Piggly Wiggly Midwest will launch a new website on Oct. 2 with user-friendly navigation, an easy to read weekly circular, personalized accounts and thousands of new recipes. Consumers will be able to find desired information quickly for a more streamlined shopping experience. The circular will be easier to read than before with larger print and improved graphics. […]
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Carl Buddig Inks Deal With Kingsford For Pre-Cooked Ribs, Barbecue Entrees
Carl Buddig & Co. subsidiary CBQ has reached a multiyear agreement to produce Kingsford-branded pre-cooked ribs and barbecue entrees. Kingsford, known for inventing the charcoal briquet, entered the food category this year with the launch of Kingsford BBQ Sauces & Dry Rub. CBQ’s pre-cooked Kingsford ribs and barbecue proteins, made with simple ingredients and no […]
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Favorable Midwest Weather Is Good News For Pure Pumpkin Fans
The Libby’s Pumpkin team in Morton, Illinois, the self-proclaimed pumpkin capital of the world, has been hard at work harvesting and canning pumpkins so that grocery shelves are stocked for the start of baking season, the company says. Shipments of this year’s crop of Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin are hitting stores now, and pumpkin lovers […]
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Ahold USA Brands To Join Healthy Savings Retailer Network
Healthy Savings, a Minnesota-based healthy lifestyle program focused on improving diets, will expand its retail network this October with the addition of Ahold USA’s brands, including Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover, and Giant-Martin’s. With the addition of Ahold USA’s retail divisions, the Healthy Savings program will be […]
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Kroger Invites Local Suppliers To Join The Kroger Family Of Companies
The Kroger Co. is welcoming local and emerging brands interested in partnering with the company through the launch of Kroger.Com/WeAreLocal. “Kroger has always had a commitment to supporting small business owners and local vendors,” said Mike Donnelly, EVP of merchandising and procurement. “Our business has a track record of successfully blending centralized and decentralized decision […]
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Companies Commit To Simplify Food Date Labels By 2020
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a network of 400 of the largest consumer goods companies in 70 countries, has approved a plan to standardize food date labels worldwide by 2020. The CGF Board of Directors unanimously endorsed “A Call To Action” simplifying date labels. The companies include Tesco, Kellogg, Walmart, Campbell Soup Co., Bimbo, Pick […]
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Albertsons, Campbell, Others Are Corporate Citizenship Awards Finalists
Albertsons Cos., The Wonderful Co., Campbell Soup Co. and Keurig Green Mountain all have been named finalists for the 18th annual Corporate Citizenship Awards, which “honor businesses for their significant positive impacts in communities around the world.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will present the winners with their awards on Nov. 15. Albertsons Cos.—Best […]
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Aurora Organic Dairy Out Ahead Of Corporate Citizenship Goals
Boulder, Colorado-based Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading producer of store brand organic milk, remains on track to surpass several of its five-year corporate citizenship goals, which were established in 2012. Aurora comprises more than 75,000 acres of organic farmland operated by 100 independent farmers and 12,000 organic pasture acres surrounding its dairy farms. The company […]
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Chuck Norris Water Brand Expands With Brookshire’s, Super 1
CForce “premium artesian water,” from CForce Bottling Co., owned by Gena and Chuck Norris, soon will be available for purchase at Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy and Super 1 Foods stores. Currently sold in 15 states and online through Amazon.com, CForce will be sold at 155 Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy and Super 1 Foods stores in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi on store shelves […]
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POM Wonderful Acquires Pomegranate Company Ruby Fresh
POM Wonderful, a grower and producer of California pomegranates, pomegranate arils and pomegranate juice, has acquired Ruby Fresh, a processor and distributor of fresh pomegranates and arils. This acquisition, combined with existing operations, “enhances POM Wonderful’s position as North America’s leading pomegranate producer and distributor,” says the company. The Ruby Fresh brand, which leverages both […]
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GMA Presents Mariano And Powell With Its Highest Honor
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has presented its highest honor, the Hall of Achievement Award, to Bob Mariano of Roundy’s Inc. and Ken Powell of General Mills. The awards were presented Saturday at the GMA Leadership Forum at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The Hall of Achievement Award recognizes the service and extraordinary […]
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Cadillac Meijer Gets 500th Tomra Reverse Vending Machine
Tomra has installed its 500th T-90 Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) at a Meijer store in Cadillac, Michigan. Reverse vending machines allow consumers to return empty beverage containers like bottles or cans for recycling. The Meijer store now has eight T-90s. “Having the 500th installation of our T-90 RVM within a year after the initial launch of the technology […]
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Green Giant Spiralized Frozen Vegetables Coming In 2018
B&G Foods continues to innovate its Green Giant line, with plans to roll out Veggie Spirals early next year. The spiral-shaped vegetables, designed to be an alternative to pasta, initially will be available in Zucchini, Carrots and Butternut Squash varieties. The new line contains 100 percent vegetables; no sauces or seasonings are added. All varieties […]
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Hallmark Partners With Funny Or Die For New Card Collection
Hallmark’s Shoebox brand is launching a new collection of greeting cards developed in partnership with the comedy brand Funny Or Die. Funny Or Die collaborated with the creative team at Hallmark to develop designs and editorial for 24 cards. Earlier this year, the cards were displayed on Funny Or Die’s website for fans to vote for their favorites. Hallmark […]
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Chef’d Meal Kits Make Grocery Retail Debut At Gelson’s
Chef’d, an e-commerce meal kit marketplace, has entered into a partnership with Gelson’s Markets in a strategic push to expand distribution into retail. Gelson’s will offer Chef’d meal kits at the Gelson’s Valley Village/North Hollywood, California, store on Laurel Canyon Blvd., with plans to expand into other locations across the retailer’s Southern California store portfolio. […]
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Sweet Potato Industry Leader Carson Barnes Passes Away
Carson Barnes, a driving force in the North Carolina sweet potato industry, passed away late Saturday evening. He was 82. Barnes began farming in 1960 with three-eighths of an acre of sweet potatoes and eight acres of tobacco. His company, Barnes Farming Corp., has grown to become the largest sweet potato grower and shipper in the country. […]
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505 Southwestern Brand Maker To Expand Distribution Facility In Albuquerque
Flagship Food Group CEO Rob Holland and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said this week that Flagship will further expand its manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Albuquerque area, creating a state-of-the-art 76,000-s.f. frozen food distribution warehouse that will serve its customers from coast to coast from a single point of distribution. The new distribution facility also will feature […]
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Harris Teeter Launches HT ‘Home Town’ Local Products Campaign
A recent study conducted by Concentric found that 77 percent of Harris Teeter shoppers would be more likely to purchase a product if they knew that it had been produced locally. When asked why local products appealed to them, shoppers said, “I want to support my local community”; “Local brands feel exclusive to my area”; and […]
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Alabama Grocers Association Hosts 27th Annual Convention
The Alabama Grocers Association recently held its 27th Annual Convention at the Sandestin Beach Resort in Destin, Florida. The association brought members from all facets of the grocery industry together to promote the growth and success of the food industry throughout the state of Alabama. The convention kicked off with the Larry D. Eddleman Sr. Golf […]
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Langer Farms Ramps Up California-Grown Apple Cider Line
Family-owned Langer Juice Co. Inc., based in City of Industry, California, is building on the latest addition to its lineup of juices. The company began testing an apple cider under its new Langer Farms brand last year and launched it this year. Soon, Langer Farms will begin peak production of its Unfiltered Apple Cider, according […]