Weis Markets COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Weis Markets News Releases page. April 21 A Letter To Its Vendors Vendor Partners, Over the last few weeks Weis Markets has…
March 25, 2020
Boyer’s Markets COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Boyer's Food Markets website. On March 18, Boyer’s Markets revised its operating hours, until further notice, to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.…
March 25, 2020
Western Beef COVID-19 Update
*This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. We continue to stay open and service you during this time. We are working with suppliers to maintain a normal delivery schedule and will continue to stock all our usual inventory…
March 25, 2020
Big Y Foods COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Big Y COVID-19 update page. Adjusted Store Hours Effective Friday, March 20 all Big Y Express Locations hours will be 6 a.m.…
March 25, 2020
Whole Foods COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Whole Foods Market Company News page. We believe our role serving customers and the community during this time is a critical one.…
March 25, 2020

Best Market COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Best Market Facebook page. The NYC retailer Best Market has instituted the following changes in its stores: The limit on the number…
March 25, 2020
Winholt Equipment COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. March 24, 2020 To our Customers, Suppliers and Colleagues; These are unprecedented times, as always, our focus is on what matters most, the health and safety of our associates, customers,…
March 25, 2020

Balducci’s COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Balducci's CEO Update and FAQs page. March 19 Message from the CEO of Balducci’s Judy Spires: The COVID-19 pandemic is testing us…
March 25, 2020
Amazon COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Amazon company blog. March 13 A roundup of actions Amazon has taken to reduce the spread of the coronavirus while supporting those…
March 25, 2020
Adams Fairacre Farms COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Adams Fairacre Farms blog. Given the continued news about the coronavirus (COVID-19), we wanted to let you know that Adams Fairacre Farms,…
March 25, 2020
Aldi COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Aldi COVID-19 update page. On March 14, Aldi said it would be “keeping our stores open, clean and stocked is our highest…
March 25, 2020
Albertsons Companies’ COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Albertsons Companies coronavirus update page. March 24 Â Albertsons Companies today announced that the company has begun implementing Social…
March 24, 2020
The Giant Company COVID-19 Update
* This is a living document that will be updated on a regular basis until it is no longer needed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit The Giant Company's coronavirus update page. April 23 THE GIANT COMPANY TO HIRE ADDITIONAL 3,000 TEAM MEMBERS TO MEET SURGING DEMAND FOR GROCERIES…
March 24, 2020
Costco Completes Purchase of Third Party Logistics Company Innovel
Costco announced in a press release last week that it had completed the acquisition of Innovel Solutions, a leading third-party end-to-end logistics solutions company with nationwide capabilities, for $1 billion. Innovel, which was a subsidiary for Transform Holdco LLC, has for decades provided Sears and, more recently, third parties with…
March 23, 2020
Amazon Interested In Four Fairway Stores
E-commerce giant is one of 38 potential bidders at Fairway auction.
March 23, 2020
Wakefern Promotes Henig To CCO; Harris Joins As CMO
Most recently, Henig served as VP-digital commerce and analytics at Wakefern and Harris worked as executive VP-chief commercial officer for Save-A Lot.
March 18, 2020
Bogopa To Compete With Village For Fairway Bankrupt Stores
A court-authorized auction for those stores and Fairway’s remaining eight units will be held on March 16.
March 12, 2020
At Supermarkets Parts Warehouse, ‘Real Steel’ Is The Real Deal
Mark Resnick is serious about selling high quality supermarket equipment. And after building his own ice processing and distribution business in Richmond, VA - City Ice –nearly 30 years ago, he’s returned to the family business that his older brother Bill Resnick founded more than 40 years ago. That business,…
March 9, 2020
Giant, Safeway, UFCW Agree To New Four-Year Contracts
In separate votes, the nearly 26,000 retail clerks and meatcutters employed at both companies overwhelmingly authorized new pacts that provide for hourly wage gains for all four years, increased minimum wage levels and a maintenance of current health and welfare benefits.
March 6, 2020
Expo West Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Fears
Several exhibitors had already cancelled their booths and many retail buyers had announced that they would not be in attendance prior to the announcement, with show organizers citing an up to 60 percent drop in expected attendance.
March 3, 2020
GIANT Food Stores Unveils New Company Name With Refreshed Brand Logos
The new branding was introduced at the Carlisle, PA-based retailer's annual business meeting held in Hershey, PA.
February 27, 2020
Fairway Files Chapter 11 Again As Village Gains ‘Stalking Horse’ Status For 5 Stores
Auctions To Begin Next Month For 77-Year Old Merchant
February 24, 2020
UFCW Reaches Tentative New Contract With Giant; Strike Vote Set For Safeway
After press conference and rally, UFCW Locals 27 and 400 choose different paths for potential new contracts.
February 19, 2020
Kroger Picks Frederick, MD As Future Site Of Robotic Facility
The Ocado partnership is now up to six fulfillment centers.
February 17, 2020
Albertsons To Close Upper Marlboro, MD DC; Denver, PA Depot Will Add Safeway Business
The Collington facility currently employees approximately 300 warehousemen and 100 truck drivers.
January 29, 2020
FMI Rebrands Itself As The Food Industry Association
The name change is meant to help the American trade group for food marketing, food retailers, and wholesalers better represent a more inclusive and more vertically integrated supply chain.
January 21, 2020
Albertsons Reportedly Ready To Attempt IPO Launch Again
Improved Sales Comps, Debt Reduction Providing Momentum
January 20, 2020
Wallace, Rabenold Among 15 Redner’s Executives Promoted
Redner’s Markets, Inc. has announced the recent promotions of 16 members within the company’s leadership team. Along with the promotions, they have also announced three retirements, vice president of grocery operations Frank Fiore after 25 years, director of construction Mark Hallacher after 30 years and director of maintenance Barry Greenland…
January 13, 2020
Giant/Martin’s Cap-Ex Plan Will Include 5 New Units, 35 Remodels
$114 Million Investment Also Features ‘Giant Direct’ Expansion
January 13, 2020
Borden Dairy Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The announcement comes not long after Dean Foods, the largest dairy company in the United States, declared bankruptcy in November 2019, making it the second major milk producer to do so in the past two months.
January 6, 2020
Lidl Cuts Ribbon At First Three Long Island Discount Stores
The units were part of a 27-store package of locations that were originally owned by Best Markets, which the privately-held extreme value merchant acquired in January 2019.
December 23, 2019
Wegmans To Build New DC In Ashland, VA; Depot Will Open In 2022
The high-volume merchant announced it will invest $175 million to build the full-service, regional distribution operation.
December 12, 2019
Ahold Delhaize USA Will Switch To Self-Distribution Model By 2023; Retailer to Invest $480 Million
The move includes the acquisition of three warehouse assets from C&S Wholesale Grocers and new leases on another two facilities.
December 11, 2019
UNFI To Sell 13 Shoppers Stores; 4 Others To Close
26 remaining stores will continue to operate.
December 6, 2019
Kroger Launches Fresh Meals On-Demand Delivery Service
The Cincinnati, OH-based retailer has partnered up with tech-powered, delivery only restaurant concept ClusterTruck to offer what it is calling Kroger Delivery Kitchen without service or delivery fees.
December 5, 2019
Utz To Surpass $1 Billion In Sales With Conagra DSD Acquisition
Last month Utz Quality Foods, the Hanover, PA-based snack food company, acquired Conagra’s DSD snack business. For the CPG giant, the sale of brands such as Snyder of Berlin, Tim’s Cascade snacks and Hawaiian Brand snacks comprised less than one percent of its corporate portfolio. For Utz, the purchase provided…
November 29, 2019
Ronetco Supermarkets CEO and Chairman Of The Board Passes Away At 85
On November 17, 2019, Dominick V. Romano, 85, CEO and chairman of the board of Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc., passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Born August 20, 1934 in Netcong, NJ, to Thomas and Vincenia (Fanny) (nee Francomacaro) Romano. A long-time resident of Andover Township, NJ, he leaves behind…
November 29, 2019
Store Openings Help Wakefern Reach $16.6B In Retail Sales
The Keasbey, NJ-based wholesale cooperative posted a gain of 0.7 percent in retail sales for its 2019 fiscal year ended September 28.
November 26, 2019
Lyft Now Offers Low Fare Grocery Access Program In Baltimore And NYC
The ride sharing company, which launched the initiative in April, will offer residents of food deserts discounted rides to partnered grocery providers.
November 21, 2019
Dean Foods Files For Bancruptcy, May Sell Itself To The Dairy Farmers Of America
America's largest milk producer blames its financial woes on the "accelerated decline in the conventional white milk category."
November 12, 2019
