Business Beat: Dave’s Fresh Marketplace is IGA USA Retailer of the Year  

A display case filled with lots of different fruits and vegetables.

The Independent Grocers Alliance has announced Dave Cesario, owner of Dave’s Fresh Marketplace in East Greenwich, Rhode Island as IGA USA Retailers of the Year. The Retailer of the Year awards are the highest honors IGA bestows upon its retailer members. They are presented annually to grocers who have best provided leadership and excellence in…

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Another one bites the dust – David Brussat

Eastside Marketplace grocery store exterior.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: The IGA at the bottom of Pitman Street, in Providence. Stop & Shop, owner of Eastside Marketplace (or, to many of its longtime shoppers, the IGA, Independent Grocers Alliance), will shut down the market on or before Nov. 2. That is a shame and a…

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