Enjoy the price you pay for eggs today, because they are likely going up according to a July 21 report in the Phoenix Business Journal. An agreement between the Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers could result in additional costs for farmers, including the Valley’s Hickman’s Family Farms, as new […]
Tag: Supermarkets
Posted in, National
Supervalu, Save-A-Lot Join First Lady to Announce Agreement
Supervalu Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Save-A-Lot Food Stores today joined First Lady Michelle Obama in announcing that it has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Partnership for a Healthier America
Posted in, Southeast
Food Lion and Customers Raise More Than $100,000
Food Lion associates and its customers raised a record $101,149 during its “Thriller on the Griller at the Beach” events, which benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Posted in, Midwest, West
Safeway Announces Change in Leadership at Dominick’s Stores
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc. July 15 that the president of its Chicago-area Dominick’s Finer Foods division, Don Keprta, has resigned. “Don has contributed significantly to the Dominick’s stores. His commitment and innovation helped the stores evolve to best serve the Chicagoland customers. We are fortunate that he has produced a team that is prepared to […]
Posted in, West
Expanding Oakland Safeway Absorbs Local Pharmacy
A Safeway on College Avenue at the border between Oakland and Berkeley is taking over Chimes Pharmacy, a nearby store, as part of its expansion plans. According to the San Francisco Times Business Journal, Pleasanton-based Safeway hopes to expand the Safeway at College and Claremont—its draft environmental impact report was posted July 1 and will […]
Posted in, West
Grocery Outlet Helping to Feed People Facing Hunger
For one in six Americans, hunger is a reality. Berkeley, Calif.-based Grocery Outlet, according to a company press release, is proud to announce the Independence from Hunger campaign
Posted in, Northeast
Weis Markets Announces 7th Round of Prize Freeze Program
Weis Markets unveiled that it had lowered the prices on 1,600 staple items and that it will freeze these new lower prices for ninety days through Oct. 8.
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National
How to ‘Benefit Disproportionately’ from the Current Economic Climate
Willard Bishop: Use private label, cost control, smart negotiating tactics to grow market share by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Traditional supermarkets are losing market share as consumers move to other formats, like supercenter and dollar stores, according to consulting firm Willard Bishop in its The Future of Food Retailing 2011 report. Traditional grocery formats, including limited […]
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N.G.A. Calls for FDA to Modify Menu Labeling Proposal
The National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) in public comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 5, strongly opposed the FDA’s proposed rule for mandatory menu labeling that would include supermarkets and grocery stores as similar retail food establishments to restaurants. N.G.A. urged the FDA to adopt its proposed alternative/Option 2, which would […]
Posted in, Midwest
July 2011 Indiana Roundup
Family Dollar Building DC Gov. Mitch Daniels joined Jim Kelly, president and CEO of Family Dollar Stores Inc., and other company executives along with local representatives in mid-May for a groundbreaking ceremony of a new Family Dollar distribution facility to be built in Ashley at 100 S. CR 31. The Fortune 300 retailer announced in […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Midwest
Meijer Customers Can Order Online, Pick Up at Store
Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer has introduced a program that allows shoppers to place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped—at no cost—directly to their local Meijer store for pickup. The online program, called “Order-to-Store,” will include thousands of items found on ordertostore.meijer.com, including furniture and home products, sporting goods, kitchen appliances, […]
Posted in, West
Times Supermarkets Switches Supply to Unified Grocers
Unified Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western Untied States, announced June 22 that Times Supermarkets (Times), a chain of 20 conventional supermarkets in Hawaii (stores are located on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Kauai), has switched its grocery supply business to Unified Grocers and will begin receiving groceries and other products […]
Posted in, Southeast
Winn-Dixie’s Food Recovery Program a Success in First Year
Florida-based Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has provided approximately eight million pounds of perishable items—or more than six million nutritious meals—to the affiliate food banks of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Winn-Dixie first piloted its food recovery program in 10 stores beginning in January 2009 and expanded the program to all of its stores […]
Posted in, West
Southern California Grocers Reach Agreement with UFCW
Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons revealed June 20 that the companies have reached a tentative agreement on the pension portion of the labor agreement currently being negotiated with the seven United Food and Commercial Workers Locals covering more than 60,000 employees in the region. In a statement the companies said, “We are pleased to have reached […]
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Grocers Take Notice: U.S. DOL Focuses on Supermarket Industry
Hilda Solis, secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), famously proclaimed at the beginning of her term that “there is a new sheriff at the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is back in the enforcement business.” The department has significantly increased its enforcement action in a number of areas, including OSHA and […]
Posted in, Northeast
Stop & Shop Begins Campaign to Help Tornado Victims
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC announced on June 15 that it will begin a solicitation campaign to raise money to help those affected by the recent tornadoes in Massachusetts. One hundred percent of the donations will go directly to the American Red Cross of Central and Western Massachusetts. The fundraising campaign will begin […]
Posted in, Southwest
Amigos United to Hold Free Public Health Fair June 11
For the second summer in a row, all three locations of Amigos United supermarkets will again host a health fair for its guests.
Posted in, Northeast
Big Y Foods Pilots First-Ever Grocery Chain Groupon Offers
Big Y Foods Inc., Incentive Targeting and HaloEffect have teamed with Groupon to bring social buying to the grocery retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. The partnership combines Groupon’s powerful social buying platform with Incentive Targeting’s retail shopper marketing technology, Big Y’s groundbreaking grocery retail loyalty program, and HaloEffect’s agency creative and grocery marketing […]
Posted in, Midwest
Hy-Vee Opens First GreenChill Gold-Level Certified Store
West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee Inc.’s latest location at 1300 West Burlington Ave. in Fairfield, which opened April 12, is not only the company’s second LEED-certified store, but it also is one of less than 15 supermarkets in the country that has achieved U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GreenChill Gold-Level certification.
Posted in, Southeast
Bi-Lo Awarded by Rice Federation
The USA Rice Federation presented South Carolina-based BI-LO with its Retailer of the Year award at the company’s headquarters. This honor is given to the chain retailer that displays, merchandises and promotes U.S.-grown rice in creative and profitable ways during September National Rice Month (NRM) and throughout the year. USA Rice provides marketing materials to […]