Pottsville, Pennsylvania-based D.G Yuengling & Son Inc. is bringing back its limited-edition cans in partnership with a military veteran nonprofit, Team Red, White & Blue, as part of the brewery’s Stars & Stripes program. “As America’s oldest brewery, we take pride in our longstanding commitment to the U.S. military and are thankful to those who have […]
Category: Grocery News
Posted inDairy News, Executive News, Midwest
Sargento Foods Promotes Sales Leaders To New VP Positions
Plymouth, Wisconsin-based Sargento Foods has announced new leadership roles for Chris Regennitter and Joy Judski. Regennitter has assumed the role of SVP of sales, consumer products division, and Judski has taken on the position of VP of sales. In his new role, Regennitter will lead the sales organization, including category management, retail execution and sales planning, with a goal […]
Posted inProduce News, Southeast
Fresh Express Celebrates National Salad Month With Recipes, Contests
Orlando, Florida-based Fresh Express is celebrating National Salad Month with a series of promotional activities throughout May, anchored by an online and social contest that provides salad inspiration and encourages consumers to create a new salad every day. The company offers more than 100 varieties of fresh and healthy salads ranging from leafy salad greens like […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Southwest
Tyson Foods Provides Employees Transportation Through Ride-Share
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is helping address the barriers of transportation through Commute with Enterprise, a ride-share program that provides employees with a low-cost way to commute to work. The partnership began last year and has grown to include 26 Tyson Foods facilities, helping more than 1,000 employees and saving an estimated four million commuter miles. […]
Posted inProduce News, Executive News, Northeast
Edible Garden Appoints 3 Industry Executives To Board Of Directors
Belvidere, New Jersey-based Edible Garden AG Inc. has appointed three new independent members to the company’s board of directors as of May 4: Mathew McConnell, Tracy Nazzaro and Ryan Rogers. McConnell has served as CEO of Marco Polo Securities Inc.’s MPS Chaperone and Distribution business since March 2020. In this position, he oversees international equities, […]
Posted inMarketing News, Deli News, Southwest
Van’s Kitchen To Observe National Egg Roll Day June 10
Dallas-based Van’s Kitchen, an egg roll manufacturing brand, will celebrate its fourth annual National Egg Roll Day on June 10, commemorating 36 years of creating egg rolls since its founding in 1986. Van’s Kitchen is a certified woman and minority-owned business that produces millions of egg rolls each year. In honor of the holiday, Van’s […]
Posted inPackaging News, Center Store, National
Kraft Heinz, Pulpex Partner To Launch Recyclable Ketchup Bottle
Heinz has partnered with Pulpex to develop a paper-based, renewable, recyclable bottle made from 100 percent sustainably sourced wood pulp. Heinz is the first sauce brand to test the potential of Pulpex’s sustainable paper bottle packaging for its range of condiments. For The Kraft Heinz Co., this collaboration is the latest step in its journey […]
Posted inDairy News, Midwest, Organic Natural
Organic Valley Launches Support Smoothie Mixes For Moms
La Farge, Wisconsin-based Organic Valley has launched its new Prenatal and Postnatal Support Smoothie Mixes for expecting and new moms. Both smoothie mixes are available on the cooperative’s new direct-to-consumer site and made with organic ingredients, including pasture-raised milk from Organic Valley’s small family farms – real dairy from cows that are raised without antibiotics, toxic pesticides […]