Supervalu has set the date for its third annual National Expo. This year’s event will be held Aug. 9-11 at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is designed to help independent retailers further enhance their businesses and will feature more than 125,000 s.f. of exhibit space, as well as a full day of educational […]
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Most Stores Will Need To Add 54 Additional Items Under Proposed SNAP Rule That Aims To Increase Healthy Options
by Kristen Cloud/web editor In mid-February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a rule designed to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants increased access to healthy foods by requiring stores that accept food stamps to stock a wider range of healthy options. The rule now is under a 60-day comment period, which ends […]
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Nugget Markets To Acquire Two Sonoma County Stores
Nugget Markets, the 15-store grocery chain in Northern California’s Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Solano and Marin counties, plans to acquire Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market, both in Sonoma County. The purchase is expected to close on March 31. “It is an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to acquire […]
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Rouses Opening In Former Winn-Dixie Location Today
Rouses Markets is debuting its newest store today, Feb. 26, in Kenner, Louisiana, six months after the grocery chain’s managing partner, Donny Rouse, signed the lease. The 55,000-s.f. site at 4041 Williams Boulevard previously housed a Winn-Dixie. “There was a lot of work to do,” said Rouse. “We are very different from Winn-Dixie. Our design […]
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UFCW, Stop & Shop Continue Talks Despite Union Decision To Authorize Strike
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1445, representing 10,000 workers at Stop & Shop stores in New England, has authorized a worker strike but has not set a strike date and continues to negotiate toward a new contract. The previous contract expired at midnight Feb. 27. According to Stop & Shop, “Associates represented by UFCW […]
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Whole Foods To Open In Bedford, New Hampshire, In April
Whole Foods Market will open a new store at 121 South River Road in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Friday, April 8, following a 9:45 a.m. bread-breaking ceremony. The 40,000-s.f. store will be Whole Foods Market’s second New Hampshire location. It will employ approximately 150 full- and part-time team members. It is part of the Goffe […]
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Aldi Expanding In Massachusetts, And More…
Grocery News In Brief… Discount grocer Aldi is expanding in Massachusetts and will open its 11th store in the Bay State this summer in Plymouth at Colony Place. The chain is known for its smaller-footprint stores, averaging 17,000 s.f., and an inventory that is 90 percent Aldi branded products. Aldi charges for plastic and paper […]
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Early Outlook Is Bright For South Carolina Peach Crop
South Carolina’s peach farmers are looking forward to an excellent peach crop in 2016 in spite of the challenges they faced last year. Favorable growing conditions have given growers a positive outlook for a fruitful crop. After delays from heavy rains in the fall, growers immediately began working on the upcoming season. Planting new trees, […]
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Ahold USA Commits To Sell Only Cage-Free Private Label Shell Eggs
As part of its responsible retailing efforts, Ahold USA says that its companies’ private label shell eggs will be 100 percent cage free by 2022. Ahold USA’s retail divisions—Stop & Shop, Giant Food of Landover, Giant Food Stores of Carlisle, Martin’s and online grocer Peapod—now offer cage-free, free-range, organic and traditional egg varieties for its […]
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Costco, Whole Foods, Target, Walmart And Publix Make Fortune’s ‘Most Admired’ List
Fortune says “there’s a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.” For the fourth time, Fortune’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies Top 50 All-Stars is led by a trio of tech giants under 40 years old. They preside over a class of blue chips and […]
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Wakefern Appoints Williams CIO, And More…
Grocery News In Brief… Wakefern has named executive Cheryl Williams its chief information officer. She will serve as VP of Wakefern’s CISD Division, coordinating cyber-security efforts and technology on both the corporate and retail fronts. Williams was named VP of marketing in 2001 and worked with a variety of divisions to launch consumer marketing and […]
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Federal GMO Labeling Bill Goes To Senate
A bill that would implement a federal uniform labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and also GMO-free foods, has been introduced to the Senate—and much of the food industry is pleased. In prepared statements, the National Grocers Association (NGA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) applauded the legislation spearheaded by Sen. […]
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Smart & Final Launches Private Label Charitable Giving Campaign
Smart & Final has launched a new giving campaign, First Street First Percent, which donates the first 1 percent of net profits from the sale of its First Street private label brand products at its U.S.-based Smart & Final banner stores in California, Nevada and Arizona to the Smart & Final Charitable Foundation to support […]
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Report: Court Approves Haggen’s $5.75M Settlement With Albertsons, Auction For Remaining Stores Is Feb. 29
Haggen this week received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to settle its lawsuit against Albertsons, winning $5.75 million in cash, according to The Oregonian. The newspaper reports that the amount is considerably less than what Haggen had originally sought—more than $1 billion—when it filed the suit in September. In the lawsuit, Haggen accused Albertsons […]
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Publix Expands Social Media Presence
Publix Super Markets has extended the company’s online social presence with fourth quarter soft launches to Pinterest (December 2015) and Instagram (October 2015). The company currently has more than 14,000 followers on Instagram and nearly 1,000 on Pinterest. Pinterest provides a platform for Publix customers to discover the company’s expertise and services while Instagram allows […]
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WinCo Set To Take Over Former Target Anchor Site At Carrollton, Texas, Shopping Center
Boise, Idaho-based discount grocer WinCo Foods plans to develop a new, ground-up 82,077-s.f. anchor store at Carrollton’s landmark Trinity Valley Shopping Center, located at the northeast corner of the President George Bush Turnpike (SH-190) and Josey Lane. The new WinCo will be developed at the site of a former anchor store at the center. In […]
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United Family Celebrates 100th Anniversary With $100K In School Donations
As part of United Supermarkets’ 100th anniversary celebration, The United Family will donate $100,000 to local schools throughout West Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth and eastern New Mexico as part of its Shop to Support Schools program. Through Oct. 15, guests may link a school of choice to their rewards account at any United Supermarkets, United Express, […]
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Food Lion Recognizes Its Store Manager Of The Year
Food Lion has named David Cooper its 2015 Store Manager of the Year. Cooper, who is the store manager of the Food Lion at 1030 N. Rogers Lane in Raleigh, North Carolina, was selected from a group of 1,100 store managers across the company. Cooper’s store team was part of 162 stores in the Raleigh market […]
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Williams Named Director Of Produce, Floral Merchandising At Coborn’s
Coborn’s has hired Tom Williams as director of produce and floral merchandising, reporting to VP of Fresh Merchandising Emily Coborn. As director of produce and floral, Williams will develop and lead the implementation of produce and floral merchandising strategies for the company’s various retail divisions, including Coborn’s, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods and CobornsDelivers. He will […]
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Whole Foods Market Signs Leases For Five Additional 365 Stores
Whole Foods Market has signed another five leases for its 365 by Whole Foods Market stores, bringing the total to 13 leases now signed. The new stores will be located in Evergreen Park, Illinois; Gainesville, Florida; and Concord, Claremont and Los Alamitos, California. The Austin, Texas-based grocer says that 365 by Whole Foods Market will offer […]