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We officially present the 26th edition From September 12 to 13, 2022 AF&B and HRCOC – Present the 26th edition 2022 Mr. Ivan Barrios President & CEO, World Trade Center Miami together with Mr: Julio Ibañez President The Hispanic Retail Chamber of Commerce USA. Americas Food & Beverage Show Location: Hall A1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139 World Trade Center. MIAMI | FLORIDA | USES. Contact: business.director@hispanicretailchamber.org (+1) 305 250 1152 | / LATAM: (+54) 9 2944233995 Opening: Monday, September 12, 2022 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM Closing: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM Duration:…

Fresh Thyme Market announced on Wednesday that it has named Liz Zolcak, former vice president of operations, as its new president. Zolcak takes over for Gerald Melville, who is retiring after a 43-year retail career that included positions at Meijer, Albertsons and Supervalu. Zolcak brings 17 years of grocery leadership experience to the top role, including serving as vice president of retail operations for Kroger and director of marketing for Aldi. Since September 2020, Zolcak has overseen store operations for Fresh Thyme Market. Before that, she spent a year as vice president of retail operations for Kroger, and, prior to that, spent…

Chicago-based Tony’s Fresh Market with a new location in Joliet, Ill. The store located at 1801 West Jefferson St. on the site of a former Kmart and will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., according to the grocer’s website. Tony’s Fresh Market, which was recently acquired by Apollo Global Management, purchased the property in 2020. The location had been an eyesore for the city of Joliet, located about 40 miles southwest of Chicago, since Kmart closed its doors in 2016, the grocer said. Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk called Tony’s Fresh Market’s purchase of the property «a great development for…

Moser’s new location opens its doors with a Drive-Thru. Moser’s, a mid-Missouri, family-owned grocery chain, opened its newest store May 4 at 4420 Faurot Dr. in Columbia, Mo.—and in an unusual twist, the location features a drive-thru Champs Chicken attached to the grocery store. “Communities will always need grocery stores and comfort food, that’ll never change,» Moser’s owner Roger Moser said in a news release. «But what has changed in my 40-plus years in the industry is how customers want to get it.» According to Jim Spratt, VP of project management for PFSbrands, of which Champs Chicken is a part, said “the grocery store…

Luna attributes his success to hard work and perseverance and says he never gives up on a goal. Bertha Luna, who joined the Southern California grocer in 1999, is promoted to SVP. San Bernardino, Calif.-based Stater Bros. Markets has promoted Bertha Luna to the position of senior vice president of retail operations. Luna, who previously served as VP of retail, will lead the retail operations of Stater Bros.’ more than 170 stores in Southern California and will serve as a member of the company’s executive leadership team. Luna will report directly to Stater Bros. President Greg McNiff. “Bertha’s promotion recognizes her outstanding…

Giant expands in Philadelphia by opening new office and hiring more employees The Giant Company opened its latest supermarket in the Philadelphia area on Friday, at 501 N. Broad St. — the first of two openings in the metropolitan market this summer, according to emailed press releases. The second is slated to open in early July at 1025 Second Street Pike. Both stores emphasize fresh items and offer food stations like sushi made in-store and a hot foods department with smoked meats. With the addition of two stores this summer, Giant will have opened seven locations in the Philadelphia area over…

Not only is Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. expanding its fulfillment network, it’s also embarking on a 35,000-square-foot expansion of its Tamarack Farms Dairy in Ohio to support the implementation of an aseptic milk line to produce products such as half and half, heavy whipping cream, coffee creamers and Carbmaster milk, the grocer announced June 24. The production line at Tamarack Farms Dairy, which will be the grocer’s first in the Midwest, will support over 150 jobs at the facility, Kroger said. The grocer, which owns and operates dairy-producing facilities across the U.S., said this facility serves approximately 160 stores in Ohio and West…

As rising prices continue to burden American consumers, they are shifting their blame for grocery inflation from the pandemic to the supply chain, according to a recent poll from the Consumer Brands Association and Ipsos. In February, 21% of survey respondents said supply-chain costs and constraints were responsible for rising grocery prices, with that percent rising to 27% in June. Conversely, 30% of respondents said the pandemic was the root cause in February (the top cause in the month) vs. 19% in June. “The changes are reflective of a volatile four months that has left the pandemic largely in the…

Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix held a groundbreaking ceremony June 23 at the site of its first Kentucky store, which will be located in Louisville’s Terra Crossing shopping center and is tentatively slated to open its doors in late 2023. Publix said the 55,701-square-foot store will feature a drive-thru Publix pharmacy and an adjacent 3,200-square-foot Publix, which will be the first Publix Liquors located outside the state of Florida, the grocery retailer said. “It’s an exciting day for Publix Super Markets as we break ground in our eighth state,” said Publix CEO Todd Jones, in a statement. “When our founder, George Jenkins, opened the first…

John Catsimatidis, chairman and CEO of Red Apple Group, and subsidiary Gristedes & D’Agostino Supermarkets, announced in a June 20 statement that Joe Parisi has been appointed president and COO of Gristedes & D’Agostino’s, effective June 14. In his new role, Parisi will oversee the 30-location New York City supermarket chain, bringing with him four decades of experience in the food and grocery industry, Red Apple Group said. Parisi joined Gristedes & D’Agostino in 2021 after more than three decades with Kings Food Markets, Inc./Balducci’s KB U.S. Holdings Cos. in New Jersey. Until 2021, Parisi was COO and a board…