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FMI: Supermarkets facing a demand issue, not a supply issue

There is no disruption in the grocery supply chain, according to FMI-The Food Industry Association, and what retailers, manufacturers and consumers have been experiencing during the growing coronavirus pandemic has been the result of unprecedented demand for product. Arlington, Va.-based FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain.

Hy-Vee delivers nearly $800,000 of food and supplies to Twin Cities

Midwestern retailer Hy-Vee Inc., in collaboration with its customers and supplier partners, has donated nearly $800,000 of food and supplies to local nonprofits and food banks in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

Sprouts rethinking new store format, size

Sprouts Farmers Market announced Wednesday afternoon that its third-quarter sales and profit both increased 8% over a year ago. While same-store sales rose 1.5%, the company also opened nine new stores during the 13-week period that ended Sept. 29. With the new stores, Phoenix, Ariz.-based Sprouts has 335 stores in 21 states.

Alex Lee to acquire W. Lee Flowers

Extending its geographic coverage, Alex Lee Inc. plans to buy fellow grocery wholesaler and retailer W. Lee Flowers & Co. Terms of the agreement, announced yesterday, weren’t disclosed. Scranton, S.C.-based W. Lee Flowers distributes to more than 75 grocery stores in the Carolinas and Georgia, including 50 IGA and KJ’s Market supermarkets that it owns and operates.