Belle Foods LLC and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. have reached an agreement for debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing to be extended by C&S to Belle, a move that has been approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. As part of the DIP financing arrangement, Belle agreed to the motion filed with the court […]
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Survey: Trader Joe’s, Publix, Whole Foods Are Consumer Favorites
Trader Joe’s is North America’s favorite grocery store based on customer satisfaction, according to a new study of 6,600 consumers conducted by Market Force Information, a worldwide leader in customer intelligence solutions. Publix Super Markets and Whole Foods Market rounded out the top three. All three received high marks for courteous staff, inviting atmosphere and […]
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Stater Bros. Charities Raises $331K For Fight Against Blood Cancers
Stater Bros. Charities and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) concluded another successful “Light The Night” fundraising campaign in support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to raise awareness and funds against Leukemia, Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Myeloma and Myelodysplastic Syndromes. This year, Stater Bros. Charities exceeded its goal by raising $331,462 for the […]
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Publix Announces Third N.C. Location, Looks For More Sites In State
Publix Super Markets Inc. announced today that it has signed a lease for a third store in the Greater Charlotte, N.C., area. The store will be located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Matthews Mint Hill Road and Lawyers Road in Charlotte. The shopping center, Mint Hill Commons, will feature a 49,000-s.f. Publix […]
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Belle Foods Plans To Sell 12 Stores
In addition to the 13 stores it already has received court approval to close, Belle Foods LLC is now seeking permission to sell 12 stores following its bankruptcy filing earlier this month. As part of its restructure, the Birmingham, Ala.-based grocery chain plans to sell 10 Alabama stores—mostly in the Mobile area—and two Mississippi stores. […]
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Harveys Employee Claims Georgia Best Bagger Title
Lindsey Purvis, a 23-year-old who works at Harveys Supermarkets in Nashville, Ga., beat out three other grocery baggers during two rounds of competition Thursday evening to become Georgia’s best bagger. The competition, held during the Georgia Food Industry Association’s (GFIA) opening night party at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort in Destin, Fla., brought out […]
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GoGo SqueeZ Rolls Out ApplePear Flavor
GoGo squeeZ has introduced a new flavor: ApplePear. The announcement comes on the heels of the launch of the company’s “Wherever You Go, Go Playfully” campaign, which is dedicated to providing families with the tools they need to empower playfulness, including yummy, on-the-go snacking options like the newest member of the GoGo squeeZ family, ApplePear, […]
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Publix Leases Office For New Division Headquarters
Publix, which plans to enter North Carolina with its first stores in the state in early 2014, has reportedly signed a lease for an office in Charlotte. The nearly 16,000-s.f. space at Two Lakepointe Plaza off West Tyvola Road near Renaissance Park will serve as the division headquarters in the area. The new division will […]
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Winn-Dixie’s Jacksonville Jaguars Sponsorship Ends
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.’s sponsorship of the Jacksonville Jaguars has expired and was not renewed, ending a relationship the supermarket chain first kicked off during the franchise’s inaugural season in 1995, the Jacksonville Daily Record reports. “The Jaguars enjoyed a partnership with Winn-Dixie for more than a decade, but we will be announcing a new partner […]
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Gelson’s Parent Arden To Explore Possible Sale
Gelson’s Markets’ parent company, Arden Group Inc., said Monday that it is looking to possibly sell the company. Board members “initiated a process to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives, which may include a possible sale,” according to a statement from Compton, Calif.-based Arden Group. Arden owns 16 Gelson’s across Southern California. Though Gelson’s closed its […]
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Past Heisman Trophy Winner, Super Bowl MVP Headlines CGAEF Golf Event
The California Grocers Association Educational Foundation (CGAEF) hosted its annual industry golf tournament Wednesday at Twin Palms golf course in City of Industry. Desmond Howard, 1991 Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Michigan, was the special guest. Howard also was the Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers MVP in 1997 after he returned a […]
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Shoppers President Leaves Company After Less Than A Year
Shoppers President Bob Bly has decided to leave the company to pursue new career opportunities. Supervalu, the Bowie, Md.-based chain’s parent company, made the announcement today. Bly was appointed president of Shoppers in August 2012. Prior to joining Supervalu, he was a VP for Sears Holdings Co. Bob Gleeson, VP of merchandising, and Micky Nye, VP […]
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Fresh & Easy Kicks Off Summer Street Fair Today In L.A.
Fresh & Easy says it’s spicing up the summer with its Fresh & Easy Street Fair, which will be traveling to select locations across California, Arizona and Nevada through September. The street fair begins today in Whittier, Calif., and features Fresh & Easy’s first-ever food truck called the F&Easy, which will be serving a menu […]
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Garden Fresh Teams With Gold Coast Packing For Retail Program
Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. has signed a licensing arrangement with Gold Coast Packing, a long-term supply partner, to bring certain Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes favorites to club stores and supermarkets. Beginning this month, customers in select western U.S. markets will be able to bring home such items as the Lemon Broccoli Madness salad kit, in […]
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ROFDA Adopts Recall InfoLink Solution
The Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA), the largest cooperative of independent food wholesalers, is now using a recall process management technology from Recall InfoLink. The Recall InfoLink solution has been successfully deployed at ROFDA members Affiliated Foods of Amarillo, Associated Grocers-Baton Rouge, Olean Wholesale Grocers and Associated Grocers of the South. Other members […]
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Teeter Shoppers Take To Social Media To Vent Frustration Over Kroger Deal
Social media outlets are abuzz with commentary about the announcement made Tuesday that The Kroger Co. plans to purchase Harris Teeter Supermarkets for approximately $2.5 billion. All the chatter, much of it negative, even led Harris Teeter President and COO Fred Morganthall to issue a message of reassurance to the company’s customers. “While details are still […]
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Publix To Open Third Miami Sabor Location
Publix Super Markets is opening a new Sabor format store in Miami on Thursday. The 28,800-s.f. store in the Altos Plaza-Sabor Shopping Center at 121 SW 22nd Ave. will be the third Sabor location in Miami for the Lakeland-based grocery chain. It will be the eighth Publix Sabor, all of which are located in South […]
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Report: Walmart Says It’s Winning Ad War With Publix
It’s been about a year since Walmart began running television and print ads in Florida directly targeting Publix shoppers. The ads, as the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports, promise that shoppers can compare their receipts from Publix to the same items on sale at Walmart to find a savings. And reports indicate that Walmart believes […]
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Market Street Offers Guests ‘Best Of Texas’ Throughout July
Market Street is inviting guests to discover flavors made or grown in Texas during its annual Best of Texas expo, taking place each weekend in July. The event will feature top products from the Lone Star State at all 11 Market Street locations in north and west Texas. Best of Texas guests will have the […]
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FMI Applauds Delay of Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is applauding the administration’s decision this week to delay enforcement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandate after receiving information regarding implementation challenges and the need for additional clarity from FMI members and other stakeholders in the employer community seeking to comply with the law. “FMI has been working with […]