Sales of One Step Russet Potatoes provide grants for 130 community gardens.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, 2015-4-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Hy-Vee, Inc. has awarded 130 One Step Garden Grants totaling $52,000 to community organizations and Hy-Vee stores this spring as part of the Hy-Vee One Step program.
The $400 grants will be used to purchase seeds, plants,…
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Walmart and six suppliers aim to donate enough to help Feeding America secure 75 million meals for affiliate food banks across the country
BENTONVILLE, ARK., 2015-4-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today, Walmart launches the spring Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, a nationwide initiative inviting the public to take action in the fight against hunger. Working with…
BRUSSELS, Belgium, 2015-4-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — Delhaize Group is pleased to announce the nominations of Mrs. Dominique Leroy and Mr. Patrick De Maeseneire to become independent members of the Board of Directors.
At the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, to be held on May 28, 2015, the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group will propose the appointment…
Extensive remodeling project for four Meijer stores will feature intuitive store design along with expanded food, apparel selections
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — In an effort to further enhance its customer shopping experience, Meijer will invest nearly $50 million in extensive remodel projects for four supercenters located in Kettering, Miami Township, Englewood and…
FORT LEE, Va., 2015-4-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wi-Fi access for commissary patrons is coming to stateside stores as the Defense Commissary Agency begins its scheduled roll out of the online service.
Through the Commissary Patron Internet Mobile System, or CPIMS, the agency will gradually open customer Wi-Fi access initially at all stateside commissaries to include…
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2015-4-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold announces that Jan Hommen will resume his role as Chairman of the Supervisory Board with immediate effect after temporarily stepping down as Chairman on June 14, 2014.
Upon resuming his role as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Jan Hommen will chair the upcoming 2015 Annual General…
LONDON, 2015-4-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Students at Kensington and Chelsea Millinery College have helped Sainsbury’s to launch its Easter egg packaging recycling scheme with a new twist on the traditional Easter bonnet parade.
Kensington & Chelsea students create Easter bonnet – entirely from recycled Easter egg packaging
Sainsbury’s is providing special recycling points for…
Walgreens Will be the Exclusive Retailer of Red Noses in the U.S.
New York, NY, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — NBC today announced its collaboration with Walgreens and M&M’S® Brand around its first-ever “Red Nose Day” broadcast. To drive positive change through powerful entertainment, Walgreens and M&M’S will be two of the presenting media sponsors…
Cheshunt, England, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Shoppers will soon have their weekly shop taken to a whole new level of fun as Tesco takes a leap forward in revolutionising the shopping experience with the introduction of trampoline inspired bouncy aisles, which will help people reach the top shelves more easily.
Lucy Mecklenburgh, ex-TOWIE favourite…
Children’s Food Trust joins forces with Tesco in new deal worth almost £5 million to expand network of children’s ‘Let’s Get Cooking’ clubs
New clubs will be concentrated in disadvantaged areas and the number of clubs will be expanded by a third
Cheshunt, England, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Children’s Food Trust has…
OneRepublic set to take the stage in a week full of events
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft has partnered with General Mills to provide a community concert featuring OneRepublic on July 25 at Van Andel Arena®, tournament officials announced today.
Fans will recognize OneRepublic’s hit, “Counting Stars,”…
The customized carts make the shopping experience easier for families of children and adults with special needs
STILLWATER, MINN., 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Cub Foods, the first grocer in the Twin Cities to offer Caroline’s Cart to customers with special needs children, today announced it is bringing the one-of-a-kind customized shopping carts to all 76…
Cardiff, UK, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Two Co-operative food stores have re-opened in Cardiff this week (26 and 27 March 2015) as part of an investment programme in excess of £3M designed to transform the shopping experience for communities in and around the city during 2015.
Improvements are in-store at The Co-operative Food in…
Quincy, MA, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — With the arrival of spring, residents in the Northeast are breathing a collective sigh of relief, happy to bid farewell to one of the most trying winters on record. To recognize the outstanding efforts of its drivers who have been on the frontlines of Mother Nature’s fury, Peapod by…
LONDON, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s is proud to announce the launch of a new product, Taste the Difference No-Yolk Eggs, to simplify home baking for millions of customers.
The eggs, laid exclusively for Sainsbury’s by free-range, Amber White chickens, were developed in association with a long-standing Sainsbury’s egg supplier.
According to research from the…
Moscow, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group N.V., (‘X5’ or the ‘Company’) a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: ‘FIVE’), is pleased to announce the further expansion of its Perekrestok chain of supermarkets. Today, five new stores were opened, three of them located in Moscow, one in Kazan and one in Nizhny Novgorod,…
Moscow, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group N.V., (‘X5’ or the ‘Company’) a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: ‘FIVE’), is pleased to announce today the opening of the Company’s 5,555th store, a Pyaterochka proximity store in Lyubertsy, Moscow Region, marking an important milestone for X5.
It took only four months to open store…
Houston, TX, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Store to open April 8 at Voss and Woodway in Houston
WHAT: Whole Foods Market Voss will donate 1 percent of net sales for each of the first five days the new store is open, to local nonprofits. The store opens Wednesday, April 8, at Voss and Woodway.
As…
Major Retailer Launches Spring Fast Way to Save™ Digital Coupon Program;
Weekly Specials Help Customers Save More on Easter and Apparel
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dollar General is helping customers spring into savings this week with the launch of its spring Fast Way to Save™ digital coupon program, offering customers approximately $200 each…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Want to help nature? There’s a bag for that! Once again, The Nature Conservancy and Wegmans Food Markets are celebrating Earth Day all month long with an April 2015 initiative designed to encourage more sustainable behaviors and raise funds for protecting lands and waters.
Last year, Wegmans and The…
Lippo Village, Tangerang, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — PT. Matahari Putra Prima Tbk (MPPA), a leading modern multi-format retailer in Indonesia, operator of Hypermart, Foodmart and Boston Health & Beauty, launched the new Foodmart Supermarket at Suncity Mall Madiun, a luxury shopping center located in the heart of Madiun.
Foodmart Suncity Mall Madiun is the third Foodmart outlet in…
FORT LEE, Va., 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — What a commissary patrons know about their commissary benefit – how it works, its history and its features – can make all the difference in how they use it.
Just ask Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Stuart M. Allison, the Defense Commissary Agency's senior enlisted advisor to…
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (March 30, 2015), Hy-Vee, Inc. officials announced a new partnership with the Pinky Swear Foundation, a national charitable organization that supports children with cancer and their families through fundraising kids triathlons and other community activities. This unique partnership will bring the Hy-Vee Pinky Swear Kids Triathlons…
racing for a cause
West Des Moines, IA, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Hy-Vee is pleased to partner with the Pinky Swear Foundation to sponsor several Hy-Vee Pinky Swear Kids Triathlons and 5K Family Runs in cities across the Midwest. We are excited to help with the foundation’s efforts to raise funds and awareness for…
LONDON, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — In accordance with Listing rule 9.6.14(2), Kingfisher plc today announces that Kevin O'Byrne, an executive director of the Company, is to step down from the Board and leave the business on 15 May 2015. Mr O’Byrne will remain in his current role as CEO for B&Q UK &…
Amateur bakers compete April 11th for the opportunity to make their bakery dreams a reality
New York, NY, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Infatuation, the popular restaurant review resource and creators of the #EEEEEATS hashtag, has teamed up with Whole Foods Market to host its first-ever social media-sourced bake sale in New York City on April…
Whole Foods Market purchases and paves empty lot near Sauganash store
Chicago, IL, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market announced today that it has purchased and plans to improve the empty lot just north of the Whole Foods Market Sauganash location at 6020 N. Cicero Avenue in Chicago. This newly paved lot…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — After a successful inaugural tournament that boasted more than 700 volunteers, the Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft opened volunteer registration one month earlier than last year in hopes of attracting even more volunteers for this year’s tournament.
The retailer also worked with its tournament sponsors to increase last…
ALDI Grows Footprint in Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey with plans to open ALDI stores at 30 former Bottom Dollar Food Locations
Batavia, Ill., 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — ALDI, the nation’s low price grocery leader*, today announced it has completed its purchase of 66 real estate assets from the Delhaize Group. The transaction includes…
BELGIUM, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour Belgium will soon provide its customers with a facility for scanning items in their homes so they can then order them online. The device will also recognize products marketed by competitors, and scanning them will generate spontaneous suggestions from Carrefour.
Customers will use the device to scan their…