Monday, May 13, 2013
Money will benefit local and regional nonprofits.
BI-LO customers donated $399,382.44 to 12 local and regional nonprofit organizations within the grocer’s operating area during a six-week period when making grocery purchases, the grocer announced. The BI-LO community donation program invited customers to donate at any store register from Feb. 20 to April 2. All funds raised will benefit local community organizations to enhance the lives of children, improve health and education, and nourish the hungry in their communities, the company said. “We’re honored to support wonderful organizations that are committed to making our communities great. Many of our local organizations work hard to serve and improve their communities, and we’re dedicated to helping them in those endeavors.” “BI-LO …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Grocer's fourth annual PAWS "Feed the Love" campaign runs through April 30.
Beginning today through Tuesday, April 30, BI-LO will host its fourth annual PAWS “Feed the Love” campaign. “Feed the Love” is a pet food drive in which food donations go to local-area food banks for families in need to be able to provide food for the four-legged members of their families. Shoppers can purchase a $5 bag of pet food with the MY BI-LO BONUSCARD, and the food will be picked up by or delivered to the store’s food bank partner. The bag contains a week’s worth of dry and canned packages of PAWS Premium, BI-LO’s own brand of cat and dog food. Nationally, approximately seven million pets are surrendered to shelters each year due to the inability of the owners to pay for food. Through “Feed the Love,” BI-LO hopes to help reduce …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Fredrick Baker has been charged with strong armed robbery and assault and battery third degree after he attempted to conceal packages of ribeye steaks under his clothes.
Greenville police have arrested a man who attempted to steal meat from an Upstate grocery store and also assaulted a store employee. Fredrick Baker has been charged with strong armed robbery and assault and battery third degree after he attempted to conceal packages of rib-eye steaks under his clothes Tuesday while at BI-LO at 1315 S. Pleasantburg Drive, near the intersection of Mauldin Road. Police said a store employee witnessed Baker concealing the items and tried to stop Baker from leaving the store. Baker dropped the steaks and attempted to leave the store when the employee blocked the door, according to an incident report. Police said Baker struck the employee several times in the face before leaving the scene. Baker was arrested a …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Anthea Jones will run grocery chains operations from its Maudlin corporate center.
BI-LO recently elevated industry veteran Anthea Jones to president of the chain, which was acquired last year by Winn-Dixie, according to The Shelby Report. Though the bulk of corporate operations has moved to Winn-Dixie headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., Jones will continue to work out of the chain's Mauldin operations center. In addition to the new post, Jones will continue as BI-LO's senior vice president of operations. Jones joined BI-LO in 1999 after a 17-year stint at Food Lion. Before being promoted to SVP of operations and president earlier this year, he was BI-LO’s SVP of store operations. He had held a number of other positions with BI-LO prior to that. He also is the immediate past board chairman (2011-12) of the Global Market …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Grocer says items added to program could help drivers save as much as 50 cents per gallon.
With gas prices climbing for 33 straight days to a four-month high, BI-LO said it is adding more grocery items as part of its fuelperks! rewards program. The expanded program includes hundreds of additional grocery items that will help the grocery chain’s BonusCard customers rack up from 5 to 50 cents per gallon per item, the Mauldin-based grocer announced. For every $50 in qualified purchases a shopper spends at Bi-Lo, they receive a 5-cents-per-gallon reward applied to their Bi-Lo BonusCard that can be used at the pump to reduce the price of gas. With the expanded benefits, a customer, for instance, who spends $50 on groceries in one trip automatically earns 5 cents per gallon with the standard fuelperks! rewards offer. If the customer, …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Annual promotion lets BI-LO customers earn free tix by using by using their BonusCards.
BI-LO grocery stores are once again letting customers earn tickets to regular season Clemson and USC basketball games. This will be the fifth year BI-LO has partnered with the University of South Carolina and the third year with Clemson University to offer its “No Dough” promotion. Now through March 1 or while supplies last, customers who purchase any six participating Southern Home items in one transaction with their My BI-LO BonusCard will receive two free NCAA men’s basketball tickets, while supplies last, to any of the Gamecocks or Tigers eligible regular season home games. Shoppers can find the full list of participating items HERE. Customers who use their BonusCard to purchase any of the participating products will receive a voucher…
Monday, December 17, 2012
Suspect also shot by alleged victim after trying to rob him in BI-LO parking lot.
A man is in jail after he tried to rob another man — and was subsequently shot by the alleged victim — in the parking lot of the BI-LO store in Mauldin, police said. Ansel Leedale Smith, Jr., 24, of Mauldin faces charges of armed robbery, possessing a weapon while committing a violent crime, and pointing and presenting a firearm, stemming from an incident that occurred Sunday afternoon at the BI-LO at 207 West Butler Road, according to Mauldin Police Det. Benjamin Ford. According to Ford, the unidentified victim met with Smith in the store parking lot around 2 p.m. Sunday in response to a Craigslist ad for a cellphone the victim was attempting to sell. Ford said Smith got into the alleged victim's pickup truck, brandished a .380-caliber …
Friday, September 7, 2012
The Mauldin-based company is listed at number 79 on national trade journal's list.
Thanks to its acquisition earlier this year of Winn-Dixie, Mauldin-based BI-LO Holdings, Inc., has become one of the nation's largest retailers. In a ranking by the national trade journal, Chain Store Age, BI-LO made the Top 100 list for the first time ever, coming in at number 79. Unsurprisingly, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., with thousands of stores around the globe, came out on top, according to a report by the Jacksonville Business Journal. In a deal announced late last year, BI-LO closed its acquisition of Florida-based Winn-Dixie in March, propelling the company onto the list on the strength of its expansion to 688 stores in eight states and combined fiscal 2011 revenues of nearly $4.95 billion dollars. Nearly two dozen grocery store chains…
Saturday, September 1, 2012
The Mexican-grown fruit may be contaminated with salmonella.
BI-LO announced an immediate voluntary recall on whole Daniella brand mangoes sold with a universal product code (UPC) of 0-00000-04051 in stores between July 12 and Aug. 27, 2012. The recalled mangoes, a product of Mexico, were sold as individual fruit and can be identified by the Daniella brand sticker. The product is being recalled in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee due to a potential health risk from possible contamination with Salmonella Braenderup. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Shoppers can receive three levels of this year's flu vaccine at in-store pharmacies.
To encourage people to protect their health, BI-LO kicked off its "Shield Yourself" flu vaccination campaign today, offering three different options of this year's influenza vaccine to help shield shoppers from the flu. Customers at any of the grocer's in-store pharmacies can choose from the standard vaccination, a high dose vaccine recommended for those 65 and older, or an Intradermal flu vaccination administered with a microneedle that is 90 percent smaller than traditional needles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a yearly vaccination provides the best protection throughout flu season. It takes about two weeks after being vaccinated for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against …
Dan Wackerhagen
2:25 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
My family generally breaks our monthly shopping up based on prices. We buy some items at Bi-Lo, some at Publix and some at Walmart and some at Target. My wife feeds a family of four for about $350 / month. The Bi-Lo and Publix are very close to the house so that helps of course. The other two she just make the trip while running other errands. She coupons a good bit and knows where to find the … more ›