Bros.’ Riverside Replacement Store Opens Next Week
Stater Bros. will open its Riverside, Calif., replacement store Wednesday, June 25. The new 44,000-s.f. store is 80 percent larger than the current Riverside store, which will close June 24. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 8:15 a.m. and the supermarket will open for business at 9 a.m. The new store at 2841 Mary St. […]
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Harris Teeter Opening Cary, N.C., Store Wednesday
Harris Teeter, a banner of The Kroger Co., will open its newest store Wednesday at Parkside Town Commons in Cary, N.C. The 53,000-s.f. store will be open 24 hours and includes a drive-thru pharmacy that will be open seven days a week. The store, managed by Brad Binford, will have eight checkouts and four USCAN […]
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Fresh Thyme Opening Deerfield, Ill., Store On June 25
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new specialty grocer featuring healthy and organic value-priced offerings, will open its second store Wednesday, June 25, in Deerfield, Ill. The opening follows the company’s debut last month when it opened in Mount Prospect, Ill. The Deerfield Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Harriet Rosenthal will be on site next month […]
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Walmart Buying 5.3 Acres In Denton, Texas, For Neighborhood Market Store
Lockard Cos. says it has finalized the sale of a 5.34-acre parcel of land located in the Teasley Town Square shopping center in Denton, Texas, to Walmart Stores Inc. A new Walmart Neighborhood Market, which is less than one-quarter the size of an average Walmart Supercenter, will be located at the southwest corner of Teasley […]
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Earth Fare Signs Lease For Atlanta Store
Earth Fare, the North Carolina-based organic and natural foods grocer, has signed a lease for a 24,782-s.f. store as part of the second phase of Emory Point in Atlanta. “We’re very excited about Earth Fare anchoring the second phase of Emory Point,” said Larry Gellerstedt, president and CEO of Cousins Properties, which, along with Gables […]
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Stop & Shop Debuting Norwalk Hospital FastCare Clinic In Fairfield, Conn.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has joined with Norwalk Hospital FastCare to introduce a new in-store health clinic to Fairfield, Conn., customers. The clinic, located within Stop & Shop at 1160 Kings Hwy. Cut-off, provides customers with convenient and affordable care for the treatment of a variety of common illnesses and preventative healthcare options. […]
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Natural Grocers Debuts Clackamas, Ore., Store
Natural Grocers opened its seventh Oregon store Tuesday in Clackamas. The store is located at 11424 SE 82nd Ave. “Oregonians are very attuned to healthy living, and Natural Grocers is honored to expand its nutritional offerings with this store opening in Clackamas,” said Kemper Isely, co-president of Colorado-based Natural Grocers. Isely says Natural Grocers changes […]
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Glen’s Food Center In Minn. Recognized For Efforts To End Hunger
Glen’s Food Center in Luverne, Minn., is one of six companies statewide to be recognized for its exceptional efforts to end hunger in its community. Glen’s Food Center participated in the October 2013 “Minnesota’s Own” campaign to end hunger. “Minnesota’s Own” raised food and monetary donations to provide more than 7.4 million meals to Minnesota […]
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Buehler’s Wooster Milltown Launches Promotions To Engage Customers During Remodel
In anticipation of Phase 3 of its remodel, Buehler’s Wooster Milltown is rolling out two promotions to allow customers to become part of the Ohio store’s history—with a permanent presence at the front entrance. • Sign the Beam: Customers are invited to sign a structural steel I-beam that will be lifted and become part of […]
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Whole Foods Opening Frisco, Colo., Store Next Week
Whole Foods Market will open its Frisco, Colo., store at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, following a bread-breaking ceremony, remarks from company and local officials as well as a donation to High Country Conservation Center. The 32,000-s.f. store will feature fresh, local and organic produce, local meats from ranches throughout Colorado, a sandwich station, hot […]