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Walmart Makes Pickup ‘Famous’ With First Big Game Commercial

For the first time ever, Walmart will be airing an ad during the Big Game with the help of some familiar visitors. Famous Visitors brings 12 “visitors” from popular TV shows and movies—and their creative transportation methods—together for the first time ever as they touch down on Earth to pick up everything they need curbside […]

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Sprouts Farmers Market Hiring 110 For Maryland Store

Phoenix, Arizona-based healthy grocer Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. announced in mid-January that it soon will finish construction of a new store in Pasadena, Maryland. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 8048 Ritchie Highway will open at 7 a.m. April 15. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced later. “Since Sprouts first opened in the […]

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H-E-B Returns To Meyerland With Bigger, Better Store

H-E-B’s reinvestment in the Meyerland community of Houston, Texas, has gone vertical. H-E-B Meyerland Market, located at 4955 Beechnut, opened Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 a.m. Serving as an anchor in the Meyerland Plaza, the brand new, 95,000-s.f. store replaces the former Braeswood store that closed after enduring significant damage from the floods following Hurricane […]

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GT’s Living Foods Celebrates 25 Years Of Making Kombucha In U.S.

In honor of the brand’s 25th anniversary and the ancient tradition that dates back to 221 B.C., Los Angeles-based GT’s Living Foods has introduced Sacred Life, a special and limited-edition kombucha. Available only this year, Sacred Life Kombucha infuses fresh pressed ginger, young coconut water and alkaline-rich blue spirulina that naturally gives the liquid a […]

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Hazelnut Growers Of Oregon Introduces Oregon Orchard ‘Confection Collection’

Hazelnut Growers of Oregon plans to launch four new Oregon Orchard hazelnut chocolates in February. The Oregon Orchard confections are dipped in premium, artisanal chocolate. The four flavors are: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, skinny milk chocolate (20 percent less chocolate) and marionberry chocolate. This line of 6-oz. resealable pouched confections will be available at the […]

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Snap Kitchen Rolls Out Free Shipping To 235M Households

Austin, Texas-based Snap Kitchen is offering free ground shipping across 38 states for its nutritionally balanced, ready-to-eat meals. For those who prefer to shop in-store, Snap Kitchen’s dietitian-curated and chef-prepared meals also have launched in Whole Foods Market stores in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, in addition to all 34 Whole Foods Market stores in Texas. “We’ve been pleased with the […]

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Coca-Cola Showcases Innovation, Actionable Insights At NACS Show

by Treva Bennett/staff writer   The Coca-Cola Co. showcased a variety of innovation and actionable insights at the 2019 NACS Show, held in October at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. New products and new flavors will be introduced early this year, with a few released in late 2019. According to J.C. Harvey, director of […]

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Farmer Brothers Board of Directors Appoints Mottern New Chairman

Farmer Bros. Co. has named Christopher Mottern as chairman of its board of directors. Mottern, who has served as a director on the Farmer Brothers board since 2013, succeeds Randy Clark, who will continue to serve as a director of the company. Mottern was appointed to Farmer Brothers’ board in 2013 and recently served as […]