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Grocery Chain That Started in Portland, Maine is Technically the Oldest in the U.S.
06 May 2025 23:01 GMT
Piggly Wiggly for many years has been dubbed the OG of grocery chains, which isn't totally wrong—but also, not totally right. That honor technically belongs to none other than Shaw’s, which turns an impressive 165 years old this month. Yep. This …
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The Joys of Using a New Shopping Cart
05 May 2025 19:04 GMT
Like many, I find myself at the grocery quite often. I frequent them all: Market Basket, Stop & Shop, Shaw's, you name it.
There's routine to each trip. You grab the bags out of the trunk of the car, list in hand and then the part I dread the …
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Grocery Stores That Are All Over New England, Except Connecticut
02 May 2025 17:28 GMT
Connecticut is the sandwich between the Tri-State area and New England, we're considered both, but I feel left out by New England's grocers.
Sure, we have Stop & Shop, Big Y, and the very first Wegmans supermarket in Connecticut is slated to …
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Albertsons® Companies Simplifies Mother’s Day Shopping with Convenient Gift and Delivery Options
30 Apr 2025 19:33 GMT
Albertsons® Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is making Mother’s Day shopping easy and convenient by offering fresh flowers, sweet treats, indulgent self-care items, greeting cards and more all in one place. Using the Albertsons Cos. banner app, customers can …
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New Stance On Tariffs By One Of America's Biggest Grocery Store Owners Could Protect Prices
29 Apr 2025 04:44 GMT
In a letter sent to suppliers in March 2025, Albertsons told vendors that, with few exceptions, it "is not accepting cost increases due to tariffs," according to reporting by BoiseDev. The grocery giant further advised that any tariff-related …
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Grocery giant warns its suppliers that supermarket won't be accepting tariff-related price hikes
28 Apr 2025 18:37 GMT
Red Apple Group chairman and CEO John Catsimatidis discusses how the prices of groceries and gasoline have fallen under President Donald Trump on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’
America's second-largest grocery chain warned its suppliers that the …
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A women's clothing store in Wilmington celebrates 30 years
23 Apr 2025 09:48 GMT
Monkee's, a women's clothing store founded in Wilmington, celebrates 30 years in business.
The store, founded by Deedee Shaw, evolved from a shoe boutique to offering clothing, accessories, and home goods.
Shaw's mother inspired the store's …
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On Easter Sunday, here's which stores are open and what's closed
20 Apr 2025 13:45 GMT
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Candy maker cranks out new sweet treats for Easter
Candy maker cranks out new sweet treats for Easter
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Need to do some last-minute shopping on Easter Sunday? In Massachusetts, some supermarkets and …
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Full List of US Grocery Stores Open on Easter Sunday: Are Costco, Kroger, and Aldi Closed?
20 Apr 2025 11:18 GMT
Easter Sunday has arrived, and with it comes the annual scramble for last-minute essentials—be it eggs, butter, or strawberries for that perfect pie. If you've just realised you're short on supplies, you might be wondering which shops are open …
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A look at what stores in Maine are open and closed on Easter
18 Apr 2025 21:43 GMT
Mainers may notice that many large stores in the state are closed this Easter.That is because Easter is one of just three holidays impacted by Maine's blue laws, which are rules that were put in place long ago to prevent activities on Sundays and …