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  • Roundy’s Gets Fired Up for Second Round of ‘Chairman Bob’ BBQs, TV Spots

    To help kick off the summer and roll out the red carpet for customers, Roundy’s is once again hosting a six-city barbecue event for shoppers that will be headlined by the Milwaukee-based retailer’s chairman and CEO, Bob Mariano, a.k.a., “Chairman Bob.”
  • Peapod Rolls Out Healthy Prepared Meals

    Peapod has introduced a line of six ready-to-heat, healthy prepared meals by celebrity Chicago chef Michael Foley. Exclusive to the e-grocer, the restaurant-quality entrees are available for delivery in the Chicago market under the Peapod’s Chef Express Smart Selections brand.
  • Puck Perks Up Coffee

    Wolfgang Puck Coffee, a licensed product from Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., has begun its retail launch by rolling out to 2,700 Walmart stores across the country.
  • Winn-Dixie Charged up to Help Shoppers Through Hurricane Season

    At the outset of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season -- which experts are predicting will be an above-average year for tropical activity, with up to 12 named storms -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., is positioning itself as a go-to retailer to help individuals and businesses plan and be adequately prepared for tropical storms.
  • Food Lion, Safeway, Schnucks, Supervalu Named PBH Retail Role Models

    Four grocery retailers have been recognized by the Produce for Better Health (PBH) Foundation for their efforts to encourage shoppers to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables. Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion LLC; Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway, Inc.; St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, Inc.; and Minneapolis-based Supervalu were all selected as Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Retail Role Models by the foundation.
  • IGA Opens First Guam Location

    IGA has opened its first grocery store on the island of Guam in Chalan Pago. Owned by Cost U Less, a division of Winnipeg, Manitoba-based The North West Co. Inc., the new Island Fresh IGA is company’s first IGA supermarket and is serviced by IGA Licensed Distribution Center Supervalu's Tacoma, Wash., facility.
  • A Sweets & Snacks Recap From All Candy Expo

    It was a three-day sugar and snacks rush for attendees who came to preview, sample and strategize sweets and snacks at the National Confectioner Association’s (NCA’s) 2009 All Candy Expo held in Chicago May 19 through May 21.
  • Supervalu’s Noddle Among GMA Hall of Achievement Award Winners

    Jeff Noddle, chairman of the board and outgoing CEO of Supervalu, Inc., and Robert E. Rich Jr., chairman of Rich Products Corp. will be recipients of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2009 Hall of Achievement Award.
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