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Rainier Fruit Achieves Equitable Food Initiative Certification

Selah, Washington-based Rainier Fruit has achieved Equitable Food Initiative certification for its largest farm of more than 2,300 acres, earning the title as the first EFI-certified establishment in Washington state’s fruit industry. For the past three years, both companies have worked to align EFI standards with Washington State Labor Laws and are excited to finalize […]

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Hormel Foods To Provide Free College Education To Employees’ Children

Austin, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods has announced it will grant two-year college degree tuition to dependent children of the company’s employees. The Inspired Pathways program will begin later this year with the first class starting college in the 2021-22 academic year. It is open to all currently employed Hormel Foods team members in the U.S. While the […]

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Sun Belle To Acquire CoolHouse Distribution Center In Laredo, Texas

Berry marketer Sun Belle has agreed to acquire the business and property of CoolHouse Distribution Center in Laredo, Texas. The acquisition adds a fifth Sun Belle distribution center to company-operated facilities in Jessup, Maryland; Miami, Florida; Schiller Park, Illinois; and Oxnard, California. CoolHouse’s three-year old facility has 35,000 square feet of refrigerated and freezer space […]

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New Whole Foods Market in Huntington Beach Now Open

On Aug. 26, Whole Foods Market opened a new 44,000-square-foot store at 10081 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach, California. And more than 1,450 local products are dispersed throughout the store from 296 local suppliers, many of which are launching at Whole Foods Market for the first time. Headliners, a juice bar, full-service coffee bar and taproom, […]

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Giant Food Opens New Store In Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, Virginia, welcomed the opening of a new Giant Food on Aug. 21. Located at 9400 Fairfax Boulevard, Fairfax Circle, the store is the grocer’s second to open in the area this year. The company said the 53,000-square-foot location, which created 180 new jobs in the community, was designed to address the way consumers are […]

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Albertsons Cos. Announces Pricing Of Its Upsized Senior Notes Offering

Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. has announced the pricing of its upsized private offering of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of new 3.250 percent senior notes due 2026, issued at par and $750 million in aggregate principal amount of the new 3.500 percent senior notes due 2029, issued at par. The company and its subsidiaries, […]

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Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Announces Q2 Fiscal 2020 Financial Results

Emeryville, California-based Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. has announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2020, ended June 27. Net sales increased by 24.5 percent to $803.4 million from $645.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019; comparable store sales increased by 16.7 percent compared to a 5.8 percent increase in the same […]

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Market Profile: Allen’s Foods Cultivates Camaraderie Within Caring Community

Bella Vista is a city of about 31,000 in the northwest corner of Arkansas, some seven miles south of the Missouri line. It lies in the middle of a resort area with a large number of retirees and also serves as a bedroom community to nearby Bentonville, home of Walmart’s headquarters. Serving the Bella Vista […]