Month: June 2024

Washington Fruit Growers Announces Second State-of-the-Art Cherry Packing Line at Washington Fruit & Produce

June 13, 2024 Washington Fruit Growers

Washington Fruit Growers is excited to announce plans for a second state-of-the-art cherry packing line at their Washington Fruit & Produce campus, set to be operational for the 2025 cherry season. This significant investment will expand the company’s packing capabilities, allowing for increased capacity to serve their growing needs from the field and customer base. We are excited to increase our capacity on fixed weight packages, clamshells and other customer driven demands. …

ShopOne and its JV Partners Acquire Publix at Mt. Zion in Georgia

June 13, 2024 ShopOne

ShopOne Centers together with its joint venture partners Pantheon and a leading global institutional investor, announced that they have acquired Publix at Mt. Zion in Morrow, Georgia, marking the fourth grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center the JV has acquired in the Atlanta MSA. Strategically located at the dominant retail corner of the Southlake regional shopping corridor, the 79,031 square-foot, 98.9% leased asset is anchored by a seasoned Publix supermarket that has been operating at the property for more than 30 years. …

Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store

June 13, 2024 Priya Krishna, The New York Times

Americans have become deeply enamored with Asian flavors: From April 2023 to April 2024, sales of items in the “Asian/ethnic aisle” in U.S. grocery stores grew nearly four times more than overall sales, according to the data analytics company Circana. …

Hillphoenix Launches ChargeSecure to Help Food Retailers Maintain CO2 Charge During Power Outages and Service Events

June 13, 2024 Dover Food Retail

Hillphoenix, part of Dover and a pioneer in designing environmentally sustainable refrigeration systems, announced the launch of ChargeSecure™, a charge preservation solution for CO2 refrigeration systems that offers peace of mind during power outages and service events. …

Gen Z vs. Baby Boomers: How Two Generations Shop Store Aisles

June 13, 2024 84.51°

Over the course of two years, 84.51°, the retail data science, insights, and media company helping Kroger and its partners create customer-centric shopper journeys, conducted research on how shoppers say they make their way through a grocery store. …