Shuman Farms, a grower and shipper in the sweet onion industry, is celebrating the beginning of the Vidalia onion shipping season, marked by a series of events with partners Food Lion and Royal Food Service. The Vidalia onion season began on April 17 with Shuman Farms sending the first shipment from its Cobbtown, Georgia, facility. […]
Category: Grocery News
Posted inDairy News, Association News, IGA, National
American Egg Board Aims To Educate IGA Shoppers, Retailers
The Independent Grocers Alliance is working with the American Egg Board, the U.S. egg industry’s national marketing organization, to help it get in front of shoppers at the more than 2,000 IGA grocery stores and deliver egg education and marketing resources to retailers. From recipes to social media content, these resources aid the American Egg […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Southwest
Snack’in For You Named On 2024 Best Snack Awards
Snack’in For You by Sigma Foods’ Mesquite Barbeque Broccoli Puffs and Cheddar Jalapeño Broccoli Puffs were both named as winners in Good Housekeeping’s 2024 Best Snack Awards in the Perfect Popcorn & Puffs category. The full list of winners is available online at goodhousekeeping.com/snackawards2024. Select winners can be featured in the July/August 2024 issue of Good Housekeeping. In […]
Posted inFresh Thyme, Bakery News, Midwest
Fresh Thyme Searches For Best ‘Better-For-You’ Birthday Cake
Fresh Thyme Market is giving local bakeries the chance to win $10,000 in celebration of its 10th birthday. The grocer, a specialty natural foods and grocery retailer with 70 stores in 10 states throughout the Midwest, is inviting bakeries to submit fresh, better-for-you cake recipes for a chance to be named the brand’s official 10th birthday […]
Posted inProduce News, West
Sprouts Farmers Market Adds Wild About Sprouts Products
Rä Foods’ Wild About Sprouts brand is continuing its national expansion through a distribution agreement with Sprouts Farmers Market, starting with 134 Sprouts Farmers Market stores in California. The companies expect to expand distribution to additional regions. The Sprouts Farmers Market locations will carry five of the brand’s six varieties: alfalfa, broccoli, clover, clover and […]
Posted inProduce News, National
Flashfood Celebrates Milestone Of 100M Pounds Diverted
Flashfood has reached a major milestone on the path to eliminating retail food waste: 100 million pounds of food diverted from landfills to dinner tables across North America. This is the equivalent to more than 83 million meals and more than $250 million saved on groceries. “Flashfood was founded with the singular mission to reduce […]
Posted inPrivate Label Brands, Center Store, Northeast, Wakefern
Wakefern Food Corp. Expanding Paperbird Blue Line
Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its Paperbird Blue line, part of the cooperative’s Paperbird Own Brands of cleaning and paper products. The new product line features soaps and detergents that are plant-based, allergen-free and do not have dyes, fragrances, parabens and phthalates. They also include recycled packaging. Some products carry the voluntary USDA Certified Biobased […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Center Store, National
ReposiTrak Welcomes 20 Suppliers To Traceability Network
ReposiTrak has added 20 center store and snack suppliers to the ReposiTrak Traceability Network, where they will exchange FDA-required key data elements for each critical tracking event in their supply chains, ensuring compliance with FSMA 204 before its January 2026 deadline. Specializing in snack, nut and nut butter product categories, these suppliers have aligned with […]