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Ahold Delhaize Partners With Taylor Farms To Open Fresh Kitchen in RI

The facility is expected to add 250 jobs to local economy.
July 17, 2019

Aisle Chatter

Aisle Chatter
Publix and Mondelez take big steps towards sustainability while Nestle pilots public blockchain
July 16, 2019

Legislative Line

Legislative Line
Next Political Hurdle – The Debt Limit
July 16, 2019

Rite Aid To Carry UNFI’s Wild Harvest Line; Independent Customers Unhappy

Taking Stock
The Providence, RI-based distributor finds another reason to disappoint its retailers.
July 16, 2019

UFCW Targets UNFI For Inaction On Shoppers Food & Pharmacy

Locals 400 & 27 Mobilize Shoppers Employees For Informational Rallies.
July 16, 2019

Giant Food Launches ‘Pickup’ Program At Select B-W Stores

Giant Food has unveiled “Giant Pickup,” a new service which will allow customers to place their grocery orders online and pick them up at a local store. The leading grocery chain in the Baltimore-Washington area began rolling out the program on July 1 at a select group of stores. The…
July 13, 2019

Wegmans, Publix Named Best Workplaces For Millennials

This is the fourth consecutive year for both retailers to make the list.
July 12, 2019

Amazon To Make Grocery Brands Pay For Losses On Upcoming Prime Day

In return, the e-commerce giant will waive its typical slotting fee for these products for the two-day online sales event.
July 9, 2019

Rick Daniels Joins JOH As Mid-Atlantic Account Manager

JOH recently announced that Rick Daniels has joined the Mid-Atlantic region as an account executive/account manager. Daniels has had an extensive career. He has worked on various client accounts, including: Barilla, Bertolli, Church & Dwight, Colgate-Palmolive, Del-Monte, Marcal, Ragu, Tone’s Spices, Unilever Foods and Upfield Foods. He has also worked…
July 5, 2019

PFMA Announces New Appointments To Board of Directors

The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) last month announced changes to its board of directors, appointing two members to its board and announcing new leadership positions. The announcement was made during the 2019 Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Alex Baloga, PFMA president and CEO, and Gene Cleary, senior director of independent…
July 4, 2019

Soup To Nutz

Soup to Nutz
An inside look at this year's IDDBA show and retailers giving back to their communities.
June 28, 2019

Metro Beat

Metro Beat
FOFI event was a big success; Inserra Supermarkets unveils new ShopRite of New Milford.
June 28, 2019

Statehouse Update

NJFC
PFMA members give back to the community, Senate Bills 321 and 322 discussed, and new PFMA board members announced.
June 28, 2019

Overstoring Toll: Low Comps, More Struggles Despite Healthy Economy, Modest Inflation

Taking Stock
Survival may be the new prosperity as retailers struggle to make sales gains.
June 28, 2019

ShopRite Still King Of $98.6B Market; Gridlock Stymies Growth

Stop & Shop, CVS, Giant, Walmart Remain Big Factors; Aldi Has Strong Year.
June 28, 2019

Supreme Court Ruling Supports FMI, Protects SNAP Store Level Data

A lower district court ruling is overturned by SCOTUS in favor of retailers.
June 26, 2019

Aisle Chatter

Aisle Chatter
CPG brands and retailers show their LGBTQIA employees, consumers, and community support for Pride Month.
June 21, 2019

Giant Tops Again; Walmart, CVS, Food Lion Solid In $48.5B Market

Despite an overall healthy economy and slightly increased inflation, many food retailers once again struggled to post positive identical store sales in the Mid-Atlantic marketing area that remains overstored and diversified.
June 21, 2019

Legislative Line

SNAP Good News.…WIC Bad News.
June 21, 2019

Wal-Mart Retakes Lead From Kroger In Richmond; HT, Kroger Benefit From Farm Fresh’s Withdrawal

The Richmond-Norfolk market continues to be the most dynamic and competitive area in the entire Mid-Atlantic region. The reason is obvious: established powerhouse retailers that compete against each other (Walmart, Kroger, Wegmans, Food Lion) coupled with other new deep-pocketed merchants that are trying to gain traction in a market that’s…
June 21, 2019

For Most Mid-Atlantic Retailers, Survival Is The New Prosperity

Taking Stock
Giant maintains Mid-Atlantic share lead; Walmart, Aldi make strides in overstored $48.5 billion market.
June 21, 2019

Gleeson To Head Weis Fresh; Grimes To Retire

The former Shoppers Food & Pharmacy president and Supervalu executive will become the Sunbury, PA-based retailer's new vice president of fresh merchandising, effective July 1.
June 19, 2019

Reid To Head Stop & Shop As McGowan To Exit; Kress Named Interim President Of Giant Food

Eleven-day strike may have been catalyst for leadership changes.
June 17, 2019

Kings Partners Up With Cybersecurity Firm To Bring Advanced Protection To Its POS Systems

A new, embedded OS solution was developed for the retailer to detect and prevent malware using deep learning-based cybersecurity across its U.S. locations.
June 17, 2019

Walmart Integrates Jet.com Into Its Own Online Business, Eliminates President Role

Walmart is completely merging its jet.com business into its own e-commerce platform, including the retail, technology, analytics, and product segments. It had already previously combined the supply chain divisions in order to retool fulfillment centers and mirrored inventory. As a result of the streamlining of the two online businesses, the…
June 13, 2019

Target Expands Same Day Shipping Options For Customers

This is just the latest move to help the Minneapolis-based retailer stay competitive with the likes of Amazon and Walmart.
June 13, 2019

Kroger To Sell CBD Products in 945 Stores In 17 States

The Cincinnati, OH-based supermarket chain is the latest retailer to start selling products containing the hemp derivative.
June 12, 2019

Longtime Grade A Shoprites President And Navy Veteran Rocco Cingari Dies at 89

Rocco “Rocky” Cingari, who served as president and CEO of Grade A Shoprites in Connecticut for nearly 40 years, passed away on June 3. A lifelong grocer, Cingari started in the industry in his family’s first store, Grade A Market, opened in 1943 by his Italian immigrant father Salvatore Cingari…
June 11, 2019

Chris Foley Named President of Campbell Meals & Beverages

The company veteran has spent 20 years in a variety of roles around the world for the CPG manufacturer.
June 11, 2019

Kroger Recalls Frozen Berries for Hep A; Ground Beef And Steaks For E. Coli

The Cincinnati, OH-based retailer has issued two recalls over the course of four days.
June 10, 2019

UNFI Earnings Improve Slightly; Core SVU Sales Dip, Shoppers Still In Limbo

The natural, organics, and specialty foods distributor posted better than expected earnings in its third quarter but there are lingering signs that the Providence, RI distributor still faces many critical challenges.
June 6, 2019

Disturbing Video Prompts Retailers To Pull Fairlife Milks Off Of Shelves

Investigative animal rights group uncovers blatant animal abuse at brand's flagship dairy farm.
June 6, 2019

Krasdale’s Longtime Retail Development Lead Is Promoted To EVP

Krasdale Foods recently announced that Dennis Wallin, the company’s longtime head of retail development has been promoted from vice president to executive vice president of Alpha 1 Marketing, Krasdale’s merchandising and marketing affiliate. Wallin, who joined Krasdale in 1991, will continue to serve as the company’s eyes and ears on…
June 5, 2019

Walmart Sued For Selling Fake Medicine

The Center For Inquiry has filed a lawsuit against the Bentonville, AR retailer for misleading customers in its marketing and sales of homepathic products.
June 4, 2019

Goya Foods Hires Goldman Sachs To Explore Possible $3 Billion Company Sale

Goya, the Jersey City, NJ-based food manufacturer that is synonymous with Latin American home cooking in the United States, has reportedly hired Goldman Sachs to explore options that may include a sale of the company that could potentially bring in as much as $3 billion. Company CEO Robert Unanue countered…
June 3, 2019

Perdue Recalls Nearly 32,000 Pounds of Ready-To-Eat Chicken

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service urges consumers to check their freezers for the recalled products and to return the items to the store where purchased or to throw them away.
June 3, 2019

Affinity Group Acquires Matrix Sales & Marketing And Jon Morris &Co.

Affinity Group has announced its recent acquisitions of two retail sales and marketing agencies: Matrix Sales & Marketing and Jon Morris & Co. Matrix Sales & Marketing is a Cumberland, RI-based perishables food brokerage with a focus on dairy, frozen, deli, meat, produce and specialty cheese products that was founded…
May 31, 2019

Family Dollar To Start Selling Alcohol in 1,000 Locations

In a bid to drive more business, Dollar Tree has announced plans to start selling alcohol in approximately 1,000 Family Dollar units. It will also expand freezers and coolers at around 400 locations. The Chesapeake, VA-based discount retailer, which completed its purchase of the Mathews, NC-based Family Dollar banner in…
May 31, 2019

Erik Keptner To Join Rite Aid As SVP-Marketing & Merchandising

Top marketing executive to leave Wakefern.
May 31, 2019

Amherst Wegmans Shutters In-Store Babysitting Service

Wegmans, which once offered an in-store babysitting service called Wkids in select locations, is closing its last one situated in Amherst, NY, as reported by The Buffalo News. The free service allowed parents and caregivers the ability to shop without distractions after dropping off their children. According to Michele Mehaffy,…
May 30, 2019