The new Lee’s MarketPlace store in North Salt Lake in the Foxboro Shopping Center celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19. “We are grateful for the opportunity to serve North Salt Lake and the surrounding areas. Lee’s is known for our signature friendly guest service and community involvement. […]
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Fairway Market Opens New Store In Brooklyn’s Georgetown Neighborhood
New York’s Fairway Market on Jan. 18 opened what it calls an “expansive new one-stop shopping destination” in Brooklyn’s Georgetown neighborhood. Featuring a fresh look and layout with a retro warehouse feel, the store debuted at 2149 Ralph Avenue with a large selection of quality products, the grocer says. Fairway says the new Georgetown location has been streamlined for an enjoyable […]
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Zion Market Debuts New-Concept Asian Grocery Store In Irvine
Zion Market will open its first Zion Mart store in Irvine on Wednesday with a soft opening. An official grand opening celebration will be held Feb. 16. The new store at Parkview Center will be a prototype for the family-owned and -operated Zion Market, which operates five locations in Southern California, including Buena Park and […]
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New Mexico Profile: Lowe’s Signature Market In Alamogordo Is The ‘Nicest Store In The State’ By Design
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest Lowe’s Signature Market is not just the nicest store in the Lowe’s Market lineup. It is the nicest store in New Mexico. Officially celebrated with a grand reopening in the summer of 2015, the ideas that turned the Alamogordo location into a Signature store started percolating well before then. “It took us […]
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Brookshire Brothers Opens Express Unit In Hudson, Texas
Brookshire Brothers opened its first store of the new year on Wednesday in Hudson, Texas. The Brookshire Brothers Express is located at 6564 Ted Trout Drive and features fresh meat and produce, a hot deli with daily specials, Western Union, money orders and a full-service courtesy booth. Stephanie Matthews, a Jasper native, leads the unit as […]
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South Richey Fiesta Mart Grand Opening Is Wednesday
Houston-based Fiesta Mart will host a grand opening celebration at its store at 2877 South Richey in Houston on Wednesday. The grocer says the grand opening is part of a long-term reinvigoration of the Fiesta brand and its “commitment to provide uncompromised freshness, great value and an unsurpassed variety of food choices every day.” The […]
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Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly To Host Sausage Cutting At Remodeled Store On Wednesday
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly will host a grand reopening of its newly remodeled Jackson, Wisconsin, store on Eagle Drive on Wednesday. The public is invited to join the company at 3 p.m. for its first-ever sausage-cutting ceremony. With the notoriety and popularity of grocer’s award-winning brats, the grocer says a string of fresh bratwurst will be […]
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Barons Market’s Newest San Diego Store Opens In Former Fresh & Easy Unit
Barons Market on Thursday opened its newest store in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego in a former Fresh & Easy unit. The store marks the family-owned grocer’s seventh location and what the company calls its first urban store. “This store has been tailor-made to embody the distinct culture that makes North Park extraordinary,” says […]
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The Fresh Market To Open Third Boca Raton Store Next Month
The Fresh Market will host a grand opening at its third Boca Raton location on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The new 24,000-s.f. store is located at 5540 North Military Trail and will mark the specialty grocer’s 43rd store in Florida and 178th nationwide. The unit will bring 80 new jobs to the Boca Raton area, according to […]
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Asian Grocer Debuts Second Store In Former Lunds & Byerlys Unit
St. Paul, Minnesota’s Ha Tien grocery has opened its second location—in a former Lunds & Byerlys store on the city’s east side. The Star Tribune reports that the store at 1959 Suburban Avenue appears to be one of the largest Asian markets in the Twin Cities. Its location, off Interstate 94 at N. Ruth Street, […]
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Total Sales Up Slightly, Net Income Down For Ingles’ Fiscal Year
Asheville, North Carolina-based Ingles Markets, operating 201 stores in six states in the Southeast, reported fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended Sept. 24. In a news release Dec. 16, Ingles said total sales for fiscal 2016 were $3.79 billion vs. $3.78 billion in fiscal 2015. Net income for the year was $54.2 […]
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Porter’s Thriftway Invites Customers To Hold It Accountable
A new 35,000-s.f. Porter’s Thriftway with unique architecture has opened in Big Spring, Texas. The Shelby Report’s Ron Johnston recently toured the airy store with Trae Porter, a third-generation grocer with the family business. The gleaming Porter’s Thriftway, a former Safeway, started out in rough shape, Porter told Johnston. “It was scary looking. There was […]
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Korean Grocer H Mart To Open First N.C. Store On Thursday At Former Lowes Location
After announcing more than a year ago that it would open in the old Lowes Foods location in the Cornerstone Shopping Center in Cary, North Carolina, H Mart will be ready for business on Thursday, Dec. 22. It will be the first Tar Heel State location for the Korean grocery chain, which currently operates 55 stores nationwide, […]
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Wegmans To Build Store In New York’s Westchester County
Wegmans Food Markets has signed a purchase agreement with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 20-acre parcel of land in New York’s Westchester County to build a new store. The land is located at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive in Harrison. “We look forward to the day when we can welcome customers into our Harrison store […]
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Connecticut’s Adams Hometown Markets Chosen As IGA Hometown Proud Retailer
Adams Hometown Markets IGA of Milford, Connecticut, operated by Bill Maffeo and serviced by Bozzuto’s, is one of eight markets selected nationally to be honored as part of the annual IGA Hometown Proud Retailers Program. According to IGA, these markets represent the “best of the best” from the organization’s independent retailers in the U.S. The retailers […]
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Rouses To Reopen Flood-Destroyed Denham Springs Store Next Week
Rouses Market will reopen its Denham Springs, Louisiana, store at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. The much anticipated news comes after the 50,000-s.f. unit was destroyed by the floods that ravaged the southern portion of the Pelican State over the summer. In mid-August, as he was surveying the water damage, Rouses Markets CEO Donny Rouse […]
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Bashas’ Celebrates 30 Years In Camp Verde, Arizona
Bashas’ Supermarkets is marking a milestone in its history this week as it celebrates 30 years as Camp Verde, Arizona’s, hometown grocer. The celebration will be a community affair as shoppers of the store at 650 Finnie Flat Road are treated to three days of activities that begin on the store’s official anniversary: today, Dec. […]
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Fairway Market To Open New Brooklyn Store In January
New York-based Fairway Market is set to open what it calls a new, one-stop shopping destination in Brooklyn’s Georgetown community early next year. Opening in a dynamic and growing neighborhood at 2149 Ralph Avenue, the 40,000-s.f. Fairway Market will feature a fresh new look and feel with the same commitment to value and its extensive selection of quality products, according to the […]
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Couple Married At Harveys In Albany, Georgia
Two Harveys customers—Charles and Mary Tinson—were joined by friends and family on Thanksgiving Day as they wed at the grocer’s Albany, Georgia, supermarket—the exact location where they reconnected four years ago on Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day 2012, after returning home from a tour in Afghanistan, Charles walked into Harveys Supermarket at 1032 W. Gordon […]
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Kroger Replaces Old Dawsonville, Georgia, Store With Marketplace Unit
Just in time for the holidays, Dawsonville, Georgia, has gotten a new—and much bigger—Kroger store. The supermarket chain opened a nearly 124,000-s.f. Marketplace unit Nov. 16, replacing a 71,000-s.f. Kroger store that opened in the North Georgia city in 1997 and closed Tuesday evening. A grand opening and ribbon-cutting event Wednesday morning at the new […]