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Regional grocery chain Giant Food is opening a new store in Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, replacing an older location about nine miles away, the retailer announced Tuesday. The new store is nearly 65,000-square feet and has an expanded gourmet cheese department, fresh-made sushi and pizza, and a Starbucks café. «Giant Food has been serving the Silver Spring community since 1958 and we are pleased to bring this new store that will provide a fresh space for everyone to enjoy,» said Ira Kress, President of Giant Food. «The new store is designed to bring the best products and value to the community…
Yellow Banana, which owns and operates eight Save A Lot stores in the Chicago area, received a $13.5 million community investment grant, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday. The minority-owned company, which received the city’s largest grant award in this funding round, said it plans to combine additional money with the grant, to invest approximately $26 million into six Save A Lot locations in underserved communities on the South and West Sides of Chicago. «We know how critical access to high-quality food at affordable prices is in many of these neighborhoods —I myself having been raised in a community with many…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Natural Grocers®, the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., announced its Sioux Falls store will open on July 27. The first location in South Dakota, Natural Grocers® will open at 2601 S. Louise Ave., Suite 300. The community and Natural Grocers’ good4u® Crew will celebrate the Grand Opening with discounts, gift card giveaways, prize sweepstakes, and more. “Natural Grocers is thrilled to expand our family-run stores to the folks in South Dakota. When searching for new markets, we always look for areas in which we can serve the existing community with our…
Spanish-speaking Walmart customers ask questions in their native language For years, we’ve spoken about our focus on creating seamless omnichannel shopping experiences that save our customers time and money. We know language can be a significant barrier to a great shopping experience, so we’ve been hard at work to fix that by expanding the Spanish search capability on Walmart.com. In the U.S., roughly 18% of the population identifies as Hispanic or Latino, a percentage that is predicted to grow to 28% by 2060. We serve all of America, so it’s only natural we should prioritize improving Spanish search functionality. Why…
How did the new store come about? Just a month after Sprout Farmers Market officially closed its Fremont outpost, the East Bay city is getting a new grocery store in its place. Mega Mart, a South Korean-based grocery chain, has set up shop at the former Sprouts located at 3900 Mowry Ave. in Mowry Plaza, as first reported by the Mercury News. According to the news outlet, the grocery store is expected to open by late September. The forthcoming Fremont store will become Mega Mart’s third U.S. location and second Bay Area store after Sunnyvale. As the Mercury News reports, Mega Mart already has a…
The baby-formula shortage hasn’t eased since the nationwide average of out-of-stocks hit 30% in April and then jumped to 40% by the end of the month, according to Datasembly data. Now media outlets are reporting that out-of-stocks nationwide were at 73.6% for the week ending May 28. By contrast, Datasembly’s analysis found that stock was relatively stable for the first half of 2021, with out-of-stock fluctuations between 2%-8%. “This issue has been compounded by supply-chain challenges, product recalls and historic inflation,” Datasembly CEO Ben Reich has said. “The category started to see stocking challenges beginning in July 2021, and the situation has…
The Kellogg Co. announced June 21 plans to separate its North American cereal and plant-based foods businesses, via tax-free spinoffs, resulting in three independent public companies. Temporarily named North America Cereal Co., Plant Co., and Global Snacking Co., “these businesses all have significant stand-alone potential, and an enhanced focus will enable them to better direct their resources toward their distinct strategic priorities,” said Steve Cahillane, chairman and CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich.-based CPG company. “In turn, each business is expected to create more value for all stakeholders, and each is well-positioned to build a new era of innovation and growth.” North America Cereal…
CHEF’STORE, the warehouse retail concept from US Foods that is open to restaurant professionals as well as the general public, announced plans for a bicoastal expansion, with new stores in California North Carolina and Montana. The new stores will add to CHEF’STORE’s more than 80 locations nationwide across 13 states. Rosemont, Illinois-based US Foods said on Tuesday that the new locations in Merced and Santa Cruz, California; Helena, Montana, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, further CHEF’STORE’s commitment to being a one-stop wholesale shop for restaurant operators, food industry professionals, community groups and at-home chefs with no membership fee required. The Merced and Santa Cruz stores will join CHEF’STORE’s existing California…
Grocery Outlet, the fast-growing West Coast discounter will be opening a new store in Allentown, Penn. In an email sent to WGB, the new store will open in September and will be located at 1401 Allen Street. The Emeryville, California-based company’s opening of another Pennsylvania store falls on the heels of the extreme-value grocer’s entrance into Maryland last month. Located at 1713 Massey Blvd. in Hagerstown, the Maryland store marked the grocer’s entrance into its eighth state. “Grocery Outlet offers the same trusted brands as traditional grocery stores, but at lower prices. Its buyers scour the country to find the top manufacturers with excess inventory and seasonal closeouts so Grocery Outlet can…
Inflation for food at home climbed to 12.2% year over year in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, prompting speculation around the Federal Reserve’s plans this month for another big rate hike. In the overall U.S. economy, inflation, which climbed in May to 8.6%, rose even higher for June to 9.1%, marking a new 40-year high. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) June Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflected that food and fuel were top contributors to this month’s inflation surge. Grocery prices rose 1% and 12.2% over the past 12 months, BLS reported. Month to month, grocery prices were up 1% over May levels, the sixth…