Convenience Store News In Brief…
NightFood Holdings Inc. of Tarrytown, New Jersey, a company dedicated to delivering better nighttime snack solutions to shoppers, has expanded its broker and distribution network with broker coverage of the entire East Coast. The company has entered into exclusive broker arrangements with Main Street Marketing in the Southeast and Tozzi & Associates in the Northeast. Tozzi & Associates services retail accounts from Maine to Central Virginia…
Eby-Brown, a distributor to the industry in the eastern U.S., has promoted Matthew Mandeltort to VP of food service strategy and education. He previously was corporate food service manager. Mandeltort has been with Eby-Brown since January 2014 and has more than 30 years of experience in food service operations. Prior to his time at Eby-Brown, Mandeltort worked at Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants and Marriott Hotels & Resorts. In addition, Mandeltort worked as a consultant for Technomic…
Cargill has completed the acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland’s global chocolate business for $440 million. Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business now operates globally with 27 sites in 11 countries with more than 3,000 employees, and serves customer needs worldwide with a distinctive range of innovative and high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, tailor-made for confectionery, bakery, dairy and other applications.