Month: May 2015

Central Grocers, a retailer-owned cooperative serving more than 400 stores in the Illinois and Indiana, is adopting best-in-class recall process management technology from Recall InfoLink. Central Grocers joins other members of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA), including Associated Grocers of Florida, Affiliated Foods of Amarillo, Associated Grocers-Baton Rouge, Olean Wholesale Grocers, Associated Grocers of Florida, Associated Grocers of the South and Unified Grocers, in successfully implementing Recall InfoLink solutions. …

Devotees of the small regional Hiller's chain say they'll miss the unusual specialty products and hope locally sourced products will still be available at six of the chain's seven southeastern Michigan stores will become Kroger locations. …

Houston-based Lewis Food Town Inc., the parent company of Food Town Grocery Stores, has acquired grocery retail business Gerland's from the Levit family for an undisclosed amount, said Mike Lewis, president of Lewis Food Town. …

Cincinnati-based grocer The Kroger Co. on Wednesday divulged more details of a wide-ranging plan to beef up its operations in central Indiana, including creating or remodeling dozens of stores, establishing a regional training center, and creating an estimated 3,440 jobs. …

Weis Markets has begun construction of a 100,000-square-foot addition to its distribution center outside Milton to expand its capability to store and distribute meat, deli and dairy products. …