KeHE Distributors’ new website has received industry recognition for outstanding design from The Communicator Awards, the Davey Awards and the W³ Awards. “We are honored to receive this global recognition for our new website,” said Ari Goldsmith, executive director of marketing at Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE. “The colorful aesthetics, easy navigation and enriched content of our website […]
Category: Specialty
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Renfro Foods Rolls Out Craft Beer Salsa
Renfro Foods, makers salsas and other specialty food products, is rolling out Mrs. Renfro’s Craft Beer Salsa—its 20th salsa. It will be showcased at the upcoming Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, June 25-27, at the Jacob Javits Center. By teaming up with fellow Fort Worth, Texas, family business, Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., the […]
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Kings Food Markets, Balducci’s Choose KeHE
Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market have selected KeHE Distributors as a specialty distributor for natural & organic, specialty and private label items. The agreement is effective immediately. The transition is scheduled to be complete this summer. “Across the KeHE community, we are energized to put our compelling service, pricing and promotions model […]
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NCA Sweets & Snacks Expo Breaks Records
The 2017 Sweets & Snacks Expo, hosted by the National Confectioners Association, set an all-time attendance record for the second consecutive year as more than 18,000 industry professionals from nearly 90 countries were welcomed to McCormick Place to experience the latest trends and innovations in the candy and snack categories. Exhibitors grew nearly 6 percent, […]
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AWG Partners With RangeMe To Scale Growth Across All Categories
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is partnering with RangeMe, an online platform that streamlines new product discovery between product suppliers and retailers, to scale its retail buying efforts for general merchandise, health and beauty and specialty, natural and organic items for all of its members. “The technology and vendor interfacing that RangeMe provides will benefit our members and […]
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Latest Buy Takes Sales And Marketing Agency C.A. Fortune National
With its latest transaction in the Pacific Northwest, sales and marketing agency C.A. Fortune says it now offers complete national coverage for brands within the natural/organic, specialty/conventional and bakery/deli retail trade channels. The Chicago-based company recently joined forces with Portland, Oregon-based Bridge Sales & Marketing, completing the agency’s goal of providing coast-to-coast coverage for its client brands […]
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Hy-Vee Guarantees 100 Percent Of Its Sushi From Responsible Sources
Hy-Vee Inc. has successfully transitioned 100 percent of its sushi to responsible sources. The supermarket chain guarantees that all sushi prepared and sold in its 244 Midwestern stores, including Hy-Vee Market Grille restaurants, will now contain seafood that is caught in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. According to its recently updated Seafood Procurement Policy, Hy-Vee […]
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AWG Ramps Up Kenosha D.C. With New Chicago Retailers On Board
Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. (AWG) has begun serving additional Chicago-area supermarket retailers, the Kansas City, Kansas-based wholesaler said May 5. With the new Chicagoland business coming on board, AWG is ramping up full-scale deliveries out of its Kenosha, Wisconsin, division—acquired following its merger with Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM) last October—which will be the main distribution center […]