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Top 10 gallery: H-E-B store tour slideshow; foodservice initiatives
Russell Redman 1 Jan 03, 2020

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The CBD category exploded in 2019, but all is not clear on the regulatory front.

9. Walmart’s Ashley Buchanan tapped as Michaels CEO
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Executive served as Walmart U.S. eCommerce chief merchant for less than six months.

8. SN's 10 most popular stories of 2019

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7. Publix reaches pharmacy milestone
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Food and drug retailer fills 100 millionth free prescription.

6. Lidl makes Long Island debut
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Lidl US recently held the grand opening for its first two stores on Long Island, including this 30,000-square-foot location in West Babylon, N.Y.

5. Private label has a banner year in 2019

With nearly $60 billion in supermarket sales in 2018, the business for store brands continues to be a significant piece of the grocery pie.

4. Education, transparency led meat & seafood trends in 2019
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An educated consumer is your best protein buyer, as health & wellness and sustainability issues played a bigger role in meat and seafood purchases in 2019. But meat departments are also carefully watching the incursion of plant-based meat alternatives into the grocery store.

3. The biggest trends in center store in 2019

Health & wellness, “clean” products and authentic flavors were the drivers behind sales growth in center store in 2019.

2. 11 retailers that ramped up their foodservice game in 2019

A brand-new food hall for Kroger, Save Mart’s first fast-casual restaurant and a kombucha bar at Jungle Jim’s were among the big stories in retail foodservice last year.

1. H-E-B unveils latest stores in Houston
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H-E-B has expanded its presence in the Houston area with the opening of two new supermarkets: a 90,000-square-foot store near the city’s center in the historic MacGregor community and the 102,000-square-foot Harper’s Trace store, located in The Woodlands community just north of Houston.

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