Grocery News In Brief…
Weis Markets plans to purchase five Mars Super Markets in Baltimore County, Maryland, including two in Dundalk and individual units in Essex, Arbutus and Carney. Weis Markets intends to complete the purchase in late July. Once the purchase is complete, Weis will operate nine stores in Baltimore County, essentially doubling its footprint in the region…
The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) and the Pennsylvania Distributors Association (PDA) have officially merged. The combined association, which advocates the views of convenience stores, independent grocery stores, supermarkets, wholesalers/distributors and affiliated companies, will operate as the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association. The board of directors has expanded from 37 to 43 members, and PFMA will form a Distributor Council to tackle wholesaler/distributor issues. David L. McCorkle, PFMA president and CEO, continues to lead the association, while PDA President Gerald Kupris provides his expertise as counsel to the PFMA board of directors…
The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a decrease in the list price for the majority of its packaged coffee products sold in the United States, primarily items sold under the Folgers and Dunkin’ Donuts brand names. Prices decreased an average of 6 percent on impacted items in response to sustained declines in green coffee costs. The company’s K-cup pods were excluded from the price decrease.
