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New Fresh Market
store includes
culinary kitchen for
retail foodservice
Greensboro, N.C.-based
The Fresh Market's
newest store, in Palm
Beach Gardens, Fla.,
features a culinary
kitchen turning out
a variety of retail
foodservice items daily.
" Guests now have an
array of freshly prepared
delicacies in front of
them - from barbeque,
roasts, brick-oven
pizza, made-to-order
smoothies, sandwiches,
salads, sushi, and
tacos, " according to
The Fresh Market. " All
items are created with
distinct flavors, fresh
ingredients, and recipes
uniquely developed by
The Fresh Market. "
The Palm Beach
Gardens store also offers
top cuts of choice and
prime beef, with dry
aging upon request
for preferred cuts, and
a selection of whole or
fresh-cut fish, shellfish
and live lobster. Upon
request, the store will
steam guests' seafood
selection in-store.
SpartanNash
platform to help
retailers source
specialty foods
Grand Rapids, Mich.based
SpartanNash has
inked a deal that will
make it easier for the
company to supply its
retailer customers with
specialty foods.
SpartanNash and
Specialty Food Partners'
(SFP) new online
platform, SpartanNash
SpecialtyDirect, delivers
enhanced offerings and
empowers SpartanNash's
2,100 independent
grocer customers to
seamlessly browse
thousands of newly
available product
options, place orders
and pay consolidated
invoices, according to
Wegmans
will not only
eliminate all
plastic bags
but also charge
customers for
paper bags.
SpartanNash.
" It's our promise
to continue bringing
the best innovation
for our customers as
shopping habits evolve, "
said Bennett Morgan,
SpartanNash's senior
vice president and chief
merchandising officer.
" We're here to ensure
independent grocers
have everything they
need to respond to their
customers' tastes and
preferences, without
taking away from their
valuable time spent
managing their grocery
stores, servicing their
shoppers and supporting
their in-store team
members. "
SpartanNash worked
with SFP to update
the back-end system
to ensure a seamless
technology solution,
including proper invoice
flow, easy ordering and
clearly communicated
deliveries. SpartanNash
SpecialtyDirect makes
SpartanNash-supported
independent grocery
customers more
competitive by increasing
access to the specialty,
seasonal and local items
to tailor their product
assortment to meet their
shoppers' appetites.
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" I have already begun
ordering products
from SpartanNash
SpecialtyDirect, and I
would recommend it to
any store wanting to offer
unique items, " said Alison
Steele, owner of Niwot
Market, based in Niwot,
Colo. an independent
grocery customer of
SpartanNash. " I have
found some specialty
items that I can't procure
anywhere else, and I
found them easy to order
on the website. "
Wegmans goal:
zero plastic bags
by end of '22
Rochester, N.Y.-based
Wegmans plans to
eliminate plastic bags
companywide by
the end of 2022. The
company's goal is to
shift all customers to
reusable bags.
" We are here to help
our customers with this
transition as we focus on
doing what's right for the
environment, " said Jason
Wadsworth, Wegmans'
category merchant for
packaging, energy, and
sustainability. Wegmans
will incentivize the use of
reusable bags by charging
five cents per paper
bag, an approach that
has proven successful
in New York and other
markets. In stores where
the company has already
eliminated plastic bags,
on average, paper bags
are used for 20-25% of
transactions, while the
remaining 75-80% use
reusable bags, or no
bag at all.
By eliminating plastic
bags from the rest of
its stores and focusing
on transitioning its
customers to reusable
bags, Wegmans is
preventing approximately
345,000,000 single-use
bags from going into
circulation in a year's
time, according to the
company.
The amount collected
from the paper bag
charge will be donated
to each store's local food
bank and United Way.
In 2021, the more than
$1.7 million Wegmans
collected from the
bag charge was used
to increase access to
wholesome food.
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