Food Marketing Institute presented its Gold Plate Awards this week at FMI Connect, with First Alternative Co-op, Weis Markets and Publix Super Markets taking the top prizes. read more Supermarket … Continue Reading →
Moody’s Investor Service, New York, said Wednesday it has assigned first-time debt ratings to New Albertsons, Inc. — with a stable outlook — pending NAI’s proposed acquisition of Safeway’s Eastern … Continue Reading →
The downside and upside for the U.S. restaurant industry in the first quarter of 2014 was that total restaurant visits dipped but delivery and other areas got a boost, reports … Continue Reading →
Harris Teeter claims to be the first retailer to earn the USDA Certified Very Tender label on its Cargill-supplied private label beef. read more Supermarket News
The first PriceRite discount store to be owned and operated by an independent member of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative is set to open in Garfield, N.J. this summer, Wakefern … Continue Reading →
Frulact, an international fruit processor based in Portugal, has signed a Development Agreement with the city of Rupert, Idaho, to build its first U.S. operation. IFT Daily News
Sue Klug, SVP and CMO for Unified Grocers, Los Angeles, has been elected chairman and president of the Western Association of Food Chains — the first woman to head the … Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, Boulder, Colo.-based Lucky’s Market celebrated its entry into the state of Montana with a bacon-cutting ceremony. read more Supermarket News
Gelson’s Markets opened its 18th store on March 27 — a 25,000-square-foot unit in the affluent community of La Cañada Flintridge, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. read more Supermarket News
Giant of Landover opened its first in-store smoothie bar at a location in McLean, Va. read more Supermarket News
