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Key Food Expands in New York
Key Food Store is one of the leading grocery stores in America. The company has been on the move to increase their coverage and number of stores they have in the country. Their most recent move involved opening new stores in Queens and Staten Island, New York. The company has also gone ahead to establish…
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Lowes Foods Beats the Local Produce Goal
According to the most recent reports from Lowes Foods, the company was able to surpass their initial goal of selling at least 10% local produce in their market. There has been more emphasis on encouraging the farmers in the region to provide more produce. This is because of the emphasis on fresh produce by consumers.…
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Okey-Dokey Shutting Down all Stores
According to local sources, Okey-Dokey may be closing all their discount stores in Florida. Okey-Dokey had been planning on opening over 400 discount grocery stores in the region. Most people would be wondering what exactly went wrong with this line of stores, considering the fact that the company has done a lot to ensure that…
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Whole Food’s World without Bees
Whole Food recently embarked on a campaign to sensitize people on what the world would be like if there were no bees to pollinate plants. The company removed half of their stock in one of their stores in an effort to show how their department would look like if the bees were put out of…
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Unified Grocer Partners with Charlie’s Produce
Unified Grocer is one of the leading grocery stalls in the country. The company recently made an announcement that it will be working with Charlie’s Produce as their exclusive and only partner in reaching out to the needs of their customers in the areas around Oregon, Alaska and Washington. This is part of the strategy…
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Scents of Success
Most shoppers are able sniff out many things as they do their grocery shopping. These include bargains, and most of the items that are on promotion. This form of sorting is not really sniffing but deducing. Over time, most retailers have made attempts to attract more buyers through the use of aromas from bakeries, pizza,…
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Three Reasons Why the Walmart Empire Is Collapsing
This massive retail chain has sold itself as one that sells merchandise at low prices, but what it has really done is control costs. In the a little over half a century that the retail giant has been in existence, it has become the largest force in terms of the retail business that the world…
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Metro Plans to Reorganize Ontario Stores Because of Competition
Metro Inc. has plans of reorganizing its grocery retail network in Ontario, which will affect 15 Metro stores. The stores will either be converted to Food Basics or closed. The move is as a result of intensified competition. Metro Inc. is based in Montreal, and is one of the largest grocery retailers in Canada. The…
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