Bottom Dollar Food Store Locations To Close By January 15

January 5, 2015 Bottom Dollar Food

Bottom Dollar Food announced that the company will close its 66 store locations in the greater Philadelphia and greater Pittsburgh markets by January 15 and retire the banner's operations.  Upon the closing of stores, Bottom Dollar Food will offer every associate severance, and eligible associates will be offered career transition services.

New Bill Would Allow Wine In TN Grocery Stores A Year Earlier

January 5, 2015 Dave Boucher, Tennessean

A new bill would allow grocery stores in Tennessee to start selling wine a year sooner than currently expected.

Instacart Teams With Recipe App Yummly For On-Demand Ingredient Delivery

San Francisco-based Instacart, recently valued at $2 billion in its latest funding round, is teaming up with Redwood City-based recipe service Yummly to deliver ingredients on-demand.

Get Creative With Your Millennial Grocery Shopper

January 5, 2015 Holly Pavlika, Media Post

Looking to reach your fair share of the 80 million Millennials in the U.S.? You should because they make up 25% of the population and will have more than $200 billion in spending power by 2017 according to Advertising Age. So how can you tap into these adventure seeking, tech-savvy, always-on social media maven’s wallets? Particularly when Millennials are moving away from the traditional grocery chains their parents shop in and opting towards specialty, mass retailer, club and convenience stores, as reported by Barkely.

UK: Jamie Oliver Leads Drive To Buy Misshapen Fruit & Vegetables

Jamie Oliver, who has led the campaign for improved school meals, is turning his attention to a campaign encouraging shoppers to buy “crooked” carrots, knobbly pears and wonky potatoes, in an effort to reduce food waste.