First Media’s So Yummy brand is making its first entrée into retail through a partnership with Chefs Menu. The two companies will deliver seven meal prep kits to thousands of U.S. grocery stores this fall. With prices ranging from $12.99-$18.99, each meal kit pairs So Yummy’s food hacks, accessed via on-box QR codes, with prepared […]
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O&O Hooch Mixer Launching In 170+ Kroger Atlanta Stores This Summer
Holland Beverage Co.’s O&O Hooch Fizzy Limeade Mixer will be available in four-packs of 12-oz. cans this summer in select Kroger locations in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. O&O Hooch is a female-owned brand; its Hooch mixer is made with real limes and real sugar and comes in 1-liter bottles in addition to the four-packs […]
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Rocco Cingari, Owner Of 11 ShopRites In Connecticut, Dies At 89
Mr. Rocco Salvatore “Rocky” Cingari, a lifelong resident of Stamford, Connecticut, and the longtime president and CEO of Grade A Market Inc., which owns 11 ShopRite stores in Connecticut. Mr. Cingari died Monday, June 3, with his family at his side. He was 89. Mr. Cingari served as president and CEO of Grade A Market […]
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Josie’s Java House Brand Now Sold In Southeastern Grocers Stores
San Diego-based Youngevity International (YGYI) announced in May that its Josie’s Java House Brand coffee, made by its CLR Roasters manufacturing division, now is available in 570 stores owned by Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers (SEG): 400 Winn-Dixie stores, 96 Bi-Lo stores, 25 Fresco y Mas stores and 50 Harvey stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, […]
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Schnucks Expands Curbside Pickup, Adds Rewards Points
Schnuck Markets’ customers now can earn reward points on delivery orders delivered to a home or business, as well as on curbside pickup orders. Schnucks Rewards pays customers back for their purchases by providing 10 rewards points for every dollar spent. After earning 1,000 points, the customer will be rewarded with $2 off a future […]
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Publix Kicks Off Its Latest ‘Produce For Kids’ Campaign
On May 30, Publix Super Markets launched the biannual campaign, Produce For Kids, centered around better-choice eating and consumption of produce while raising funds for Feeding America food banks. Produce for Kids is entering the 17th year working with Lakeland, Florida-based Publix and produce partners. The campaign touts more than 6.9 million meals donated to […]
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Walmart To Launch InHome Delivery Later This Year
Marc Lore, president and CEO of Walmart eCommerce U.S., shared in a June 7 blog post that the company will launch a new service called InHome Delivery later this year. The new service will allow online shoppers to have their groceries delivered even when they can’t be at home. InHome will be kicked off this […]
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NGA Now Accepting Creative Choice Award Entries
The National Grocers Association (NGA) is requesting entries for the annual Creative Choice Awards to recognize the best marketing and merchandising initiatives in the independent grocery industry. Creative Choice award winners will be honored at The NGA Show, Feb. 23-26, 2020, in San Diego. The Creative Choice Awards are sponsored by Kellogg’s and Unilever and […]