Master Grocer
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Stop & Shop Expands Gas Rewards Program into New Jersey
Stop & Shop Supermarkets, in partnership with Shell gasoline, has expanded their gas reward program to New Jersey, after certain legislation was recently changed. The New Jersey State Assembly and State Senate unanimously passed legislation to allow such gas reward programs to be carried out in the state. The reward program, which started in New…
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Supervalu
Supervalu has been in operation since 1870. It first operated under B.S. Bull and Company which closed shop and its founders then formed Winston and Newell Company. This company ran independently owned stores, which initially operated under the SUPERVALU and U-Save banners. The Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based retailing company was voluntarily listed on the New York…
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Meijer Stores
A modest barber decided to open a grocery store in the middle of the Great Depression to supply groceries to his customers. He bought some goods on credit and together with his 14-year old son, Fred, opened the North Side grocery in Greenville, Michigan. That was 1934. He later renamed the store Meijer’s Grocery. Hendrick…
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Ground Beef Recall in the U.S. and Canada
The USDA has announced a recall of ground beef products from the Canadian company XL Foods Inc which are suspected to be contaminated with E. coli. The public health alert on raw boneless beef trim products was issued in cooperation with the USDA Food Safety Information Service on products imported from the Canadian based company.…
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Target Stores History
Target Corp. traces its roots back to 1902 when its founder George Dayton set up the Dayton Dry goods company in Minneapolis, and later Dayton Company in 1911. Dayton acquired Lipmans, a department store in the 1950’s. The Dayton Company merged with J. L. Hudson Company in 1969 to become Dayton-Hudson Corporation. The corporation acquired…
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Get your Pig on With Piggly Wiggly
Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service store celebrated its birthday 2 weeks ago on September 6th. The grocery chain turned 96 years old. Founded in 1916 by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee, as the first self-service store, his was truly a concept whose time had come and which changed the face of the retail business. Previously,…
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Piggly Wiggly Midwest in Union Deal
The workers representatives of Piggly Wiggly Midwest have signed new deals with their employer. This agreement has seen the end of a protracted dispute between the grocery chain and its unionized employees. The multiyear contract will cover Piggly Wiggly employees in Wisconsin who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473. Piggly…
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McDonalds Posts Calorie Counts In Menus
Starting this week (Sept. 16, 2012), McDonalds, the world’s No. 1 hamburger chain will start listing calorie information on drive-through and in-store menus. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based retailer says it will be doing the posting of calories that their burgers and fries contains in a bid to help customers understand their food choices. The voluntary…