Food Lion is celebrating Category Manager Nicole Hulstein, who was awarded the “40-Under-40” award by Produce Business magazine. Winners are chosen from thousands of nominees by fellow industry leaders. “I didn’t find the produce industry, it found me. What attracted me to the industry is the speed and endurance required to thrive,” Hulstein said. “There […]
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Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Tulkoff Food Products Opening New Manufacturing Facility In Cincinnati
Baltimore, Maryland-based Tulkoff Food Products, a manufacturer of condiments, specialty sauces, dressings and ingredients, is expanding its current U.S. manufacturing footprint with a new facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. This expansion responds to years of increasing demand and growth in the company’s private label and co-pack division of the business. Previously utilized by a food manufacturing […]
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SOUTHEAST: Publix’s GreenWise Pilots Program To Grow Hydroponic Lettuce On-Site
Publix’s GreenWise Market, which focuses on natural, eco-friendly, local and organic products, has partnered with local hydroponics farmers Brick Street Farms to grow, harvest and pack fresh hydroponic lettuce inside a 40-foot container farm on-site at the Lakeland, Florida, GreenWise Market. The hydroponic container farm: Holds the equivalent of 2.5 to 3 acres of traditional farmland; […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Gathered Foods, Makers Of Good Catch, Appoints Christine Mei CEO
New York-based Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch plant-based seafood, has appointed Christine Mei as CEO. She will lead the growth and expansion of Gathered Foods as a pre-eminent innovator in the plant-based food industry. Mei has more than 30 years of CPG industry experience, having enjoyed assignments living in the U.S., China and Hong Kong. She […]
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Wakefern’s Own Brands Win Gold, Silver, Bronze Vertex Awards
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. says two of its store brands have won gold, silver and bronze Vertex Awards. The nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative, with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway banners, says Bowl & Basket and Paperbird – two […]
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Fresh Del Monte Produce Adds 6 New Energy Efficient Container Vessels
Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte Produce continues to fulfill its commitment to create a positive impact on the environment with the addition of six new energy efficient reefer container vessels to its fleet. The addition of the new vessels – named Del Monte Gold, Del Monte Rose, Del Monte Harvester, Del Monte Spirit, Del […]
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Avocados From Peru, Giant Food Team Up To Support Local Food Banks
Landover, Maryland-based Giant Food is teaming up with Avocados from Peru to donate a trailer of more than 40,000 pounds of summer avocados to Feeding America network members Capital Area Food Bank in Northeast Washington, D.C., and the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore, Maryland. Both deliveries will take place on National Avocado Day on Friday, […]
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Market Profile: Allen’s Foods Cultivates Camaraderie Within Caring Community
Bella Vista is a city of about 31,000 in the northwest corner of Arkansas, some seven miles south of the Missouri line. It lies in the middle of a resort area with a large number of retirees and also serves as a bedroom community to nearby Bentonville, home of Walmart’s headquarters. Serving the Bella Vista […]