Month: January 2015

Meijer To Open Four Southeastern Wisconsin-Area Stores This Year

January 30, 2015 Staff Reporter, BizTimes Media

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer Inc. announced Wednesday that it will open four new stores in southeastern Wisconsin this year. Meijer will open stores in Grafton and Kenosha in June and it will open stores in Oak Creek and Wauwatosa in August. …

Packaged Facts: Sales Of Local Foods Reaches $12 Billion

January 30, 2015 Packaged Facts

Like organic products before them, locally produced foods are stepping out of the shadow of their once "quirky niche" designation to claim a much more prominent—and permanent—place in the U.S. food and beverage retail-scape. Market research publisher Package Facts estimates that local foods generated $12 billion in sales in 2014, accounting for 2% of total U.S. retail sales of foods and beverages.  Looking ahead, Packaged Facts anticipates that over the next five years, local foods will grow faster than the annual pace of total food and beverage sales to approach $20 billion in 2019. …

H-E-B Heading To Canada To Learn How To Operate A 12,000-Square-Foot Grocery Store

January 30, 2015 Stephanie Guzman, San Antonio Business Journal

H-E-B got the OK Wednesday night from San Antonio's Historic and Design Review Commission to proceed with plans to open a 12,000-square-foot grocery store and gas station on South Flores Street and East Cesar Chavez Boulevard. …

Britain To Give Grocery Industry Watchdog More Power

January 30, 2015 James Davey, Reuters

Britain's government plans to give the grocery industry watchdog powers to fine UK supermarkets if they fail to treat their suppliers, including farmers, fairly. …

Albertsons, Safeway To Sell 168 Stores To Get Merger Okay

January 30, 2015 Diane Bartz, Reuters

Supermarket chains Albertsons and Safeway (SWY.N) agreed to sell 168 stores in eight states to win U.S. antitrust approval for their $9.2 billion merger, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. …