The Hershey Co. says that more than 40,000 Ghana cocoa farmers across 1,700 villages have now registered for CocoaLink, a digital exchange network that links farmers to modern farming information that benefits families and the entire farming community. An innovative public and private partnership between the cocoa sector and the Ghana Cocoa Board, CocoaLink is […]
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Supervalu To Unveil East Coast’s Largest Natural Gas-Powered Truck Fleet, New Fill Station In Va.
As one of the nation’s leading grocery distributors, Supervalu says it has always strived to provide its customers with the best products at a great value. Now, those products are arriving at grocery store shelves across the eastern region with a much smaller carbon footprint, thanks to the recent addition of 35 Class 8 Volvo […]
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Unified Selects Nielsen As Analytics Provider
Unified Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western U.S., has selected Nielsen as its analytics and insights provider. Under the terms of the contract, Nielsen will provide Unified with data analytics tools for the exclusive use of its retail partners. “Unified is pleased to work with Nielsen,” says Sue Klug, SVP and chief […]
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Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition Launches Seafood Finder Mobile App
October is National Seafood Month, and the Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition is making it easier than ever to celebrate by enjoying Gulf of Mexico seafood favorites with its new Gulf Coast seafood finder mobile app. Whether it’s baked, broiled, blackened or grilled, finding flavorful wild-caught Gulf Coast seafood at a market, restaurant or wholesaler is […]
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Bemis Launches New Website For Brand Packagers
Bemis Performance Packaging (BPP), a leading supplier of flexible packaging and labeling solutions, has rolled out its new website, bemisperformancepackaging.com. The new site provides consumer goods companies with user-friendly resources to address packaging challenges and create brand advantages with the latest in packaging innovations, according to the Oshkosh, Wis.-based company. The site also offers informative […]
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GE Rolls Out New Open Deck LED Solution For Food Retail
GE Lighting says grocery and convenience store owners now have an extra-appetizing lighting solution for open deck cases that delivers a quick payback without sacrificing performance: GE’s Immersion RH30 LED lighting system. GE’s new Immersion LED lighting system attracts customers by making food packages shine with crisp LED light, the company says. The refrigerated display […]
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Mobile Recipe Planner Brings Grocery Aisle Resources To Veggie Consumers
Allens Inc., a U.S.- based vegetable leader, has launched a new, consumer-friendly mobile recipe planning tool geared toward meeting the needs of on-the-go families. New content, search options, recipes and grocery lists all make it easier for consumers to answer the question…What’s for dinner tonight? The widget can be accessed on any iPhone or Android […]
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PCC Pilot Testing Mobile Grocery Manufacturer Coupons For Natural, Organic Brands
Chinook Book, in partnership with PCC Natural Markets and 11 product brands, today launched the nation’s first mobile grocery manufacturer coupons for natural and organic products. Using the Chinook Book mobile app, the coupons are initially available in the Seattle/Puget Sound area for redemption at all nine PCC Natural Markets stores. “PCC is happy to […]
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Axxess Brands Initiates Snack Shipper Display Program With Piggly Wiggly
Axxess Brands LLC, an Axxess Unlimited Inc. company, has initiated a snack category growth plan for retailers at Piggly Wiggly supermarkets in Charleston, S.C., adding the “Better For You” shipper displays to store aisles. Offering “Better For You” products at affordable prices, Axxess Brands has teamed with Piggly Wiggly supermarkets to create free-standing shipper displays […]
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Hy-Vee Implementing Interactive Displays To Promote Sustainable Initiatives
QA Graphics, an Iowa interactive design firm, is developing interactive displays for Hy-Vee to help educate the grocery company’s consumers about its sustainable initiatives. Hy-Vee has been taking a number of steps to make its stores and operations more environmentally friendly, and has looked to QA Graphics for a creative way within the stores to […]
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Piggly Wiggly Midwest Partners With Ibotta To Offer Cash Rewards
Ibotta Inc., makers of one of the fastest growing mobile shopper technologies in the U.S., has partnered with Piggly Wiggly Midwest to allow its shoppers to earn cash rewards when using their Preferred Club Card to buy selected products. Through its partnership with Ibotta, Piggly Wiggly Midwest continues its tradition of finding new ways to […]
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Sprout Foods Rolls Out New Web Site
Sprout Foods, which offers chef-inspired, wholesome and certified organic foods for children, has launched a new interactive website. Duluth, Ga.-based Sprout has revamped its consumer-focused site, www.sproutorganicfoods.com, to make it more useful and informative, and is packing it full of content, social networking links and detailed information, the company says. The site is designed to […]
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Mondelez International Signs Global ‘Mobile Only’ Media Deal With Google
Mondelez International Inc., maker of chocolate, biscuits, gum and candy, has signed a global strategic agreement with Google. The deal will focus on mobile search, mobile display and mobile websites. This “mobile only” media deal is part of Mondelez International’s commitment to invest 10 percent of its global marketing budget in mobile activations across the […]
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ROFDA Adopts Food Safety Solution From ReposiTrak
The Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA), the largest cooperative of independent food wholesalers, is adopting the use of track and trace technology from ReposiTrak, a solution provider backed by international food safety consultants Leavitt Partners and retail technology experts Park City Group. The ReposiTrak system, which includes Document Management and Track & Trace, […]
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api(+) Designed Schnucks Grocery Store In Ballwin, Mo.
Tampa, Fla.-based api(+) provided architecture and interior design services for Schnucks Kehrs Mill location in Ballwin, Mo. The store is comprised of a 40,000-s.f. ground floor and a 5,000-s.f. mezzanine. api(+) was selected for the project after its design success of Schnucks’ 80,000-s.f. flagship located in Des Peres, Mo. The Ballwin location, which opened in […]
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Retail Dietitians Business Alliance Launches Online Career Center
The Retail Dietitians Business Alliance (RDBA) has launched its online career center. The RDBA Career Center, located at www.RetailDietitians.com and housed within the “Members Area,” provides a venue for simple, straight-forward posting of retail dietitian job openings as well as retail dietitians looking for a position. RDBA membership and career center postings are free. “One […]
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There Must Be A Better Way To Stock
by Alison Shea/Special to The Shelby Report I spend a lot of time at the grocery store. I would love to say I’m one of those shoppers who plans my family’s meals for the coming week and buys everything we need in one fell swoop. But the reality is that I shop for groceries at […]
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Houston’s FuelQuest Helps Retailers Buy Fuel At The Right Price
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor FuelQuest helps retailers of all sizes that sell fuel “buy it at the right time, at the right place and make sure it shows up on time,” says David Zahn, VP of marketing for the Houston-based supply chain management company. That’s the short version, but FuelQuest helps retailers with a tall […]
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Stop & Shop Announces Carbon Reduction Advancements In Mass.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Massachusetts, where it currently operates 131 stores. In 2008, Stop & Shop committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 20 percent by 2015. The company made the announcement on April 4 at Stop & Shop’s LEED-certified store in […]
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Survey: Coupon Use Still Prevalent Among American Consumers
A recent survey conducted by Linkable Networks, a leader in card-linked technology reaching more than 200 million U.S. consumers each month, reveals that 95 percent of Americans use coupons when shopping and 73 percent admit to using coupons at least a couple times a month. The research was conducted to reveal trends in consumer shopping […]