Last updated on June 13th, 2024 at 05:23 pm
Supermarket News In Brief…
According to the Massachusetts Food Association (MFA), on Jan. 1, 2016, the Massachusetts limit on the number of liquor licenses an entity can hold increases from the current limit of five stores to seven stores. The limit of three licenses per entity increased to the current limit of five on Jan. 1, 2012, with an increase to seven next January and another increase to nine licenses on Jan. 1, 2020, due to legislation sponsored on behalf of MFA…
Big Y Foods’ first-ever “May is Pet Month” initiative resulted in donations of more than 50,000 pounds of pet food and supplies to more than 50 different local animal shelters. The program, which ran in all 61 Big Y stores from April 30-May 31, encouraged shoppers to purchase food and other supplies for a local shelter as part of the company’s ongoing effort to give back to the community…
The New England Produce Council will host its summer golf tournament Tuesday, July 28, at the Charter Oak Country Club in Hudson, Massachusetts…
Acme and Shaw’s have notified customers that Niagra Bottling has issued a voluntary recall of certain bottled water products, including Natural Spring Water sold under the Acme or Shaw’s brand names. The recall comes after it was found that one of Niagra’s spring sources is contaminated with E. coli, which was found in the water supply June 10. The recalled products have best by dates of Dec. 8 through Dec. 16.
