Grocery Chains Target The 0.7 Percent With Mobile Offers

December 20, 2013 Tom Groenfeldt, Forbes

Those coupons that used to be available from red dispensers on grocery store shelves and have moved more recently to offers printed at checkout, are increasingly moving to mobile phones. That’s courtesy of Catalina, a marketing company which helps retailers and grocery chains understand what individual customers want and then goes to work encouraging them to buy.

Amazon Said To Launch Pantry To Take On Costco, Sam’s

December 20, 2013 Alistair Barr, USA TODAY

Amazon.com is working on a new business called Pantry that will help it expand further into the giant consumer package goods market and take on warehouse club stores Costco and Wal-Mart's Sam's Club, according to three people familiar with the effort.

ALDI Accelerates Growth Strategy, Eyes Nearly 2,000 US Stores By 2018

December 20, 2013 ALDI Inc.

ALDI, the nation's leading low-price grocer, today announced a  five-year strategic plan to open 650 new stores across the nation. The grocery retailer launched its expansion efforts with the decision to build its regional headquarters and distribution center in Moreno Valley, Calif.

Heeren Brothers Produce Formally Opens Its $22 Million Processing Facility

December 20, 2013 Jim Harger, MLive

Heeren Brothers Produce formally opened its new $22 million state-of-the-art processing facility this week with a ribbon-cutting attended by state and local politicians, contractors and neighbors.

Vertical Farmer Green Spirit Farms To Establish Operations In PA’s Lackawanna County

Governor Tom Corbett announced that Green Spirit Farms LLC, a sustainable vertical farm, will establish operations in Lackawanna County and create at least 101 new jobs.  Combined with the recent Sallie Mae and Maximus expansions that will create a projected 1,000 new Northeastern Pennsylvania jobs, Green Spirit Farms' expansion is the third major regional jobs announcement in two weeks.