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HEB debuted TV spots during the Super Bowl to reinforce its commitment to helping Texas families save money.
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In tandem with consumers’ increased interest in store brands across many key categories, Supervalu has rolled out a new line of Baby Basics diapers that joins its other signature house brands, which include Wild Harvest, Culinary Circle, Stockman & Dakota, Stone Ridge Creamery, Java Delight, Homelife, Equaline and Shoppers Value.
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Kimberly-Clark’s Cottonelle toilet paper brand has teamed with husband-and-wife reality show celebs Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott to take the pulse of Americans on a crucial issue: should toilet paper be hung so that it rolls over or under?
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HEB has launched a new department specifically designed to meet men’s grooming needs.
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The latest addition to Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co.’s successful loyalty program will enable customers of the iconic chain to earn free groceries even faster through the Greenbax Rewards Club.
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The Homes and Gardens Best New Product Awards (BNPA) program has revealed its top winners for 2010, in tandem with research and insights from its companion second annual BrandSpark American Shopper Study.
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Spartan Stores, Inc. has reached an agreement with the Teamsters Local 337 related to the retailer’s decision to move its Plymouth, Mich., dry grocery operations to its Grand Rapids, Mich., facility.
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In a partnership with Rutter’s Farm Stores, Nell’s Shurfine grocery customers may now measure savings by the gallon of gasoline, according to Rutter’s Web site.
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Food Lion and Bloom shoppers can now earn as much as $10 in free groceries every time they buy private brand products.
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Economic adulteration and counterfeiting of global food and consumer products cost the retail industry $10 to $15 billion per year, according to a new study released today by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and A.T. Kearney.
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The "swine flu" pandemic gave an early boost to cough and cold sales — and it's not over yet.
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Weis Markets and Altoona, Pa.-based convenience store operator Sheetz, Inc. have expanded their joint gas rewards program at Weis’ newly remodeled store in Shippensburg, Pa., as well as the grocer’s Chambersburg, Pa., store, according to a published report.
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Super 1 Foods stores have started a new savings program to help shoppers stretch their dollars, while the chain’s parent company, Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), has introduced the “Food Club Frenzy” program this month, which offers participating customers the opportunity to win up to $3,000.
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Navarro Discount Pharmacies has named grocery industry veteran Steve Kaczynski CEO. Kaczynski, whose over 35 years of experience include a stint as president and CEO of Cincinnati-based bigg’s, a division of Supervalu, as well as executive positions at Wild Oats Markets, Giant-Carlisle and Cub Foods, replaces Marcio C. Cabrera, a managing director of MBF Healthcare Partners, who was acting as Miami-based Navarro’s interim CEO.
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Regional independent HEB said this week it’s strengthening its support of the Texas communities it serves by building new stores and creating new job opportunities, lowering prices on a wide range of items, and continuing its community involvement.
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Spot Shot, a carpet stain remover and odor eliminator product line from the WD-40 Co., is continuing its partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPE) for the release of the animated family film “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.
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Big Y Foods, Inc. has acquired the New Milford Pharmacy in New Milford, Conn., and will close its supermarket on 800 Boston Road in its hometown of Springfield, Mass., next month.
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As the weather cools down, Sucret’s is getting youngsters to think about the North Pole as more than just the location of Santa’s workshop.
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GetGo, the 154-unit convenience chain owned by Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle, unveiled a new store concept in its hometown yesterday that addresses the convenience store industry’s evolution toward fresh foods and other high-quality offerings.
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has tripled fuelperks! Rewards in its Jacksonville and Panama City, Fla., markets by adding additional gasoline savings of 10 cents per gallon for every $50 customers spend on certain gift cards.
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Kroger shoppers can now buy cell phones featuring “do-it-yourself” activation that reduces customer care and supply chain costs for the Cincinnati-based retailer.
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Sam’s Club is introducing special holiday pricing on 40 items while supplies last. Examples of the limited-time deals to be rolled out in honor of Turkey Day include a Vizio 47-inch LCD TV with 240 hertz refresh for $997, toys for $15 and $20, and a three-piece sterling silver and 1/3 carat diamond bangle bracelet set for $148.
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Kroger stores will begin a two-week holiday gift card promotion on Black Friday that will offer $10 discounts for every $100 worth of gift card purchases when customers use their loyalty cards at the checkout.
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To help its shoppers save during tough economic times, New England grocer Big Y Foods, Inc. has joined forces with three local gas station suppliers: F.L. Roberts, O’Connell Oil Associate and Pride.
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The Kroger Co. opened its first Scott’s fuel center in Fort Wayne, Ind., last week, and plans to open a total of 10 Scott’s fuel center locations at its grocery stores in the area over the next three years, according to area TV station WANE.
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 Frozen in Place
Village Grown Organic’s new line of individually quick-frozen (IQF) vegetables and fruit combines the best of the old and the new, with heirloom varieties raised by small farmers undergoing a state-of-the-art freezing process within minutes of harvest.
 Germ Warfare
Lysol, the No. 1 surface disinfectant brand recommended by pediatricians, has taken its battle against germs into the personal care arena with the rollout of the No-Touch Hand Soap System.
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 Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review
Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.
 PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.
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