Lowes Foods Opens Seventeenth Just $ave In Murfreesboro, NC

August 31, 2012 Lowes Foods

Lowes Foods recently opened a new Just $ave Foods store in Murfreesboro, NC. This store closed as a Lowes Foods on August 5th and re-opened as Just $ave on August 15th. This is the seventeenth Just $ave store to open in a series of store conversions across the Carolinas. The newly formatted store is based on extensive customer research that shows that customers are looking for more ways to save money, save time and support their communities.

SUPERVALU Announces Changes To Executive Leadership Team

August 31, 2012 SUPERVALU INC.

SUPERVALU INC. announced that it is restructuring its executive leadership team to ensure alignment around the company’s goals and to better drive and execute the company’s business turnaround.

Whole Foods Has Its Eye On Johnnie's Foodmaster

Whole Foods Market is in talks to buy or take over leases for half a dozen Johnnie’s Foodmaster locations in eastern Massachusetts, possibly bringing an end to one of the last urban family grocery chains, according to several real estate officials briefed on the deal.

CFIA: Certain Store-Made Fruit Cups, Yogurts & Salads May Contain Salmonella

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Sunterra Market are warning the public not to consume the store-made Fruit cups, Yogurts, and Salads described below because these products contain recalled Daniella mangoes as an ingredient which may be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup.

Idaho Potato Commission Announces New Industry Relations Director

August 31, 2012 Idaho Potato Commission

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is pleased to announce that Travis Blacker has accepted the position of Industry Relations Director.   Blacker will work out of the IPC’s Eastern Idaho office and will focus on building and developing relationships between the IPC and all industry members:  growers, shippers and processors.