WinCo sets first two Texas openings
WinCo Foods is scheduled to open its first two Texas stores on Thursday, with at least three more Texas locations due over the next 13 months, the company said. read … Continue Reading →
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Whole Foods acquiring 5 Dominick’s: Report
Whole Food Market, Austin, Texas, has reported agreed to acquire five former Dominick’s stores in the Chicago area from Safeway. read more Supermarket News
Big Y to reveal code during Super Bowl
Big Y will run a television commercial during the Super Bowl revealing of a code it has asked shoppers to decipher. read more Supermarket News
Kings promotes operations, merchandising, marketing execs
Kings Food Markets on Friday announced a number of promotions in its operations, marketing and merchandising teams. Kings promotions include: read more Supermarket News
FDA announces proposed food transportation rule
FDA’s latest Food Safety Modernization Act rule, on the sanitary transportation of food and animal food by motor or rail vehicle, is now open for public comment. read more Supermarket … Continue Reading →
Natural Grocers to tighten product standards
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage will soon be making “a pretty major change” in its standards for products in certain categories, co-president Kemper Isely told analysts in an earnings conference … Continue Reading →
Phil Lempert’s New Products Hits & Misses (Video)
Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert samples five new products this week: dragon fruit slices; vanilla maple frozen dessert; peppermint chocolate flavored peanut butter spread; spiced cherry zero calorie soda; and dark … Continue Reading →
Fiesta Mart stocks Texas beef
Fiesta Mart announced it would be the exclusive seller of Go Texan-certified Lone Star Legacy beef products. read more Supermarket News
The Lempert Report: Eating out can hurt the health-conscious customer (video)
The Lempert Report says supermarkets can pick up the slack when chain restaurants offer entrees that are far from nutritious. read more Supermarket News
Sobeys CFO Jewer to resign
Paul Jewer, Sobeys’ CFO, will resign effective Feb. 14 to accept a similar role with seafood company High Liner Foods, the companies said. read more Supermarket News