Flowers Foods Inc. has shared that after 36 years of service, including the last 18 as CFO, Steve Kinsey plans to retire at the end of 2025. The company has begun a search for Kinsey’s successor with a leading executive search firm. Following his retirement, Kinsey is expected to continue to serve in an advisory […]
Category: Grocery News
Posted inSnacks Brands, Feature, National, News
Hershey Expands Innovation With New Flavors, Formats And Technology
Hershey is keeping its focus on consumer demand with a lineup of new innovations across confections, snacks and better-for-you products. Lindsay McCabe, manager of corporate communications and brand PR for Hershey, recently spoke with The Shelby Report about some new offerings from the company. “One area that we were missing within our confection space was […]
Posted inHealth & Wellness, News, Northeast, Wakefern
Wakefern Food Corp. Expands OTC Benefit Card Acceptance
Wakefern Food Corp.’s supermarket banners – ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market – now accept InComm Healthcare, NationsBenefits and S3 Health Benefit OTC (Over-the-Counter) cards. OTC benefit cards are prepaid and often provided as a supplemental benefit by Medicare Advantage plans and other insurers to help offset […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, International Foods, News, West
Heritage Grocers Group Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Heritage Grocers Group is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month across its portfolio of companies, which includes Cardenas Markets, El Rancho Supermercado, Tony’s Fresh Market and Los Altos Ranch Markets. This year’s theme, “De tu tierra a tu mesa (from your land to your table),” honors the connection between cultural roots and traditions. “At HGG, Hispanic Heritage […]
Posted inExecutive News, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, News, Southwest
Henshaw Named VP, General Manager Of Perdue Specialty Meats
Westminster, Colorado-based Perdue Specialty Meats and Emerging Brands has appointed Jason Henshaw as VP and general manager of Perdue Specialty Meats, which includes the premium and natural protein brands Niman Ranch and Coleman All Natural Meats, as well as the Perdue Premium Meat Company operations. Henshaw brings more than two decades of leadership experience in […]
Posted inMarketing News, Albertsons, News, Nonfood Items, West
Albertsons Cos. Introduces Travel Booking Experience
Albertsons Companies Inc. has introduced for U Travel, a new booking experience powered by Expedia that allows customers to plan air and non-air travel through the grocer’s free for U loyalty program, accessible via mobile app and website. “At Albertsons Cos., we know saving money and stretching budgets is more important than ever, which is […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, National, News
Godshall’s Quality Meats Introduces New Chicken Bacon
Godshall’s Quality Meats has launched a new innovation, Godshall’s Chicken Bacon, made from premium whole muscle chicken and smoked in Godshall’s smokehouse. Chicken bacon debuted in August at Lowes Foods in the Carolinas. The distribution is expanding to more than 200 Acme and Safeway locations across the Mid-Atlantic in September and additional retail stores later […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, News, Southwest
Seaboard Foods Expands Operations With Purchase Of Farms
Seaboard Foods has purchased three farms in Texas and Oklahoma, acquisitions that include barns with a total of 57,000 market hog spaces to supply its pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma. The acquired farms – in Perryton, Texas, and Balko and Optima, Oklahoma – align with Seaboard Foods’ connected food system’s goal of maintaining control […]