In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular
Supermarket News articles, the top story was Empire Company Ltd closing its acquisition of a majority stake in fellow Canadian grocer Longo’s and announcing new locations for its FreshCo discount supermarket banner. Among other stories featured in this week’s gallery:
Smart & Final to be acquired by Bodega Latina for $620 million
National Grocers Association reveals 2021 Creative Choice Award winners
Kroger creates business incubator for fresh food producers
In a letter to employees, Whole Foods Market took stock of its growth but announced plans to streamline some operations, including merchandising, store operations, technology and human resources. Also this week, Whole Foods Market, Amazon Fresh and FreshDirect say they will be receiving a bigger distribution of leafy greens from indoor vertical farmer AeroFarms, which also has introduced its products at Walmart.
A hand-written sign at a gas station in Cross Lanes Wednesday. (Photo/Jake Flately/wvmetronews)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Things were getting back to normal in West Virginia Thursday in connection with gasoline outages.
The outages occurred at some stations in connection with the turning off of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyber attack. Outages occurred in the Mountain State even though very little gas from that pipeline comes to West Virginia.
Traci Nelson
Traci Nelson, president of the West Virginia Oil, Marketers and Grocers Association (OMEGA), said Wednesday was a “bad day” in West Virginia when it came to outages but things were better Thursday.
For The Times Leader
Gasoline prices stand just below $3 per gallon on Wednesday near Morristown. They briefly crossed the $3 threshold on Tuesday, but came back down slightly to $2.95.
WHEELING In the wake of a shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which serves states near the Gulf of Mexico and up the eastern seaboard, local residents don’t need to rush to the nearest gasoline station to fill up.
Lynda Lambert, media spokeswoman and safety adviser from AAA East Central, had very specific advice for people packing gas cans, 55-gallon drums and shopping bags to go stock up on gas: Don’t.
Staff Writer
A sign displays gasoline prices near the fuel center at the Kroger on Mount de Chantal Road in Wheeling.
Photo by
Alan Olson
WHEELING In the wake of a shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which services states near the Gulf of Mexico and up the eastern seaboard, locals may be anticipating a long wait to refill their gas tank and rush to the station to fill up.
Lynda Lambert, media spokesperson and safety advisor from AAA East Central, had very specific advice for people packing gas cans, 55-gallon drums and shopping bags to go stock up on gas: don’t. The shutdown, she said, has created problems with gasoline delivery, rather than a shortage. And Colonial announced Wednesday it had restarted pipeline operations.