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Fairlife Unveils New Core Power Packaging With Relaunch Of Coffee Flavor

Core Power protein shakes, Fairlife’s sports nutrition drink, is re-releasing a coffee flavor that previously was available years ago. Its predecessor was a part of the “light” series with 20g of protein per serving; the new product has 26g per serving. The entire Core Power collection will have a refreshed look when it hits stores […]

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Meet Gen Z: Snacking Is Convenient, Efficient And Preferred By Younger Consumers

by Claire Lentsch/a contributor to The Shelby Report Editor’s note: Shelby Midwest Editor Terrie Ellerbee met Claire Lentsch at the 2017 Supervalu National Expo in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lentsch was invited to share her perspective as a member of Generation Z (born since the mid-1990s) and a consumer. Snacking is replacing family meals. A lack […]

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CDC Warns Retailers, Restaurants Not To Serve Romaine From Yuma

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning to retailers and restaurant operators not to serve or sell any romaine lettuce sold from the growing region of Yuma, Arizona, for fear that it is tainted. Fifty-three people from 16 states had been infected with the strain of E. coli as of Friday, April […]

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Line Of Wahlburgers Beef Products Heading To Grocery Stores Nationwide

Wahlburgers, a fast-casual restaurant brand founded by brothers Paul, Donnie and Mark Wahlberg, has collaborated with Arkk Food Co. to develop a retail beef program. The line of consumer products will include ground beef, pre-formed patties, pre-formed sliders and brick pack, all made with the same proprietary Wahlburgers angus blend found in its restaurants across […]

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Amazon Brings Whole Foods Delivery To Denver, Sacramento And San Diego

Amazon and Whole Foods Market on April 24 launched free two-hour delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods through Prime Now in Denver, Colorado; and Sacramento and San Diego, California. Prime members in those cities can shop through Prime Now for fresh produce, meat and seafood, everyday staples and other locally sourced items […]

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California Perspective: We Can Fight City Hall—And We Should

by Ron Fong/president and CEO, California Grocers Association Local governments across the country have become emboldened to legislate on issues they never considered. Likely due to the action or inaction of federal and state governments, cities and counties feel it is a duty and opportunity to regulate on the bleeding-edge policy. California has always been […]

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Giant Food Launches Taste Of Inspirations Premium Product Line

Giant Food of Landover, Maryland, is launching Taste of Inspirations, its newest line of premium food products. The line includes more than 85 handcrafted items now available at all 166 Giant stores. The new line joins Giant’s other store brands, including Nature’s Promise organic and free-from items, and Etos, which are described as affordable premium personal […]

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Spoiler Alert/HelloFresh Partnership Yields Surplus Food For Donation

Spoiler Alert, a Boston-based technology and professional services company that helps businesses manage unsold food inventory, announced productive results from its ongoing partnership with HelloFresh, a meal kit company. HelloFresh partnered with Spoiler Alert beginning in July 2017 to deploy a standardized and scalable solution for recovering value from its surplus food inventory. The program, […]

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Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly To Open Eighth Wisconsin Store

Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly has signed an agreement to open a Piggly Wiggly store in Port Washington, Wisconsin. This will be the company’s 8th Piggly Wiggly store. Fox Bros. owns and operates stores in Hartland, Oconomowoc, Slinger, Hubertus, Jackson, Saukville and Hartford, all in Wisconsin.  The grand opening date for the Port Washington store has […]

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Mobile, Alabama, Rouses To Feature Culinary Center, New Offerings

Customers at the new Rouses Market at Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road in Mobile, Alabama, opening April 25, can pick up prepared foods, ready-to-cook meal kits, even a few new cooking techniques and recipes while they shop.  “I can’t wait for people to see this new store,” said Donny Rouse, CEO. “It’s our first Rouses Market […]

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Southeastern Grocers, Publix Shine At National Pie Championships

Southeastern Grocers (SEG) and Publix joined amateur pie makers, professional bakers and chefs, and commercial pie companies from across the U.S. and Canada at the American Pie Council National Pie Championships April 6-7. This year, SEG was awarded eight first-place ribbons, and Publix took home seven. For nine consecutive years, SEG has competed in the event. […]

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Kimberly-Clark Expanding Its Mobile, Alabama, Mill

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has approved a capacity expansion project at its Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility that will support K-C Professional‘s continued bath tissue category growth in North America. “The Mobile team is excited about the role we will play in supporting the projected growth of the bath tissue category in North America as a result of this capacity expansion project,” said Todd Visscher, mill […]

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Frieda’s Names New Director Of Marketing And Innovation

Cindy Karas Sherman has joined Frieda’s Specialty Produce as the company’s new director of marketing and innovation.  With 16 years of experience in marketing strategy, and marketing management and innovation, Sherman has worked for consumer packaged goods companies such as PepsiCo, Wrigley and most recently, Starbucks, where she launched—in the grocery aisle—Starbucks Plus K-Cup Coffee […]

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Blue Bunny Load’d Sundaes Available In Eight Flavors

Blue Bunny has launched a new ice cream line called Load’d Sundaes. Load’d Sundaes are made with ice cream that is crafted to be soft and ready to eat straight from the freezer, so there is no need to wait for it to temper. Load’d Sundaes are filled with signature Blue Bunny treats—cookies, nuts, chocolate […]

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New Weis Market Anchors Rebuilt Fullerton Plaza In Maryland

Weis Markets celebrated the grand opening of its new store in the Fullerton Plaza in Nottingham, Maryland, on April 12. The 67,500-s.f. store, which anchors the rebuilt Fullerton Plaza shopping center, is the company’s 52nd location in Maryland and 12th in Baltimore County. The store employs more than 140 full- and part-time associates and features a […]

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Giant Eagle To Add Ace Hardware Sections To Five Pennsylvania Stores

Five Giant Eagle stores in Pennsylvania are adding Ace Hardware sections for home improvement supplies. The first department will open this summer. Dan Donovan, marketing manager for Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle, said, “It is imperative that we at Giant Eagle continue to innovate both within and outside of our supermarkets to succeed in our increasingly competitive food […]

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Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins Team Up On Retail Ice Cream Line

Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin’ Donuts and Boardwalk Frozen Treats, the sales, marketing and distribution partner for Baskin-Robbins ice cream sold in grocery stores in the U.S., have launched a new supply and marketing effort for grocers. A lineup of Baskin-Robbins packaged ice cream flavors, inspired by Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, soon will be available to grocery stores across the […]

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Island Pacific Supermarkets Closing Six California Stores

Six Island Pacific Supermarkets stores in California began store-closing sales early this month, offering liquidation discounts and continuing the sales until all merchandise was sold. The six stores closing are located in National City, San Jose, American Canyon, Rancho Cucamonga, Chula Vista and Los Angeles. The remaining 17 Island Pacific stores will operate their businesses […]

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Recommended: Massive Egg Recall For Salmonella Affects Walmart, Waffle House

More than 200 million eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana have been recalled this weekend over fears of salmonella. According to a statement from the FDA, Rose Acre issued the recall after officials traced multiple illnesses back to eggs produced at the company’s facility in North Carolina. Some 22 people have reportedly […]

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Hannaford Teams With Home Chef To Offer Meal-Kits-To-Go

Hannaford Supermarkets and Home Chef, a private meal kit company, have struck a new partnership combining Home Chef’s recipes and pre-portioned ingredients with fresh steak, chicken or seafood from Hannaford. The Home Chef meals are available through Hannaford-To-Go, a service that allows shoppers to select their groceries online and pick up their orders at their […]