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Diamond of California Names Industry Veteran Craig Hope CEO

Craig Hope has been named CEO of Diamond of California. He has more than three decades of leadership in the consumer packaged goods industry. He spent the past two years with the company working on brand extension and reinventing product offering image. According to a news release from Diamond of California, Hope’s focus will be […]

Posted inNortheast, Association News, Frozen Food

FRANE Lunch N’ Learn Taste Day Coming Up March 14

FRANE, the Frozen & Refrigerated Association of the Northeast, is holding a Lunch n’ Learn Taste Day on Thursday, March 14, at Lombardo’s Restaurant in Randolph, Massachusetts. Kurian Thomas, SVP and practice leader-Americas at IRI, will attend the discussion on “Trends in Dairy and Frozen…Adapting to the New Sales Landscape and Today’s Consumers.” The luncheon […]

Posted inGrocery News, Center Store, Deli News, Home Page Slider, Northeast, Snacks Brands

Campbell Soup Co. Names New Owner Of Garden Fresh Gourmet

Camden, New Jersey-based Campbell Soup Co. has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of Garden Fresh Gourmet to an affiliate of Fountain of Health USA, a maker of hummus, dips, variety packs, prepared salads, pâtés and frozen desserts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Garden Fresh Gourmet is part of the Campbell Fresh […]

Posted inAssociation News, Grocery News, Home Page Slider, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, National, Suppliers

Analysis Explores Meat And Poultry’s Role In Today’s Food Culture: The Way We Eat, Shop And Live

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education—the foundation for the North American Meat Institute—have released The Power of Meat 2019, the 14th annual exploration into how to best optimize meat and poultry’s role in today’s food culture: the way we eat, shop and live. The report examines the $67 billion […]

Posted inBakery News, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology, Suppliers

Table Talk Pies Breaks Ground On New Warehouse In Worcester, Mass.

Table Talk Pies and Tippmann Innovation broke ground in late February on a new cold storage facility in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cold storage contractor Tippmann Innovation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is constructing a -10°F freezer warehouse that maximizes energy efficiency, according to the companies. The freezer sits adjacent to Table Talk’s 150,000-s.f. manufacturing facility, which will […]

Posted inBakery News, Grocery News, Suppliers, West

La Brea Bakery Founder To Help Create Breads For 30th Anniversary

La Brea Bakery is partnering with founder Nancy Silverton to celebrate the brand’s 30th anniversary. Silverton, who founded the bakery on South La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles in 1989 and is credited with bringing the artisan bread movement to the U.S., is working with the bakery to develop special edition breads to commemorate the […]

Posted inGrocery News, Equipment & Technology, Grocery Industry, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Nonfood Items, Online Grocery Technology, Southwest, Store News

Brookshire Grocery Co. Expands Digital Commerce Capabilities

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), a Texas-based food retailer, working with Mercatus—a digital commerce solutions provider—has rolled out online ordering with curbside pickup service to 100 stores in its Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods and Fresh by Brookshire’s banners. After initially piloting curbside pickup in late 2017 at its Fresh by Brookshire’s store in Tyler, Texas, the company […]

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Recommended: Whole Foods Drops Small-Format 365 Store Name

Whole Foods 365 stores will soon become a thing of the past. The grocery chain owned by Amazon plans to convert all of its existing 365 stores into regular Whole Foods stores by the end of this year, Yahoo Finance has learned. The move follows its decision to stop expanding the smaller format stores, revealed […]