RETAILER NEWS
Heard On The Street
9/10/08
Crews of CA will change servicing wholesalers, for its LA locations, from Source to Newsways, effective 12/1/08.
Paradies will take over most of the Hudson News stands in Atlanta, effective 9/5/08. Anderson will be the distributor.
Hudson News will pick up 5 stands in Newark terminal A, from HDS, in the 4th Q 2008. They will also pick up 4 stores in San Jose, no date yet.
Stellar Partners is changing distributors to Chicago O'hare, from Source to Jackson, MI and to Orlando, from Anderson to News Group.
HDS is changing distributors, for Chicago Midway, from Source to Jackson, MI. They will have the 4 new stores in the Detroit airport, serviced by Jackson, MI.
7/29/08
Houchens Food Stores, of Bowling Green, KY is purchasing Buehler Foods of Jasper, IN
Alco-Duckwall is moving from Anderson to The News Group and its affiliates.
6/13/08
HMS/Host will make the following wholesaler changes: Wichita airport from Lenexa, KS to Jefferson City, MO, as of 8/1; Grand Prairie, TX will pick up DFW and Little Rock airports from Dallas, TX and Mablevale, AR as of 4/1/08; Atlanta, GA will pick up the Tampa airport from Tampa, FL as of 8/1/08; W. Sacramento, CA will pick up San Francisco from Modesto, CA as of 9/1/08; West Valley City, UT will pick up Salt Lake City airport from Salt Lake City, UT, as of 9/1/08.
San Antonio, TX will pick up 135 Winn-Dixie stores from Dallas, TX as of 7/31/08.
Circle K is transferring stores from Anderson to Grand Prairie, San Antonio and Atlanta, effective 3/24/08.
K-Mart will transfer stores from Anderson to Jefferson City (54) and Scotts Bluff (30) as of 6/12/08. As of 7/14/08 News Group will pick up 378 stores, in NC, OH, KY, IN, FL, AR, MS, CA, TN and AL, from Anderson.
Target will transfer 80 stores from The Source to Grand Prairie (7), San Antonio (11), Houston (4), Jefferson City (20), Scotts Bluff (1), West Valley City (3), Fife (20) and Atlanta (14), as of 6/16/08.
Alco/Duckwall will transfer from Anderson to Jefferson City (68), Scotts Bluff (60), Rapid City (2), Bismark (31), Sioux Falls (10) and Mankato (6) effective 6/1/08.
Compass Books in San Francisco airport, Delave in San Jose airport and 7 Books, Inc. went from Modesto to W. Sacramento, effective 4/8/08.
Pamida will move 12 stores from Bismark, ND to Mankato, MN as of 7/15/08.
5/8/08
One Source is picking up 3 Central Markets, effective now, from Grand Prairie.
4/14/08
Circle K will switch servicing wholesalers from Anco Dallas to Grand Prairie and San Antonio, starting 5/1/08.
3/8/08
CVS has chosen Current News, Ontario, CA, Grand Prairie, TX, San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX, Jefferson City, MO and Sioux Falls, SD to replace Anderson agencies as servicing wholesalers, effective 1/4/08.
Publix has chosen Atlanta, GA and its depots, to service FL and AL stores, formerly serviced by Anderson, effective 1/3/08
Country Fair has chosen Altoona, Pa to distribute to stores formerly services by Lancaster, effective 1/3/08.
Harris Teeter changed distributors for its Northern Virginia stores from Lancaster, PA to Jackson, MI, effective 3/14/08.
Marsh Supermarkets has chosen Chicago and Lancaster to service its stores, formerly serviced by Jackson, MI.
Discount Drugs has chosen Lancaster to service 65 Ohio stores formerly serviced by Jackson, MI effective 4/14/08
HMS/Host has changed servicing wholesalers, for the DFW and Little Rock airports, from Anco Dallas to Grand Prairie, TX.
Compass Books, in the San Francisco airport, will change servicing wholesalers from Modesto, CA to W. Sacramento, CA and Ingram Books, effective 4/3/08.
9/24/07
Lancaster is subcontracting, to Hudson News, the distribution to 37 Costco warehouses. Effective 11/6/07.
9/8/07
Food Lion will change servicing wholesalers from Anderson to News Group 8/1/07.
Rite Aid will acquire Brooks Drug and Eckerd Drug.
Farmer Jack stores will be closed and taken over by Kroger and Spartan Stores.
A & P New Orleans Division will be closed and the stores taken over by Winn-Dixie.
A & P is buying Pathmark store.
Super Value has sold 18 Scott's Food Stores to the Kroger Indianapolis Division.
Longs Drugs has sold 31 stores in the Northwest. Six stores have beed swapped with Rite-Aid for 6 stores in Northern Nevada.
1/9/07
AAFES is changing servicing wholesalers (except in CA and DC), from The News Group to Anderson News, on March 29th.
12/13/06
Walgreens in N. California and Nevada will be serviced by Charles Levy out of Ontario. Walgreens stores in Southern Ohio will be serviced by Charles Levy Lancaster. These changes will be effective 1/29/07.
12/11/06
Tops Markets is closing all of its Ohio stores 12/8/06.
11/16/06
Safeway is changing servicing wholesalers, effective 2/15/07, as follows: from Anderson to: Newsgroup- CA, Co, HI, NV. The Source- AZ, NM, VA.
Walgreens will move 450 stores in Northern California, Nevada and Southern Ohio from Anderson to The Source, effective 1/29/07.
10/23/06
Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh, is purchasing 13 Tops Ohio stores.
10/13/06
Anchorage, AK News group is taking over distribution of the Hudson News Anchorage airport account as of 11/29/06, from Modesto.
Anchorage, AK News group is taking over distribution to 10 Wal-marts, from Modesto as of 10/2/06
10/9/06
Circle K, Arizona region will change distributors from Anderson News to Newsways, beginning right away.
10/4/06
Clemens Supermarkets of SE Pennsylvania has been sold to Giant Foods, Carlisle.
7/14/06
CA1 in Austin, TX will be changing its servicing wholesaler to San Antonio, TX, on Aug. 28, 2006.
7/7/06
Walgreen's will change distributors, during August and September, as follows: from Oklahoma City, Dallas and Austin to Grand Prairie (250) and San Antonio (63).
6/2/06
The News Group will take over distribution to Wal-Mart stores, as follows: Anchorage 6, Bismarck 8, Fife 53, Missoula 32, Rapid City 3, Sacramento 64, West Valley City 15, San Antonio 55 and Sioux Falls 8. These changes will be effective around 9/11/06.
6/1/06
Albertsons- Super Valu will buy most of the grocery operations. CVS will buy about 700 stand-alone Sav-On and Osco stores. An investment group will buy 655 grocery stores.
4/24/06
Wal-Mart is changing some wholesalers. Stores in N. California, OR, WA, ID, AK, MT, WY, ND, SD and some of Texas will be serviced by The News Group. Harrisburg, PA will now be servicing stores in PA. Details are not yet available.
3/10/06
Grand Prairie will take over distribution of 272 7-11 stores in Texas, effective 5/1/06
1/1/06
Source/Levy will take over distribution to Frys Electronics, from Sacramento, CA, in January. 21 stores to be serviced by City of Industry, 9 by Dallas and 2 by Chicago.
Steubenville, OH will take over distribution of Buehler's stores from Lancaster, PA in January.
6/23/05
HMSHost newsstands in the Atlanta airport will change servicing wholesalers from Knoxville, TN to Atlanta, GA, effective 9/10/05
11/29/04
Rensselaer, IN and Primary Source will be servicing 200 7-11s formerly serviced by Jackson, MI
10/19/04
Albertsons purchased the Bristol Farms chain in Southern California.
Buehler Foods, of Jasper, IN, will buy 16 Winn-Dixie stores in Indiana and Illinois.
10/13/04
Hannaford Bros Supermarkets is buying the Victory Supermarkets in new Hampshire and Massachusetts.
8/29/04
Hudson News Stands in Seattle will be serviced by Fife, WA
Target stores will no longer be serviced by Anderson News. The stores will be divided up among their current wholesalers.
Winn-Dixie has awarded Anderson News the balance of stores that they are not currently servicing, effective 9/29/04.
33 7-11 stores in central Florida, serviced by Primary-Source, will be serviced by Anderson News- Lakeland, effective 7/26/04.
7/9/04
Newsways has picked up the 7-11s (Mid Pacific Division) formerly serviced by San Jose.
HMSHost will service all of the Minneapolis airport as of August 1st. Brainerd will be the sole distributor.
The News Group picked up distribution of Shoppers Drug Mart from CMMI in March.
The News Group picked up distribution to all AAFES stores in April.
Charles Levy will service the RMS stands in Chicago O'Hare, Chicago Midway and Philadelphia.
Minneapolis, MN will service Target stores, formerly serviced by Anderson, in TN, KY & AR.
Primary Source will service 10 Target stores formerly serviced by Modesto, CA
Des Plaines, IL closed4/1/04. RMS stands in O'Hare will be serviced by Chicago. Paradies and Nexcom accounts will be serviced by Quincy, IL.
11/19/03
Paradies will change distributors, for West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Daytona, Kissimmee, Tallahassee and Ft. Myers FL locations, from Atlanta, to Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee and Miami respectively, effective 1/29/04.
11/10/03
Fiesta Marts has changed distributors from Houston, TX to Dallas, TX.
WH Smith's airport division has been sold to The Hudson Group.
11/4/03
Minyards has changed distributors from Dallas, TX to Grand Prairie, TX, effective 11/11/03.
7-11 stores, formerly serviced by Modesto Mags Plus, will now be serviced by San Jose, CA and Sacramento, CA
Seaway Foodtown is changing from Chicago, IL to Jackson, MI in September 2003.
Wegmans is changing distributors, from N. Bergen, NJ to Harrisburg, PA and from Massena, NY to Elmira, NY, effective 10/7/03 and 10/21/03 respectively.
Save Mart of Modesto is changing distributors, from Visalia, CA and Chico, CA to Modesto, CA, effective 8/16/03.
8/4/03
Paradies Shops will change servicing wholesalers for three airports: Minneapolis, MN from Brainerd, MN to Des Moines, IA; Milwaukee, WI from Chicago,IL to Des Plains, IL and Madison, WI from Chicago, IL to Quincy, IL, effective 11/1/03.
7/30/03
The Miami Division of Publix Supremarkets will change servicing wholesalers from Atlanta, GA to Miami, FL (84 stores), Orlando, FL (21 stores) and Tampa, FL (1 store), effective 9/29/03.
6/30/03
The 30 Rainbow Food stores, sold to Roundys, will change distributors from Golden Valley, MN to Brainerd, MN.
Shopko will change distribution from Levy Chicago and Brainerd to Sioux Falls, SD, Jefferson City, MO, and Rapid City, SD, all News Group Agencies.
6/20/03
Hampstead, MD is using Hudson News agencies as depots for its distribution to its Paradies accounts in the Northeast.
Tom Thumb Markets will change servicing wholesalers from Dallas, TX to Grand Prairie, TX, 6/16/03
Camp Pendleton will switch servicing wholesalers from Ontario, CA to City of Industry, CA, 6/2/03
Southwest Concessions will change servicing wholesalers from Dallas, TX to Grand Prairie, TX, 4/25/03
Host Marriott is taking over the Atlanta airport stands serviced by Hudson News. The servicing wholesaler will change from Atlanta, GA to Knoxville, TN4/24/03
Kroger Cincinnati
Albertsons, Arizona division is going from Glendale, Tucson and Las Vegas to City of Industry, 4/3/03
CVS is changing servicing wholesalers from Harrisburg, PA to Lancaster, PA, 3/3/03
Target Stores is changing distributors from Lancaster, PA to Atlanta, GA, 12/4/02
7-11 N. California will switch servicing wholesalers from San Jose, CA to Modesto, CA, 11/6/02
Kohls Supermarkets, Milwaukee, WI is closing its 23 stores August 16, 2003
Fleming is selling the following: 30 Rainbow Markets in MN toRoundy's, 6 Food 4 Less stores to Save Mart and 4 Food 4 Less stores to Kroger.
1/3/03
Haggen/Top Foods will change serviceing wholesalers from Lakewood, WA to Fife, WA(26) and Missoula, MT(2), effective 1/31/03.
Plaid Pantry Stores will also change servicing wholesalers, from Lakewood, WA to Fife, WA, effective 1/24/03.
10/2/02
Kroger is buying the 18 Raley's stores in Las Vegas, NV.
7/18/02
Longs Drug will change servicing wholesalers, for stores north of Tulare, CA, NV,OR and WA, from Anderson News to The News Group, effective 8/29/02.
7/15/02
Kroger will change servicing wholesalers for Southwest KMA from Anderson to News Group, Smith Food & Drug from Anderson to News Group and Cincinnati Division from Anderson to Levy. All changes are effective 10/1/02.
7/9/02
Dynamique will change servicing wholesalers, for its 195 stores, from Arnprior, ON to LaSalle, PQ, effective 6/24/02.
6/24/02
Publix Markets will buy 7 Albertson's stores in the Nashville, TN area.
6/10/02
Kroger will buy 7 Winn-Dixie stores in the Dallas area and Brookshire Grocery will buy 17 stores in North Texas.
4/23/02
Winn-Dixie stores will be closing or selling its stores in Texas and Oklahoma.
Nob Hill stores will be changing servicing wholesalers from San Jose to W. Sacramento, effective 7/1/02.
4/8/02
Osco Drug is closing its 11 stores in the Des Moines area and 15 of the 30 stores in Iowa.
3/18/02
Albertsons will close its stores in 4 market areas: Memphis, Nashville, Houston and San Antonio.
3/1/02
The Nashville division of Kroger is being merged into the Atlanta division. The distribution for 28 stores is going from Anderson News to The News Group.
CA1 stores in Richmond, VA and Oakland, CA will be serviced by The News Group, taking over from Anderson News Co.
Lancaster, PA is losing 31 Giant Carlisle stores to Harrisburg, PA and Altoona, PA
Lancaster, PA is losing 7 Giant Eagle stores to Jackson, MI.
2/15/02
WH Smith accounts in Anchorage, AK, Birmingham,AL, Atlanta, GA, Cincinnati, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, New Orleans, LA and Orlando, FL will be serviced by Anderson News Co. starting May 1st.
Anderson News Co. will be taking over distribution to Lil' Champ Markets.
1/30/02
Bi-Lo Supermarkets will be serviced by The News Group , Atlanta, beginning March 4th.
1/29/02
Ahold, USA has purchased the Bruno's supermarket chain, in Birmingham, AL
1/28/02
Kroger is closing its Nashville Division and merging it into the Atlanta Division. The News Group Atlanta will take over the distribution formerly done by Anderson News Co.
Anderson News Co. is losing the Target stores in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. They will be serviced by The News Group.
Giant Carlisle is buying the Laneco stores that were to be closed.
Furr's Supermarkets, of Albuquerque, is being broken up and sold.
BigV Supermarkets, of Florida, NY is being purchased by Pathmark.
10/1/01
Lancaster, PA is losing 100 Eckerd Drug Stores to Current News, Washington, DC and Harrisburg, PA
7/24/01
The Host stands in Minneapolis-St. Paul airport will be serviced by The News Group, beginning 8/18/01. Shipments will be from Jackson, MI until they get a warehouse close to the airport.
6/13/01
Laneco Supermarkets, in Easton, PA will be closed.
Also closing will be the Cub Foods stores in Indiana.
3/6/01
Roundy's has offered to purchase Copps Corp.
1/11/01
The Pantry has purchased the 26 Fast Lane stores.
12/29/00
Safeway is purchasing Genuardi Supermarkets of Norristown, PA
10/31/00
Winn-Dixie will purchase 68 grocery stores from Jitney Jungle. Bruno's will purchase 20 and Fleming Cos 14. The rest will go to Albertsons (1), Breaux Mart (1) and Rouses (3).
10/6/00
Anderson News Co is taking over distribution to 23 Wal-Marts and 2 Top Food stores, from Missoula, as of 11/13/00. Salt Lake City will gain 7 stores, Denver will gain 2 stores and Tacoma will gain 14 Wal-Marts and the 2 Top Foods.
10/2/00
Mankato, MN will take over distribution to Snyder Drug Stores From Brainerd, MN, Beginning December 1st.
6/23/00
Kroger will not be buying the Winn-Dixie stores in Texas and Oklahoma due to FTC
6/12/00
Winn-Dixie has purchased 9 of the Goodings Supermarkets in the Orlando area.
The Edwards stores in New York and New Jersey are being converted into Stop & Shop stores.
6/1/00
Hannaford Bros. will be selling its Virginia stores to Kroger, 13 of their North Carolina stores to Lowe's Foods. This so they can be purchased by the parent company of Food Lion.
4/25/00
Jitney Jungle Stores will close 7 supermarkets in Alabama.
Winn-Dixie is closing 114 stores in various markets.
Royal Ahold is buying Golden Gallon convenience stores.
W.H. Smith is buying The Benjamin Company, another airport retailer, which operates News Emporium Stores.
4/11/00
Tops Markets, in upstate New York is acquiring Sugar Creek C-stores. The stores will become Wilson Farms Stores.
2/16/00
K-Mart is changing distributors, for 325 stores, to Chas. Levy. Stores are located in CA, AZ, DE, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, NV, OH, SD, VA & WV.
2/4/00
The Great Canadian News Company and Press Relay are having their names changet to Relay.
Nash Finch has bought Hinky Dinky Supermarkets.
12/22/99
Randalls Food Markets of Houston, TX has been purchased by Safeway.
12/17/99
Brainerd, MN will be taking over distribution to Bakers Supermarkets, on December 27.
Chas. Levy will be taking over distribution to ABCO stores, of Phoenix, AZ at the end of February.
11/23/99
Elizabeth City, NC will be taking over distribution to Farm Fresh Supermarkets, from Richmond, VA beginning December1, 1999.
11/3/99
Winn-Dixie is selling its 69 stores in Texas and 5 stores in Oklahoma to Kroger.
Cheektowaga, NY will service the RMS stands in the Rochester, NY airport.
Jamestown, NY will take over service of some Riverside Markets from Elmira, NY (correction).
10/1/99
Albertsons has chosen The News Group to be its distributor, for Lucky Northern and the Western divisions, beginning 12/14/99.
9/30/99
The Paradies Shops will be using Hamilton, OH for distribution to Dayton, OH; Solon, OH (Levy) for Columbus, OH and Pittsburgh, PA and Chicago for Detroit, MI.
9/29/99
CVS is moving from Anderson to The News Group.
Anderson has lost EZMart, Brookshire Bros., and Minyards to ETD/The News Group
The News Group is taking over distribution to Coles/WH Smith/Chapters, Loblaws and London Drugs in Canada
K-Mart is moving from Anderson to The News Group and Levy.
Eckerd Drug is moving from Anderson to The News Group.
Duty Free Shoppers is moving from Portland, OR to Fife, WA.
Salt Lake City, UT is losing Harmons, ShopKo and Smith Foods to West Valley City, UT (the News Group).
Levy is losing some CVS stores to Harrisburg, PA.
9/8/99
Metro Toronto will be taking over all distribution to Lichtmans.
8/11/99
The News Group also will be taking over distribution to Coles and Smith Books as well as Chapters (7/20/99).
Levy is taking over CVS distribution from Unimag.
Minyard stores distribution is going from Dallas to Grand Prairie, TX
Oklahoma City is losing Homeland stores and K-Mart to Fayetteville, AR, Lubbock, TX and Jefferson City, MO.
Jackson, MI is losing 7-11 stores to The News Group (Atlanta).
7/26/99
Safeway has agreed to acquire Randall's of Texas, with Randall's stroes in Houston and Austin and Tom Thumb stores in Dallas Fort Worth.
7/20/99
The News Group will be taking over distribution to Chapters Bookstores beginning in August. They will also take over distribution to all Loblaws divisions (Real Canadian, Sobey's, etc.) in a rollout starting September 1st
6/30/99
The Albertsons' store disposal will be as follows: 31 to Certified Grocers of CA, 27 to Raley's. 40 the Ralph's + two sites, 43 to Stater Bros. and one site and 4 to Vons + 1 site. The stores to be sold will be 40 Lucky's and 105 Albertson's.
6/24/99
The News Group, Grand Prairie, TX has picked up 6 independent stands at DFW airport, effective Aug. 1st, from Dallas, TX.
Grand Prairie, TX will start servicing the Ft. Worth division of Winn-Dixie, Effective Sept. 6th.
The Ralphs division of Kroger Company will buy 41 stores from Albertson's, which has to sell 144 stores in order to complete its merger with American Stores. 40 stores are in Cailifornia and one (and a vacant parcel of land) in New Mexico.
