Industry News
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Bristol Farms Becomes Independently-Owned Again
Bristol Farms has recently celebrated its being independently owned again after being a subsidiary company for store chains Albertson’s and Supervalu for six years. The buy out became possible when Bristol Farms partnered with investment firm Endeavor Capital. With the partnership, Bristol Farms is also now able to improve the operations of its current stores…
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Grocery Store Plans at Hampden Township
Over the last few years, Hampden Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has been one of the places in the state to experience significant growth. Thus, it is no wonder that the township has attracted established retail companies for investment. Aside from toy retail stores Babies R Us/Toys are Us, the township has also attracted grocery…
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New York’s Target Expands its Grocery Service by Adding Fresh Produce to Its Display
Target stores in western New York are currently undergoing major improvements to expand its grocery services by including a fresh produce section. Out of the seven Target stores in that part of the state, two have already been made over and now include a fresh produce section. One revamped store is located in Amherst, at…
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Wal-Mart Converts Two Former Albertson Stores in Texas
Wal-Mart Stores has announced its plans to convert two former Albertson stores in Texas. The former Albertson stores are located in Frisco and Flower Mound. According to local news reports in Texas, these stores will be converted to Wal-Mart neighborhood markets and will follow the design and concept of other Wal-Mart neighborhood markets. According to…
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Target and Walmart to Add Grocery Sections in its Portland Locations
While Target and Wal-Mart stores have expanded their services and added grocery sections in a number of its locations, their Portland stores have been an exception, until recently. In March of this year, Target has opened grocery sections in its stores in Tanasbourne and Tigard, as well as started to expand its stores in Hillsboro,…
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Grocery Stores Raleys Gelsons and Bristol to sell Hawaiian Springs Water
Hawaiian Springs Water Announces Partnerships with Leading West Coast Gourmet Market Chains Lava-Filtered Artesian Water from Hawaii Now Available in Raley’s, Gelson’s and Bristol Farms Markets throughout California and Northern Nevada Company Increases Retail Presence by 40 percent in California HONOLULU – Hawaiian Springs, LLC, a Hawaii-based premium natural bottled water company, has increased its…
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H-E-B Carries Hawaiian Springs Water
The Hawaii-based premium natural bottled water company, has increased its retail availability to 105 H-E-B grocery stores in Texas and 13 AJ’s Fine Foods stores in Arizona. H-E-B, a major supermarket chain based in San Antonio, has more than 315 stores in Texas and northern Mexico. AJ’s Fine Foods was established in 1985, with a…
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Egg Rules and New Stores
In grocery industry news, the federal government is on track to fully implementing rules laid down to ensure that eggs put out in the market are Salmonella free and therefore safe for consumption by the public. There has been an increase in potentially fatal salmonella infections and hence a follow up on this rule is…