Oct 10, 2022
Midwest grocer Fareway Stores Inc. has joined a high school registered apprenticeship for meat cutting in Independence, Iowa. The grocer is teaming with Independence High School and Iowa EDGE-Boone High School on the innovative work-based learning initiative. Fareway grocery stores are known for their impressive full-service meat departments. The company’s rapidly growing stand-alone Meat Markets…
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Oct 4, 2022
Family-owned and operated Karns Quality Foods has been serving central Pennsylvania for more than 60 years. David Karns opened the first Karns Foods store in 1959, “welcoming customers as individuals with individual needs,” said Scott Karns, president and CEO of the company. The retailer continues to provide fresh, affordable, local and quality items in 10…
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Sep 29, 2022
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers is donating $500,000 to The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts to support its expansion efforts with the development of a larger distribution center and headquarters. The facility will be based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and will enable The Food Bank of WMA to receive and distribute a larger volume of food, especially…
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Sep 19, 2022
Pat and Bud Roche opened their first store in 1952 in Roslindale, Massachusetts, according to the Roche Bros. website. “This first meat and produce store expanded in 1957 to include a grocery department,” it reads. Today, the neighborhood grocer has 16 Roche Bros. locations and four Brothers Marketplace banners in Massachusetts. The store is owned…
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Sep 1, 2022
A month ago, families and businesses in Letcher County did not know what the future would hold for their community. But there is hope for a staple grocery store that was destroyed in the flood. Father Jim Sichko said he wants to see the IGA in Isom become the signature store across the country for…
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Aug 30, 2022
Weis Markets and Kellogg Company have announced a donation of $20,000 and a truckload of food to the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania. The gift is part of the retailer’s annual Fight Hunger program. “As a company that’s committed to the communities we serve, it’s incredibly special for us…
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Aug 30, 2022
Chris Coborn, chairman and CEO of regional grocer Coborn’s Inc., has joined the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion coalition. St. Cloud, Minn.-based Coborn’s said Wednesday that, with the move, the company will participate in a partnership of more than 2,200 CEOs who have committed to cultivate a trusting environment where all ideas are welcomed,…
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Aug 30, 2022
Wakefern’s Fresh to Table sections are designed to make it easy for price-conscious consumers to stock up on products that bring pizzazz to preparing and eating food at home. The concept, which Wakefern introduced in late 2020, is intended to provide shoppers with a single area in the store where they can find foods that take minimal…
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Jul 21, 2022
Providence, Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods has earned a top score of 100 in the Disability Equality Index and is being recognized as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.” UNFI is the only North American grocery wholesaler to achieve this score and recognition in 2022. The DEI was launched in 2015 by Disability:IN and…
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Jul 11, 2022
Mike Planalp, owner of Blackford County Foods, in Fishers, Indiana, sees the biggest challenge to independent grocers and their growth is the federal government’s failure to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936. “It’s just that we ended up getting discriminated against on pricing and service levels,” he said. “I know NGA’s really pushing to get…
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Jul 6, 2022
Fareway Stores Inc. is partnering with Variety – the Children’s Charity to conduct the sixth annual Round Up at the register from July 4-23 at all 130 store locations. Customers will have the opportunity to round up to the next dollar or provide an additional donation on their grocery bill to help fund Variety’s mission.…
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Jul 6, 2022
All things considered, Rich Chadwick’s two Everyday IGA stores in Great Falls, Montana, and Teeple’s IGA in Browning are enjoying a strong state and local economy. “I think the economy has grown in Great Falls. I think wages have grown quite a lot in the Great Falls area,” said Chadwick, adding that there are several…
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Jun 23, 2022
Food solutions company SpartanNash (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SPTN) raised money through its annual fundraising campaign in support of Special Olympics athletes and State Summer Games in eight Midwest states. The SpartanNash Foundation has donated more than $9.7 million and tens of thousands of volunteer hours throughout its 38-year partnership with the non-profit organization. Click here to learn…
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Jun 16, 2022
Associated Grocers Inc. has supplied Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, The Salvation Army and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University with more than $175,000 in cleaning and disinfectant inventory items. The total amount of donated items is 97 pallets, equivalent to four truckloads, totaling 2,008 cases. Associated Grocers Inc. has supplied Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, The…
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May 27, 2022
Instacart is expanding its advertising product suite with the introduction of shoppable video ads and enhanced shoppable display ads. With the new services, CPG brands will have the ability to storytell, engage and drive sales in a more immersive way. According to Instacart, advertisers can now promote targeted content to consumers as they shop from…
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May 17, 2022
New York-based AppCard has expanded its leadership team by adding Jeremy Rabe as its chief growth officer. As a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Rabe will focus on building closer relationships with CPGs and lead the company’s media and content offerings, alongside taking an active role in shaping its overall strategic growth. Rabe brings…
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May 2, 2022
Alexa Sobsey of Nugget Markets in West Sacramento is the reigning queen of the checkout line Anyone who has accidentally smashed a loaf of bread or crushed a dozen eggs under a soup can at the supermarket self-checkout line knows that bagging groceries can be a frustrating organizational puzzle. “There’s an art to it,” admits…
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May 2, 2022
Big Y, its customers and employees have donated $100,000 to International Red Cross humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. As the Russian invasion continues, Red Cross teams are distributing food, delivering medicine and medical supplies, assisting with evacuations, and providing shelter. “Thanks to Big Y’s generous support, the global Red Cross network continues to help families…
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May 2, 2022
On Thursday, April 26, Strack & Van Til hosted its annual Years of Service Luncheon, which honored staff members who have worked with the company for 15 to 50 years. There were 134 associate honorees in all, with 111 of those honorees in attendance at the event. In total, 47 staff members were being honored…
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Apr 14, 2022
The vice president of Pennsylvania’s Charley Family Shop N’ Save shares his thoughts on the current state of the industry and what the future holds for independent grocers. Charley recently testified before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on how anticompetitive tactics by dominant retailers in the grocery marketplace leads to unfair…
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