The move includes the acquisition of three warehouse assets from C&S Wholesale Grocers and new leases on another two facilities.

26 remaining stores will continue to operate.

Congress Should Pass USMCA This Year - Agriculture Voices Needed.

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.

MAFTO 15th Annual Gala honors Acme president Jim Perkins.

Allegeciance Retail Services unveils its newest banner.

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…

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…

It was a record year for the retailer owned co-op based in Iselin, NJ.

The Keasbey, NJ-based wholesale cooperative posted a gain of 0.7 percent in retail sales for its 2019 fiscal year ended September 28.

The ride sharing company, which launched the initiative in April, will offer residents of food deserts discounted rides to partnered grocery providers.

America's largest milk producer blames its financial woes on the "accelerated decline in the conventional white milk category."

The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA), a statewide trade organization advocating for the retail food industry, has bolstered its Board of Directors by adding two new members. Andrea Karns, vice president of marketing and sales at Karns Quality Foods, and Joe Munno, regional manager, industry engagement,  Altria Group, are the…

The Rochester, NY based retailer cites issues with the Anne Arundel County planning department as the impetus for the withdrawal from the much anticipated site.

Companies putting aside their differences to collaborate for the greater good.

The Clock Is Ticking To 2021

After a 48-year industry career, Jerry Clontz has retired as president of Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic division based in Roanoke, VA. He will be replaced by Paula Ginnett, who most recently was a vice president for Walmart. The changes became effective on November 1. “Jerry has been an outstanding leader and colleague…

New Contract Negotiations At A Stalemate As All Parties Seek Help From PBGC.

Crest Hill Bakery, the fast-growing artisan maker based in Glenn Dale, MD, has crafted a formula for success: produce high quality European hearth baked breads and sell them to retail and wholesale customers as private label items. “It allows our customers to have flexibility on how they market our products,”…

Katz was named to his new position after former chairman and CEO David Maniaci announced that his company, Nicholas Markets, would be leaving the Iselin, NJ-based co-op to join the larger Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative.

Upon their conversion, the four New Jersey-based stores will be rebranded as The Fresh Grocer, a Wakefern trademark.

The e-commerce giant is now making services from its grocery subsidiaries AmazonFresh and Whole Food Market, which were previously available for a monthly fee of $14.99 on top of the Prime membership, a no-cost additional service.

Kings Food Markets is joining forces this holiday season with South Ward Children’s Alliance, a division of the BRICK Education Network (BEN), to provide Thanksgiving meals and culinary education to families in the greater South Ward of Newark, NJ. Together, the organizations will distribute a classic Thanksgiving meal including turkey,…

Natalie Knight is in as Executive Vice President Finance for Ahold Delhaize. She will also join the retailer's executive committee.

Kroger is withdrawing from the area and Lidl also pulled out of an anticipated new store in Cary after the Rochester, NY-based chain first announced it was coming to eastern North Carolina.

The great spiced wafer debate and Jeff Brown talks shop at the MAFTO Fall Retailer Dinner

Quick Chek's Murphy retires; NJFC hosts annual Good Government Breakfast

Most recently, Campbell served as president of Rexall Pharmacy Group, a 448-store Canadian pharmacy chain.

Specialty Produce Distributor Develops Niche, Continues To Grow 100 Years Later

Chris Kenny, CEO andpresident of Kenny Family ShopRites has helped form a new non-partisan public policy and political advocacy organization called A Better Delaware.

The Seattle, WA-based e-commerce mega retailer has already reportedly signed a number of leases for a new grocery concept in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.

Can a trendy food hall concept be enough to differentiate Kroger from its competition?

The two team players will retire at the end of 2019 after spending much of their lives making the Rochester, NY-based retailer a better company.

Congress Gets Back To Work

The Thomas’ Foodtown purchase continues an “infill” acquisition strategy that began in 2016.

Family Meals Month Celebrated Throughout The Region

If true, the news shouldn’t be that surprising that the once-iconic Metro New York merchant is looking for a buyer.

Stew Leonard's Opens First NJ Store To Big Crowds

After a sluggish debut, Lidl has begun to pick up steam by offering a revamped merchandising plan (featuring more American products), a smaller footprint (20,000-25,000 square feet vs. its original 36,000 square foot model) and an evolving real estate philosophy in which it is now willing to lease locations rather…

Stop & Shop, the Metro New York market’s second largest grocery retailer, has completed upgrades at 21 of its 50 Long Island stores in the two-county region where it is the share of market leader. Stop & Shop currently operates 27 stores in Suffolk County and the following 21 locations…