May 4 Marks Culmination Of Successful Implementation Of New Jersey’s Ban On Single-Use Bags

KY-Based Seasoning Company Fuels Exponential Growth Through TikTok; Food Lion Expands Educational Assistance Programs For Employees

NJFC's Night of Distinction a Huge Success

MAFTO Opens The 2022 Golf Season; Weis Lowers Pricing And Giant Offers COVID Therapeutics

This week’s interviewee is Mark Federici, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, one of the UFCW International’s largest local unions in the country representing more than 35,000 employees in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West and Virginia.

Hold On To Your Wallet

The price for its 67 percent share is $676 million and it marks the Chilean retail organization's first entry in the U.S. retail grocery market.

The partnership between Harry Meyers and the well-known manufacturer of premium foodservice equipment has lasted 37 years and continues to grow.

Gearing Up For The PFMA's 70th Anniversary Celebration

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which become the first labor entity to organize the online giant last month, has been defeated in its attempt to unionize another nearby sorting center.

The investment will include four new stores, one expansion, five major remodels, and eight fuel centers.

Lester Cohen, retired chairman and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, died April 19 in Boca Raton, FL. He passed away peacefully at home with his wife Norma by his side. He had recently celebrated his 98th birthday. Cohen was born to Lena (Goodwin) and Israel Cohen on February 26, 1924,…

The retailer has acquired 8.5 acres in the DSW Plaza at the junction of Middle Country Road and Moriches Road in Lake Grove, NY and intends to build a 100,000 square foot supermarket on that site.

The under-the-radar organizational effort reached a critical juncture last October when associates at the perishables-driven delivery service first announced they had secured enough signatures to authorize an election.

Joseph Cowhey, 63, a member of the Wakefern family, a dedicated community and business leader and the owner-operator of the ShopRite of Warminster – a role he considered the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, passed away on April 5. Cowhey was a supermarket industry veteran with more than 25 years…

NJFC Trade Relations Conference A Big Success

CPG Vet To Replace Mark Bushway

Bessemer Vote Leans Toward Amazon; NLRB Asked To Intervene

Maria Talks Earth Day And Updates The Return Of In Person Shows

This week’s interviewee is Rick Rodgers, chief executive officer of Baltimore- based B. Green & Co., which operates 8 independent supermarkets under the Green Valley Marketplace, Food Depot and Shoppers Value banners.

PFMA Board Vice Chair to be honored at Annual Conference

The annual top-to-top trade event, featuring industry leaders from all segments of the grocery business, was originally scheduled to be held in Boca Raton, FL in late January, was finally held March 28-31 in Orlando.

Hershey Commemorates SHEroes Around The World In Global Marketing Campaign

Is Your Business “Recall Ready”?

Bessemer, AL Election Currently Favoring E-Commerce Giant

A quick Q&A with George Knobloch, chief operating officer of Key Food Stores, the Matawan, NJ-based grocery co-op whose 160 members operate 357 stores primarily in the competitive and unique New York metro marketing area.

The industry veteran will be shifting roles at Ahold Delhaize USA from her role as chief merchant and senior VP-merchandising at Giant Food to senior VP-omnichannel development at its e-commerce unit.

The family-owned merchant announced it will open its first Connecticut location on an 11-acre site smack in the middle of Fairfield County, one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S.

May The Fourth Be With You

King Kullen, the Hauppauge, NY-based regional chain that is thought to have opened America’s first supermarket (1930), has appointed James A. Cullen Jr. chairman of its board of directors. The move follows the retirement of Ronald Conklin, who previously served as chairman and who began his leadership position on the…

New Store Sets Up Heavyweight Battle With Stew Leonard’s

Bozzuto’s Holds Retailer Conference/Inserra’s Jim Dorey Publishes Book

Zallie-Somerset ShopRite Replacing Two NJ Stores; TGC Recognizes Employees

Once again, the financial performance of the The Kroger Co., in both its fourth quarter and fiscal 2021, was extremely strong with Q4 net sales reaching $33.05 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from a year earlier. Identical sales were strong, too, growing by 4 percent (ex-fuel) year-over-year for the…

Coca-Cola Unveils New Global Innovation Platform; Kellogg's and Sheetz Moves The Needle Forward It ESG Practices

The Manhattan-based investment company not only financially supported Albertsons during the early lean times, but it also financed the retailer’s acquisition of chains Acme, Shaw’s/Star, Jewel, etc. from Supervalu in 2013.

New FDA Commissioner Finally Gets The Nod

Maryland legislators are once again seeking to lift the state’s ban on selling beer and wine in grocery stores and other retail outlets that sell food, and the current effort could involve putting the measure on the ballot in November to allow the state’s voters to make the final decision.

Glover Park Unit Had Been Closed Since 2017 Due To Rodentia, Legal Issues

A quick Q&A with John Ruane, Chief Merchandising Officer and SVP-Omnichannel Merchandising for The Giant Company, the subsidiary supermarket chain of Ahold Delhaize that operates stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia under the Giant and Martin’s, and Giant Heirloom Market banners.