Stores
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Tom Thumb Food and Pharmacy
Tom Thumb is a supermarket chain founded in the year 1948. The two founders Robert B. Cullum and J.R. Bost, opened the store under the name Tom Thumb-Page Food Stores. The store expanded, and by 1956 had 20 stores. The expansion continued in California and the Midwest when they acquired Pantry Food Markets and Hinky…
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Stater Bros. Pharmacies Offer Free Antibiotics
Stater Bros. pharmacies is giving free antibiotics throughout its 27 locations in Southern California. The free antibiotics will be given to anyone with or without health insurance who provides a prescription. The offer also includes refills. The offer began on November 1 and includes: The officials of the supermarket chain say that they are the…
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Price Chopper Offers Thanksgiving Dinner
Price Chopper Supermarkets has prepared Thanksgiving dinner for customers that don’t have the time or inclination to fix a big dinner. The dinner is a fully roasted turkey with all necessary fixings. Customers have two options between a Plainville Farms turkey breast of 4-6 pounds, including gravy or a Plainville Farms full turkey of 10-12…
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A&P to Close Three Stores
A&P will be closing three SuperFresh stores that it says are under performing. The closures of the stores will be done in early 2013 and will affect stores under their Philadelphia operations. The retailer has given the closing dates as January 11. The three locations that will be affected are located in the southern New Jersey…
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Second PriceRite Maryland Store to Open
PriceRite, a fully owned subsidiary of Wakefern Food Corps., is set to open a second store in Maryland, to be located in District Heights. The opening ceremony scheduled for Wednesday,November 28 will involve ribbon cutting and all the frills that accompany such an event. The value grocery chain offers a warehouse club-style shopping style that…
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Fuel Program Includes National and Private Brands
Hy-Vee’s Fuel Saver program will see both private and national brands play a key role. The Fuel Saver program, which is a partnership between the retailer and Casey’s General Stores, seeks to tie gasoline discounts to particular grocery purchases. Shoppers at these stores can get a total discount of $2.08/gallon for this week when they…
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Report: Market Basket Moving Into Maine
Market Basket, the New England grocer, is set to open its first Maine store in 2013 in the town of Biddeford. This is according to town officials who published a report in a local paper. Economic Development Director Daniel Stevenson talked to the Journal Tribune and said that the first Maine store of Market Basket would…
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Coborn’s Buys Mike’s Super Valu
Coborn’s Inc. in St Cloud, Minnesota, has reported that it has bought Mike’s Super Valu. The independent store located in North Dakota’s Watford City said that it was planning to move its staff to a Cash Wise location that Coborn’s is constructing in the city. Mike’s Super Valu has been in operation for the last…