Weis Markets will open a new 65,000-square-foot store Feb. 19 at 4535 Fairway Village Place in Waldorf, Maryland, following a media preview and ribbon cutting Feb. 18. Chairman and CEO Jonathan Weis and COO Bob Gleeson will attend the ceremony, as will elected officials from Charles County and the community. To mark the occasion, Weis […]
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Posted inCorporate Store News, Food Lion, News, Southeast
Food Lion Awards $20K To North Carolina College Hunger Challenge Winners
Food Lion Feeds and North Carolina Campus Engagement awarded $20,000 to three North Carolina colleges for student-led hunger-relief efforts. Alamance Community College received $10,000 as Grand Hunger Champion, while Catawba College won $5,000 as the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Private Sector Hunger Champion. North Carolina Central University received $5,000 as the UNC System […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Independent Store News, News, Northeast
Redner’s Markets Triples Charitable Donations Using Pin Pad Prompts
Redner’s Markets more than tripled charitable donations by shifting from cashier-initiated requests to pin pad prompts at checkout, ECRS announced Feb. 4. The Reading, Pennsylvania-based independent grocer recorded $10,507.71 in donations over nine days using the pin pad prompt, compared to $3,219.62 over 18 days with cashier prompts during its September round-up campaign. The pin […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Featured News, News, Northeast
ASG To Open New Met Fresh Store In NYC
Independent supermarket owner Danny Hamdan and Associated Supermarket Group (ASG) will open a new Met Fresh supermarket Feb. 20 at 7 Madison St. in Lower Manhattan, not far from New York City Hall. The 16,000-square-foot store will serve residents and thousands of clerks, municipal employees and first responders supporting city hall and nearby government offices. […]
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Ahold Delhaize USA Breaks Ground On $860M DC In Burlington, NC
Ahold Delhaize USA recently broke ground on a new distribution center in Burlington, North Carolina, marking an $860 million investment in supply chain expansion. The facility, which will be the largest in the company’s network, will add more than one million square feet of fresh and frozen distribution capacity to support Food Lion and other […]
Posted inC-Store News, Grocery Store Equipment, News, Southeast
Spinx Selects Tote.AI For POS, Foodservice Technology
The Spinx Company has selected Tote.AI to provide point-of-sale, self-service kiosks and foodservice technology across all 96 convenience stores in the Carolinas, the Greenville, South Carolina-based retailer announced in early February. The AI-native platform will unify Spinx’s ordering, checkout and kitchen technology into a single system. The rollout will begin in the second half of […]
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Second Annual HFG Awards Program Honors 15 Store Managers From 6 States
Houchens Food Group continued its Store Manager Appreciation Awards for the second year, culminating with the announcement of the 2025 HFG Store Manager of the Year. The company recently hosted 15 lunch banquets divided by region and banner. The events included individual recognition of store managers, as well as a selection of other awards. In […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Fresh Thyme, Midwest, News
Fresh Thyme Market Extends Health, Hunger Relief Partnerships Into 2026
Fresh Thyme Market is continuing its partnerships with Vitamin Angels and Feeding America in 2026 while extending its Price Lock initiative, the Downers Grove, Illinois-based grocer announced Feb. 13. The retailer marked a decade-long partnership with Vitamin Angels in 2025, helping provide essential vitamins and minerals to more than 7 million women and children in […]