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Retailers

Wegmans Dashes Hopes in Annapolis, Denies Atlanta Rumors

Fans in Annapolis, Md., are disappointed as the grocer pulls out of a proposed location, but hope flickers in the Southeast as a disputed report indicates the retailer could be looking at metro Atlanta.

Retailers

Sprouts to Dial Back New Stores

Seeking a more profitable path to growth, the retailer’s new management team is retooling its approach to new stores, private label and pricing.

Fry’s newly opened store marks a supermarket debut in downtown Phoenix. It joins other newly opened urban projects in Cincinnati and Atlanta.

After opening in 2018, the retailer is closing stores in Ames, Iowa, and Grand Island and Lakeside, Neb., in November.

As speculation around a rollout of a new grocery format grows, an online site tool is seeing an increase in unidentified objects.

The rate of new openings will likely slow in coming years, but the club retailer still sees opportunities in infills, precision locations and new markets.

A new report this week gives further indication that Amazon has physical store ambitions beyond Whole Foods.

Trader Joe's announces spate of "coming soon" new store openings, but real estate experts say that's not a guarantee they will all come to fruition.

WinCo Foods is set to expand its presence in Washington as the anchor tenant of the Centralia Station development. Construction is set to begin in 2020.

As its first small-format Bridge Street Market celebrates its one-year anniversary, the Michigan retailer readies for a similar second format: Woodward Corner Market.

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