J.M. Smucker Co. has paid $360 million for Miami-based Rowland Coffee Roasters, whose brands include Café Pilon, Café Bustelo, Café Oquendo, Medaglia d’Oro and El Pico brands. According to the South Florida Business Journal, a news release said Rowland’s 2010 revenue of more than $110 million makes it the nation’s largest coffee company marketing to […]
Author Archives: Shelby Report Staff
The Shelby Report newsroom covers the grocery industry for retailers, wholesalers and suppliers. Staff reports include store openings, executive appointments, company announcements and industry event coverage. Since 1967, The Shelby Report has covered supermarkets, grocery chains and independent grocers through five regional editions.
Posted in, California Perspective, Guest Contributors, West
Help Us, Mr. Attorney General — Our Industry Is on the Ropes
CGA President Ronald Fong continues his series of open letters to our newly elected state constitutional officers. This issue’s letter is addressed to California Attorney General Kamal D. Harris. Dear Attorney General Harris, California is the nation’s leader in many things and most of them are admirable. But our state’s increasingly anti-grocery regulatory and litigation […]
Posted in, Southwest
FSA Hits Home Run with 2011-12 Scholarship Winners
Excitement was in the air at the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington April 13. This was the venue for the 14th Annual Food Sales Association (FSA) Scholarship Awards Luncheon. Scholarship winners had the opportunity to see the ballpark and had the opportunity to have their picture taken with Nolan […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southwest
United Supermarkets Opens First Convenience Store
United Supermarkets officially entered the convenience market with the ribbon cutting of its first United Express location at the southeast corner of 4th Street and Milwaukee Avenue in Lubbock on May 4. The location includes a six-pump fuel station and features fresh offerings along with the traditional items one would expect to find at a […]
Posted in, National, Suppliers
Mann Packing Adds Employees to Meet Market Needs
Mann Packing is expanding its staff with the addition of Christine Keller as the new director of marketing and innovation, and Fernando Azevedo as a national account manager. The director of marketing and innovation is the primary manager of the entire portfolio of Mann products for both retail and foodservice. This includes, but is not […]
Posted in, Southwest
H-E-B Lives by ‘Spirit of Giving’ Philosophy
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor H-E-B attracting great people is paramount. The retailer’s efforts to draw them go beyond offering a good salary and great benefits when times are good. H-E-B goes after those great people by operating a company that offers fulfilling careers, builds strong leaders and pays people well—even when the economy is declining […]
Posted in, Amazon Fresh, Marketing News, National, Whole Foods
A Look at the Future of Retailing
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor From FMI Future Connect 2011 If you build a new grocery store, you are not interested growing sales. You are interested in taking market share because the U.S. has reached the saturation point for stores. That was the sobering news brought to Future Connect 2011 attendees on Tuesday, May 10, by […]
Posted in, Marketing News, National
Empathize to Bridge the Gaps between Silos
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor FMI Future Connect 2011 There will be a journey through hell, Peg Neuhauser, president of PCN Associates, assured Future Connect attendees. Neuhauser was among the top-ranked presenters from Future Connect 2009, and she was invited back. She presented “Smashing Silos—Part II.” Silos get in the way of interdepartmental collaboration, and silos […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National
AccuCode, N.G.A. Partner on PCI Compliance Solutions
Colorado-based AccuCode Inc. has partnered with the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) and launched a new service offering called AO:Compliance to help solve the problem for retailers of becoming compliant to the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). AccuCode’s AO:Compliance is an industry first PCI compliance solution offering that is designed to help retail […]
Posted in, National, New Products
New Product News
Dropps Dropps has partnered with TerraCycle, the international upcycling pioneer, to give consumers a 100 percent zero waste liquid laundry detergent choice. Until now Dropps pouches have been easy on the wrist, but not suitable for traditional recycling, despite being a fraction of the environmental footprint of giant plastic jugs. TerraCycle, which specializes in difficult-to-recycle […]
Posted in, Southeast
Alabama Grocers Association Official Statement April 27, 2011 Disaster Relief
On April 27, 2011 Alabama was devastated by an estimated 28 tornadoes bringing damage to 41 counties, and forever changing the lives of so many who call Alabama home. Some tornadoes were as strong as an EF-5, with wind speeds of approximately 200 mph that caused loss of life of at least 250 people and […]
Posted in, National, Organic Natural
U.S. Organic Industry Valued at Nearly $29 Billion in 2010
The organic industry grew at a rate of almost 8 percent in 2010, becoming a $28.6 billion business, according to the 2011 Organic Industry Survey from the Organic Trade Association (OTA) that was released April 21. Experiencing the most growth were organic fruits and vegetables, which represent 39.7 percent of total organic food value and […]
Posted in, Another Side, Southeast
Homeless Man Stays Afloat With His Trusty Canine
No city in America has a monopoly on the homeless, but Seattle has one of the most unique. Although his name and “address” were identified in the local newspaper, we will call him Thirteen Moons and his dog Waverley, for his dog is indeed his best friend. A wolf and husky mix, the canine doesn’t […]
Posted in, West
Food City Celebrates Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day
Food City will celebrate Cinco de mayo and Mother’s Day May 7-8 with a free festival paired with its second annual Mundialito Food City soccer tournament. The two-day celebration will bring 200 plus soccer teams and more than 70 vendors and booth exhibits to West Side Sports Complex located at 99th Avenue and McDowell Road […]
Posted in, National
Supermarket Chef Featured on Eatturkey.com
This year’s Cinco de Mayo fiesta just got one-step easier with the addition of a recipe video that shows how to make turkey quesadillas. National Turkey Federation’s (NTF) latest turkey cooking video features Chef Philip Anderson, director of fresh foods at Harris Teeter, who creates a warm and crispy turkey quesadilla with only five ingredients. […]
Posted in, Perishables, Southeast
Conference Drew More Than 330 to Hilton Head Island
A group of 330-plus frozen and refrigerated food category managers, manufacturers and sales agents gathered in Hilton Head Island in late March to network, learn and relax at the Southeastern Association Frozen & Refrigerated Food Councils’ annual conference. The Frozen and Refrigerated Food Councils from North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida sponsored the conference in […]
Posted in, Feature, National
EST: Alignmed Posturing to Straighten Up the Workforce
by Katie B. Davis/staff writer For years Bill Schultz had pain in his lower back, at times debilitating. At the age of 45, roughly five years ago, he scheduled a procedure to have his lumbar disc fused in hopes it would at best take away, at least minimize, his pain. Schultz, however, has yet to […]
Posted in, Corporate Store News, West
Bashas’ Family of Stores will hold four job fairs
Three in metro Phoenix and one in Tucson – to fill more than 400 full-time and part-time positions for its Food City, Bashas’ and AJ’s Fine Foods locations. WHEN & WHERE: May 3, 4, 5 and 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 University of Phoenix – Hohokam Campus 4635 E. Elwood […]
Posted in, National, New Products
United Fresh announces its 2011 New Product Award finalists
A record 34 fresh fruit and vegetable innovations are up for the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2011 New Product Awards. This year’s finalists will compete in six categories for the title of Best New Products at United Fresh 2011, May 2-5, in New Orleans. Products will be on display in the United Fresh membership booth […]
Posted in, National, Northeast
FIANY Chief Receives N.G.A. Association Leadership Award
by Millie Adcox/staff writer Jim Rogers, president and CEO of the Food Industry Alliance of New York (FIANY), received the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) 2011 Association Leadership Award March 30 at the Washington Public Policy Conference hosted by N.G.A., the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE) in Washington, D.C. “Jim’s dedication […]