The Mid-Atlantic regional produce distributor and processor of fresh fruits and vegetables announced the addition of Hearn Kirkwood to its portfolio.

The five-year pact protects benefits, increases wages, expands non-discrimination language, requires earlier notification of scheduling, and provides for additional shop stewards.

For the second time in nine months an independent supermarket operator in Lancaster County has decided to sell its business to a larger chain. Quarryville, PA based Ferguson & Hassler announced May 20 that it will close its store at 100 Towns Edge Drive on June 19 and sell it…

Walmart reported increased revenue and profit in its 2020 fiscal first quarter, with increased online sales and strong numbers in food, beverage and general merchandise. Walmart’s e-commerce grew 37 percent, boosted by online grocery sales as it ups its competition with Amazon and other online retailers for customers. Earlier this…

CNN Business recently reported that Aldi, the German discount grocery chain, is upending the American supermarket landscape. With its cult-like following, hard-to-beat bargain basement prices, and its expected growth to 2,500 stores in the States by the end of 2022, it is on target to become the third largest U.S.…

As the Reading, PA based retailer approaches its 50th anniversary, it looks to a fresh prototype and new stores to drive future growth.

All Told, Discounter To Debut 25 New Units Next Year

After years of operating robust and successful retail divisions, Affinity Group Infusion and Affinity Group FMS will be merged into a single retail-focused entity: Affinity Group Retail. To lead this business, industry veteran Bill Chiodo has been selected as president, Affinity Group Retail. Affinity Group Retail has named Bill Chiodo…

Lidl is collaborating with online wholesaler Boxed to offer delivery option to its customers.

Negotiations between Acme Markets and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 Keystone State have been completed, resulting in a new 4-year contract.

Kroger partners up with private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg to create a new platform for emerging CPG brands.

Walmart announced today that it will be offering free NextDay shipping on up to 220,000 general merchandise items on Walmart.com eligible orders of$35 or more. The one-day delivery option, which unlike Amazon Prime, will have no membership fee, is now available to customers in Phoenix and Las Vegas and is…

Investment includes new store, 14 remodels, 6 new fuel centers.

Inventory and prescriptions from the shuttered pharmacies sold to CVS and Walgreens.

Krasdale Foods, a 110-year-old, privately owned company providing grocery distribution, merchandising, and marketing to independent grocery store owners, announced that Gus Lebiak has been promoted to chief operating officer of Alpha 1 Marketing, an affiliate of Krasdale Foods Inc. Lebiak, who joined the company more than six years ago, will…

Over the past 12 years, Tops Friendly Markets, a strong presence in the Western New York market since its founding in 1962, has experienced some challenging times. The regional chain was acquired by Morgan Stanley Private Equity in 2007, then sold back to a management group led by CEO Frank…

Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market announced the promotion of Stephen Palisi-Reynolds, CPA to vice president and controller of Kings and Balducci’s. In his new role, Stephen will also assume additional responsibilities for the Treasury function for the company. He will report to Jim Moriarty, executive vice president…

It’s been a busy month at Albertsons, which announced that Jim Donald will be leaving his post as president and chief executive April 25 to become co-chairman of the company. He will be replaced by Vivek Sankaran, former CEO PepsiCo Foods North America, who has been appointed to fill those roles.   Locally, Acme Markets, one of Albertsons’ 14 operating divisions,…

Specialty foods continues to be one of the fastest growing segments in the industry, with total sales of $140.3 billion in 2017 and no signs of slowing down. According to the Specialty Food Association’s annual “State of the Specialty Food Industry 2018” report released last June, specialty food sales outpaced…

In a first for the company, Giant/Martin’s celebrated the grand openings of six stores in four states on April 5.  Five of the stores, which are former Shop ‘n Save locations the Carlisle, PA based division of Ahold Delhaize USA acquired earlier this year, are branded Martin’s Food Markets and…

A Maryland company – BioEnergy DevCo (BDC) – said it has found a sustainable solution to handling organic waste and plans to build the regions first anaerobic digestion facility that will allow up to 100,000 tons of organic waste to be sustainably processed.   “BDC is a rare company that can simultaneously improve the…

The Camp Hill, PA drug chain cleans house, also ousts COO Kermit Crawford, CFO Darren Karst, and executive VP of store operations Derek Griffith.

The 1.5 cents per ounce beverage tax was tough enough for most food retailers in Philadelphia to absorb. Now the city has added to its reputation as arguably the most anti-business municipality in the nation when Mayor Jim Kenney signed into law an ordinance that would ban cashless stores. Philadelphia thus becomes the first…

Andrew “Andy” Klein, president and CEO of Klein’s ShopRite, was killed in a multi-vehicle car accident in Harford County, MD on March 11.  He was 65 years old.   Klein was the eldest of three sons of Klein’s Family Markets owners Ralph and Shirley Klein of Forest Hill. He grew up…

Market share is growing, capital expenditures for new stores and major remodeling projects are on the rise and Baltimore-Washington market share leader Giant Food has regained much of the mojo it had lost in the 20 years since Ahold acquired the Landover, MD based chain.  Those were some of the takeaways from the…

While not a total failure, Dollar Tree’s 2015 purchase of Family Dollar stores has proven a disappointment. That fact was affirmed earlier this month when the Chesapeake, VA- based dollar store merchant (second to Dollar General in that channel of trade) announced plans to shutter 390 of its Family Dollar Stores and…

Jessup, MD facility seeks to revitalize its seafood center and develop space to engender entrepreneurialism.

Giant Food Stores/Martin’s has been granted FTC approval to complete the acquisition of five corporately-owned Shop ‘n Save stores from Supervalu, now a subsidiary of United Natural Foods (UNFI). The deal was first announced on November 6, 2018 and is part of Supervalu/UNFI’s plan to shed all of its corporately-owned…

More than 900 suppliers, brokers and distributors made their way to the Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island to attend Key Food’s annual vendor summit. Led by CEO Dean Janeway and chief operating officer George Knobloch the audience heard a detailed two hour-and-thirty minute presentation filled with facts, candor and…

Ruth Eni, 94, of Moorestown, NJ, passed away peacefully February 8. Ruth was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she received bachelor and master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Post-graduation Ruth taught English at Upper Darby High. After a few years of teaching, her father Gottlieb Dietz, asked her to join him and help…

Whole Foods plans to scrap its 365 By Whole Foods store format, less than two years after launching the concept, which offered lower prices and a more local flavor than the company’s traditional WFM units.

On January 4, Ahold Delhaize made its biggest supermarket deal since the 2016 merger between Ahold and Delhaize when it agreed to acquire King Kullen’s 37 Long Island stores.

Rite Aid Corporation announced January 3 that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has notified the company that it is no longer in compliance with NYSE continued listing standard rules because the per share trading price of its common stock has fallen below the NYSE's share price rule.

On January 4, the Ahold Delhaize made its biggest supermarket deal since the 2016 merger between Ahold and Delhaize when it agreed to acquire King Kullen’s 37 Long Island stores.

Ahold Delhaize announced on January 4 that it has acquired King Kullen.

Wawa opened the largest store in its history December 14 when it cut the ribbon in Philadelphia.

C&S Wholesale Grocers is the leading wholesaler in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast market area, according to data compiled by Best-Met Publishing Co.

C&S Wholesale Grocers is the leading wholesaler in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast market area, according to data compiled by Best-Met Publishing Co.

After nearly a decade of minimal store-driven capital investment, the Ahold USA banners in the Ahold Delhaize USA lineup will be getting considerable attention over the next few years.

At its annual shareholders’ meeting held in East Brunswick, NJ on October 25, Wakefern Food Corp reported record retail sales of $16.5 billion for the 52-week fiscal year ending September 29, 2018, a 1.6 percent increase from the prior year.