Food processing groups form strategic alliance
POSTED: Friday, July 2, 2010 at 10:40 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Food Wholesaling and Retailing, manufacturing, Northwest Food Processors Association, Northwest Poultry Council
A new food alliance between two Northwest groups will provide needed strength and political power in today’s economy with state and federal lawmakers, alliance leaders said June 26. Northwest Poultry Council and the Northwest Food Processors Association formed an alliance to stave off growing political and regulatory pressure on the industry. “In the poultry industry, [...]
Papa John’s operator expands to eastern Washington
POSTED: Monday, April 26, 2010 at 10:23 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Papa John's
Operators of Papa John’s pizza restaurants in the Boise area took over five Papa John’s units in eastern Washington recently, said Stephen Warren, president of S&S Restaurants and managing member of the newly created P&S Restaurants LLC. The Meridian-based franchisee now owns 11 Papa John’s units including those recently acquired: three in Spokane, one in [...]
Meat store to reopen in North Channel center in Eagle 
POSTED: Monday, November 4, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Steve Martin
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Restaurants and Food Service
The Porterhouse, a retail meat store in Eagle, is to reopen later this month in the North Channel center at Riverside Drive and Eagle Road, near a Hilton Garden Inn under construction. Owner and Meridian resident Dave Faulk, who opened the business in April 2000 in the Eagle Marketplace at Chinden Boulevard and Eagle Road, [...]
Albertsons plans new Emmett store
POSTED: Monday, November 4, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, Food Wholesaling and Retailing
Albertsons plans to expand in Emmett. The Boise-based food and drug chain will replace its Emmett store with a significantly larger building, and construct a convenience store, spokeswoman Jeannette Duwe said. Construction of a nearly 50,000-square-foot store, and a 2,000-square foot Albertsons Express fuel center, is to start this month at the northeast corner of [...]
Commentary: What benefit does Albertsons offer Preferred Card holders?
POSTED: Monday, October 21, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: IBR Contributor
Tags: Consumer Finance and Credit, Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Marketing and Advertising
I remember my first credit card like it was yesterday. I was driving one of those ubiquitous VW Beetles in the late ’60s, and I got myself a Shell Oil card. Having a credit card of my very own made me feel sort of slick, I remember. No more fumbling for change at the gas [...]
West Coast port shutdown chokes Simplot exports
POSTED: Monday, October 7, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: IBR Contributor
Tags: Economy, Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Foreign Trade, Labor, Transportation
J.R. Simplot Co. felt the effects of the West Coast dockyard lockout and port shutdown last week, and was considering cutting frozen french fry production, and possibly employment, in Oregon and Washington. Corporate spokesman Fred Zerza said containers loaded with frozen fries, destined for Pacific Rim customers, were backing up at the four ports the [...]
Hope for Albertsons stock? — Analysts think so …
POSTED: Monday, September 16, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Economy, Food Wholesaling and Retailing
Is it time to bag yourself some Albertsons stock? Shares in the Boise-based food and drug chain (NYSE:ABS) increased earlier this month from a recent low by about 10 percent – following a favorable quarterly earnings report and an announcement that Albertsons would double its stock-repurchase plan to $1 billion “at a time when the [...]
Sushi, olive bar, wine steward planned for new gourmet supermarket
POSTED: Monday, September 2, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Steve Martin
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, Food Wholesaling and Retailing
A “gourmet” grocery store is planned in part of an ex-Sav-On drugstore on Bogus Basin Road in north Boise, moving development of the planned Highlands Station service-retail center a step forward. Crane Creek Market will occupy a space of 16,300 square feet on the southwest side of the 26,000-square-foot building, said Rick Clark, managing member [...]
Winery to include golf, upscale homes
POSTED: Monday, August 19, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Ken Levy
Tags: Agriculture, Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Housing, Residential Real Estate, Retailing, Sports
More than grapes are growing at The Winery at Eagle Knoll. Mike and Joy Kauffman plan high-end homes and an 18-hole public golf course on Idaho 16, west of Eagle. Final drawings for a wine-production facility at Eagle Knoll have been submitted to Ada County for review. If approved, the 3,400 square-foot winery building will [...]
Albertson's Preferred Saving Card program a success
POSTED: Monday, July 29, 2002 at 01:00 AM PTBY: Steve Martin
Tags: Food Wholesaling and Retailing, Marketing and Advertising
Four weeks into its Preferred Savings Card program, Albertson’s says its latest marketing strategy is working, despite criticism from some consumers upset about the need for a card to access lower prices. The Boise-based company wouldn’t say last week how many customers had signed up for the cards, but said card activity prompted a $100,000 [...]
