Convenience Stores

Fresh & Easy expands gourmet range
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy is adding a dozen dishes to its gourmet line.

The line of restaurant-quality products, launched in February, now will include 12 new items, including pizza, Hawaiian pork and more, in addition to "Gourmet for Two" meals, which provide customers with a restaurant-quality meal for two for under $10.
White House facilitates Walmart’s urban expansion
Walmart is among a group of retailers who further aligned themselves with a key Obama administration initiative this week by committing to open more than 1,500 stores in urban and rural markets defined as food deserts. The initiative is part of the Obama administration’s Let’s Move! campaign designed to address the nation’s weight problem by improving access to fresh foods.

Here are the facts:

Walmart will open between 275 and 300 stores in food deserts by 2016.

Walgreens to expand EV charging stations to about 800 locations

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is positioning itself to be the largest retail host of electric vehicle charging stations, the drug store chain announced Thursday.
Walmart, Walgreens, Supervalu join First Lady to combat food deserts

WASHINGTON — First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday afternoon will be joined by corporate chiefs from Walmart, Walgreens and Supervalu and smaller regional market chains as she announces a new initiative to support the Let's Move! campaign, according to a Monday posting on the blog site Obama Foodorama.
Food Lion, customers raise more than $100K for Children's Miracle Network Hospital

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion stores located along the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina raised more than $100,000 during the retailer's "Thriller on the Griller at the Beach" events.

The events, which took place from June 17 to July 3 at 14 stores, raised $101,149, Food Lion said. The company said that the funds raised surpassed the retailer's goal by nearly $15,000.
Survey: Food shoppers look for value amid rising prices, shrinking package sizes

NEW YORK — Rising food prices and shrinking package sizes is a top concern for consumers, according to Deloitte's "2011 Consumer Food and Product Insight Survey."
Safeway raises more than $10.1 million for prostate cancer research

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway on Monday announced that its monthlong prostate cancer campaign raised nearly $10.1 million as part of the company’s ongoing effort to fund research geared toward finding a cure for the leading cancer affecting men.
New stores coming this week

Nine of the 21 new store openings Target has planned for this year are scheduled to open on July 24. Among the openings is a new unit in Hilo, Hawaii, the company’s fourth store in Hawaii, two units in San Luis Obispo and Oxnard, Calif. and two units in the Pennsylvania cities of Hanover and Pittsburgh. The Phoenix suburb of Chandler gets a new Target as do Moore, Okla., Kenner, La. And Swansea, Mass.

The openings planned for October are said to included units in San Clemente and Dublin, Ca., Gastonia and Morrisville, N.C., Blue Ash, Ohio and Warwick Township, Pa.
Ahold looks to bring in local/diverse suppliers for its stores

CARLISLE, Pa . — The U.S. subsidiary of Dutch supermarket operator Royal Ahold is hoping to attract local and diverse suppliers to its stores in the markets in which it operates.
RILA members arrive in Joplin, Mo., to help cleanup efforts

ARLINGTON, Va. — Members of the Retail Industry Leaders Association on Wednesday arrived in Joplin, Mo., to help clean up the Midwest city that was hard-hit in May by a category F-5 tornado.

Fresh & Easy expands gourmet range

White House facilitates Walmart’s urban expansion

Walgreens to expand EV charging stations to about 800 locations

Walmart, Walgreens, Supervalu join First Lady to combat food deserts

Food Lion, customers raise more than $100K for Children's Miracle Network Hospital

Survey: Food shoppers look for value amid rising prices, shrinking package sizes

Safeway raises more than $10.1 million for prostate cancer research

New stores coming this week

Ahold looks to bring in local/diverse suppliers for its stores

RILA members arrive in Joplin, Mo., to help cleanup efforts