Food Lion is kicking off its new Home Chef Kitchen product pilot with samples and wine pairings at select stores. The fully cooked, single-serve meals are ready to eat in minutes and come in seven varieties: Chicken Alfredo: Grilled chicken breast in a creamy alfredo sauce, served with penne paste and green peas Classic Meatloaf: Traditional […]
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Cattlemen’s Stewardship Review Showcases Beef Industry Improvements
A new report funded by the Beef Checkoff is highlighting beef producers’ commitment to animal welfare, beef quality, sustainability and community involvement. The Cattlemen’s Stewardship Review (CSR), completed in late 2017, is the second of its kind and compiles data collected from telephone interviews of 679 producers across the country. Conducted by Aspen Media on […]
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Big Y Names Christian D’Amour To Head Table & Vine Division
Big Y Foods has appointed Christian D’Amour as senior manager of its Table & Vine division, which is focused on fine wine, local beer, craft spirits and gourmet foods. D’Amour will be responsible for Table & Vine’s sales, marketing and operations. His responsibilities include the flagship location in West Springfield, Massachusetts, as well as seven […]
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Food Emporium Celebrates Newest Location In Marlboro, New Jersey
Key Food Stores Co-operative, a New York-based company primarily comprising independently owned and corporate grocery stores, opened its newest The Food Emporium location in Marlboro, New Jersey, on May 11. “Store owner Joe Doleh has worked so hard to make The Food Emporium into a beautiful store,” said John Durante, Key Food VP of business […]
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Just Add Cooking And Roche Bros. Partner On In-Store Meal Kits
Just Add Cooking, a Boston meal kit company, and Roche Bros. Supermarkets are partnering to launching grab-and-go meal kits in select Roche Bros. stores. The kits—Brothers Marketplace meal kits by Just Add Cooking—will be sold in the stores, featuring locally sourced ingredients from Just Add Cooking. Just Add Cooking has been delivering locally sourced meal […]
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United Natural Foods Names New President And Leadership Team
The board of directors of United Natural Foods Inc. named a new president and leadership team that will take their positions on Aug. 1. Chris Testa, who currently serves as president of the Atlantic Region, will become president, overseeing the company’s broadline natural, organic and specialty distribution business in the U.S.; Select Nutrition; e-commerce; and enterprise […]
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Dunnhumby Acquires Aptaris ‘To Help Retailers Compete’
Dunnhumby, a customer data science company, has acquired Aptaris Software, an enterprise marketing and promotions management company. The acquisition is the culmination of a strategic partnership that embedded dunnhumby customer data science into the Aptaris solution, providing retailers with what the companies say is the only end-to-end promotions management platform in the market. Dunnhumby says the […]
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Tribali Foods Launches Clean Meat Patties At Super Targets Nationwide
Tribali Foods, a purveyor of “clean” free-range chicken and grass-fed beef patties, has launched two of its varieties— Mediterranean Style Beef and Chipotle Chicken—in 185 Super Target locations from coast to coast. The patties are Paleo certified, Whole30 approved, Non-GMO Project Verified and free of gluten, dairy and soy. Launched in San Marino, California, in […]
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Chatard: Take Advantage Of Trends Without Changing Your Product
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Laure Chatard, director of sales and marketing-North America at Donsuemor, an Alameda, California-based bakery that makes madeleines and other French-inspired desserts like french almond cakes, biscotti and, the latest, sablés. In this industry, every new year brings new flavors and trends. I can only imagine what’s to come, […]
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Green Giant Launching Limited Edition Cans To Support Children’s Hospital
Green Giant has partnered with Smith Design to launch three limited edition cans that feature the artwork of patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Smith Design donated design, production and project management services to create these special cans of sweet peas, whole kernel sweet corn and cut green beans with colorful labels that integrate […]
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Mondelēz To Acquire New York’s Tate’s Bake Shop
Mondelēz International has signed an agreement with global private equity firm The Riverside Co. and other shareholders—including Tate’s Bake Shop founder Kathleen King—to acquire Tate’s for nearly $500 million. Mondelēz says the deal gives it entree into the premium cookie market. Tate’s was founded in 2000 on Long Island, New York, producing cookies and baked goods. Mondelēz says […]
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Food Lion Celebrates Former Farm Fresh Store Reopenings
It wasn’t quite six weeks ago that Food Lion announced it would purchase three Farm Fresh stores that would otherwise close for business in the greater Norfolk, Virginia, market. On Wednesday, May 9, these three stores, located at 1615 General Booth Boulevard in Virginia Beach, Virginia; 608 Mercury Boulevard in Hampton, Virginia; and 683 South […]
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PCC Community Markets Commits To Improving Chicken Welfare
PCC Community Markets (PCC), a Seattle-based community-owned food market, is committing to improve the welfare of chickens raised for meat by meeting the standards of Compassion in World Farming’s Better Chicken Initiative (BCI) and the Joint Animal Protection Organization Statement on Broiler Chicken Welfare. PCC says it is the first retailer in the country to comprehensively address broiler chicken […]
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Neil Stern: Create Your Own Story To Remain Relevant
Editor’s note: Last month, The Shelby Report published part one of our coverage of a presentation given by Neil Stern, a senior partner at retail consultancy firm McMillanDoolittle LLP, at the Annual Meat Conference entitled “Maintaining Relevancy: Retail Trends Impacting Today’s World and Beyond.” In part one, Stern laid out demographic and consumer behavior trends, […]
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Plant-Based Meat Company Beyond Meat Plans Global Expansion
Beyond Meat’s plant-based burgers are heading abroad with plans for expanded distribution and availability across six continents this summer. The mission driven company which aims to positively impact human health, the environment and animal welfare by replacing the protein at the center of the plate with “plant-based meat,” will work with distribution and food service […]
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Fresh Del Monte Invests $4M In Plant-Based Meal Kit Company
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has invested $4 million into Purple Carrot of Needham, Massachusetts, a plant-based meal kit company. The infusion of capital will help Purple Carrot to optimize its supply chain efficiency, gain access to the developing retail channel and pursue opportunities for category expansion, the company says. “Securing this strategic investment from […]
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Krause’s Market Wins Its Third ‘Beef Stampede’ Championship
Krause’s Market’s Garrison, North Dakota, store topped nearly 400 grocery retailers from across the nation during Supervalu Inc.’s annual “Beef Stampede” merchandising contest. Scoring a perfect 75 out of 75 possible points, the retailer clinched its third win in the past four years. The Beef Stampede is held every fall to showcase beef as the […]
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Survey: Parents Unsure How Much Calcium Children Need
The Dairy Alliance (formerly the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association) surveyed more than 1,000 parents in the Southeast to learn about their family’s milk, yogurt and cheese consumption habits to understand the most pervasive myths about dairy in honor of May’s National Osteoporosis Awareness Month. Allison+Partners Research + Insights surveyed adults in Alabama, Louisiana, North […]
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Fruit Flavors Take Top Honors At Innovative Ice Cream Contest
Several fruity flavors of ice cream—either newly introduced or yet to be released—captured the attention of judges at the International Dairy Foods Association‘s (IDFA) annual Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Competition in Fort Myers, Florida, with the favorites earning first-place finishes in all three categories. Signature Reserve Brazilian Guava Cheesecake ice cream, Spicy Mango Raspberry Fiesta […]
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NECCO Reportedly Facing Bankruptcy Auction May 23
Revere, Massachusetts-based New England Confectionery Co., or NECCO, reportedly is facing a bankruptcy auction on May 23. The Boston Globe reported that Boston liquidator Gordon Brothers plans to commit to operate the company through November if it has the winning bid at auction. To qualify, cash bids must be at least $13.9 million and be filed by […]