Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2016-May-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — LuLu Hypermarket has been awarded by the Dubai Department of Economic Development as a result of the Consumer Friendliness Index exercise conducted earlier this year.
The awards ceremony for CFI in its 4th edition was organized by the Department of Economic Development in Dubai under the patronage and in…
Grocery
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets is now hiring and training for 350 part-time positions at its new location in Charlottesville, which is scheduled to open Sunday, Nov. 6 at 7 a.m. The 120,000 square-foot store is located at 5th Street Station, a retail center at the intersection of Interstate 64…
NorCal’s newest location anchors Santa Clara Square Marketplace
EMERYVILLE, Calif., 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market’s 50,000-square-foot store in Santa Clara, California, will open July 26 at Scott Boulevard and Bowers Avenue. The store anchors the Santa Clara Square Marketplace development and is the first Whole Foods Market location in the city of Santa…
Dazzleberry and Apple Crumb Recognized by The American Pie Council
Salt Lake City, UT, 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Just like your grandmother’s secret recipe pie at the county fair, Red Button Vintage Creamery Premium Pies are blue-ribbon winners. The locally made Dazzleberry Lattice and Apple Crumb Red Button Vintage Creamery Premium Pies were recognized at…
SCHENECTADY, NY, 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — As part of the company's continued commitment to sustainability and animal welfare, Price Chopper and Market 32 announced today that it will work with its suppliers to reach a 100 percent cage-free egg offering by 2025 - reflecting the phase-in time necessary to achieve a cage-free landscape that…
ZURICH, 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Die Migros gehört neben dem WWF Schweiz, Coop, Futtermittelimporteuren, dem Schweizer Bauernverband und der IP-Suisse zu den Gründungsmitgliedern des Soja Netzwerk Schweiz. Unter dem Vorsitz der Migros hat sich das Netzwerk zum Ziel gesetzt, dass verantwortungsbewusst produziertes Soja zum Standard der Schweizer Eier-, Fleisch- und Milchbranche wird. Per Ende…
ZURICH, 2016-May-11 — /EPR Retail News/ —Die Migros verspricht im Rahmen ihres Nachhaltigkeitsprogramms Generation M bis 2017 ihr vegetarisch und vegan zertifiziertes Sortiment um 30 Prozent zu erweitern. Bereits heute führt sie von allen Grossverteilern das breiteste zertifizierte Angebot, nämlich 104 vegetarisch und 272 vegan gekennzeichnete Produkte.
Neue Ernährungsformen liegen im Trend. Viele Konsumentinnen und Konsumenten…
CHICAGO, 2016-May-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFM), the confirms a new location planned for Vernon Hills, Illinois. The 48,000-square-foot store will be located at Route 60 and Route 21.
At the time of opening, Whole Foods Market Vernon Hills will be the 28th location in Chicagoland. Currently there are 25 Chicagoland locations,…
AUSTIN, Texas , 2016-May-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market announced today that it has signed a lease for a store in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
The 41,500-square-foot store will be part of a mixed-use development near the intersection of 12th Avenue North and Broadway. It will be Whole Foods Market’s third location in Greater Nashville,…
Fair Oaks, CA, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Raley’s Family of Fine Stores is announcing another new location in an established Sacramento County community, Rancho Murieta. The new site advances the company’s expansion plans for the region.
The new Raley’s location will be the only full-service grocery store in the Rancho Murieta community, and will include…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — It’s established itself as the top food trend in the UK over the last few years, with southern styled BBQ, craft beers, and Bourbon all capturing the taste of the nation.
Now another hot American culinary creation is about to take centre stage at parties and BBQs up and…
Schenectady, NY, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — The youngest shoppers will have the opportunity to put together a special gift for Mom at Price Chopper and Market 32’s 8th annual “Build-A-Bouquet” activity on Saturday, May 7 (the day before Mother’s Day) from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm and on Sunday, May 8 (Mother’s Day) from…
MEMPHIS, TN, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Paradies Lagardère, which operates retail stores at Memphis International Airport (MEM), has introduced “Treat Our Troops,” a program that allows passengers to purchase goods to be sent to U.S. military men and women serving abroad. MEM is the 71st airport to participate in the program.
This effort delivers…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation (SM) won two awards at the 8th Annual Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summit and Awards held in Indonesia.
SM bagged a silver award for Best Corporate Communications & Investor Relations and a bronze award as Best Governed & Most Transparent Company.
In addition to receiving…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-May-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Foodstuffs North Island Ltd and Foodstuffs South Island Ltd are pleased to announce to the grocery industry the launch of a national product information management project. Phil Lemon, General Manager Merchandise, Foodstuffs South Island and Chief Financial Officer and Acting General Manager Merchandise, Foodstuffs North Island believe…
San Francisco-based chef Melissa King offers eight signature recipes for hot and salad bars, plus in-store ingredient recommendations
EMERYVILLE, Calif., 2016-May-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — New, chef-driven flavors are now available on Whole Foods Market Northern California & Reno hot and salad bars, courtesy of “Top Chef” season 12 finalist and San Francisco…
Chef Tien Ho launches Dina’s Pupuseria to test new ideas for national grocer
AUSTIN, Texas, 2016-May-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market is launching pupusas as the next menu concept for the company’s food truck test kitchen located at the retailer’s flagship store in Austin, Texas. The new menu officially launches on Wednesday, May…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-May-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation (SM) posted a 12% growth in recurring net income in the first quarter of 2016. Consolidated net income (including non-recurring items) stood at PHP 7.0 billion for the January to March period, up 3.6% from PHP 6.7 billion in the same period last year. Consolidated revenues grew…
ASHEVILLE, N.C., 2016-May-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA) will provide an online, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its second quarter earnings conference call on May 9, 2016. Ingles plans to release earnings for its second quarter ended March 26, 2016, on May 9, 2016.
The live broadcast of Ingles Markets’ quarterly conference call will…
Fundraising drive launched across the Topaz network in aid of the Children’s Charity
DUBLIN, IRELAND, 2016-May-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, today announced its support for ‘The LEGO® Exchange’, a new initiative that is seeing much-needed funds raised for their charity partner, the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation, through unwanted…
100 new Click & Collect Groceries sites planned over next 12 months
LONDON, 2016-May-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s has announced that it will double the number of Click & Collect Groceries Sites in its store car parks over the next 12 months, as it further builds its multi-channel offer to make shopping easier for…
Tesco shoppers bought 4.5 million more luxury cream cakes in 2015 than the year before
Demand for speciality tea is up by 4 per cent in the last year
Nearly a quarter more Brits having cream tea with friends than a year ago*
Revival has also been helped by Great British Bake Off with half…
Five-cent plastic bag fee to discourage single use bags and eliminate plastic film from municipal land-fill to be implemented at Walmart stores in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec during the month of May
Mississauga, ON, 2016-May-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Walmart Canada today announced the expansion of its plastic bag-reduction initiative, which includes the…
Halle, Belgium, 2016-May-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Colruyt Group will be supporting vegetable farmer De Lochting from Roeselare in the continuing transition from conventional farming to organic farming. From the second week of April onward, the Colruyt and OKay stores will be selling several “transition vegetables”, which will only be eligible for the official organic…
Bouw van het nieuwe, gemechaniseerde distributiecentrum van Albert Heijn in Zaandam van start gegaan
Zaandam, 2016-Apr-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Vandaag is de bouw van het nieuwe, gemechaniseerde distributiecentrum van Albert Heijn in Zaandam van start gegaan. Cees van Vliet, directeur winkels en distributie, sloeg samen met burgemeester Geke Faber van de gemeente Zaanstad en de bij de bouw betrokken partijen de eerste paal. Het gemechaniseerde distributiecentrum is naar…
South Tangerang, 2016-Apr-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — The following announcement was issued today (April 27, 2016) by the Company’s 83.9%-owned subsidiary, PT Hero Supermarket Tbk.
Highlights
• Net revenue down 3%
• Gross profit up 2%
• Net loss of Rp 35 billion
• Stores rationalization programme
• Positive free cash flow
PRESIDENT DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Overview
The Group’s 2016 first quarter result…
FORT LEE, Va., 2016-Apr-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gift cards are a great idea. They solve the problem of trying to figure out what to give someone with a simple answer: give them a choice. But then you’re faced with a different question – which card to give? Sure, you could give them one for…
Company Contributes Over $2.8 Million Since 2012
MATTHEWS, NC, 2016-Apr-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sunday, May 1, Harris Teeter will launch its fifth annual Support Our Troops donation card campaign. This campaign, which benefits the USO, helps support active duty military and their families, as well as wounded service members, those transitioning back to civilian life,…
Portland-based Next Level Burger and Canteen to be next ‘Friends of 365’
AUSTIN, Texas, 2016-Apr-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — 365 by Whole Foods Market™, the new evolution of grocery stores by Whole Foods Market, announced today that its second location, in Lake Oswego, Oregon, will open July 14.
The store will host two new Friends of…
Oerlikon - Das Filialnetz der Alnatura Bio-Supermärkte wächst: Am 28. April 2016 eröffnet in Oerlikon der siebte und grösste Standort der Deutschschweiz. Zur Eröffnung locken Aktionen und Attraktionen.
Zürich, Switzerland, 2016-Apr-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Hier kommt nur Bio in die Tüte: Im Alnatura Bio-Supermarkt findet sich mit 5000 Produkten alles für den täglichen Bedarf. Ob…