Smart & Final is now the official grocery partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a multi-year partnership that celebrates food, community and America’s pastime. “The Dodgers are beloved in Los Angeles, the city where Smart & Final opened its first store 147 years ago, and our shared history here and values around community […]
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Dairy And Produce: Grow Sales By Providing Solutions
by Cindy Sorensen/ Founder and CEO, The Grocery Group Today’s produce departments provide a great example of how grocers have reinvented departments within their stores to be relevant to consumers’ ever-growing and changing desires and demands. Several years ago, when local farmers markets began to pop up in library, shopping center and school parking lots around their […]
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S&D Coffee & Tea Invests In Smallholder Farmers With CQI Q Processing Training
This year, S&D Coffee & Tea invited 18 smallholder farmers to take a deeper dive into post-harvest processing—a crucial step when it comes to the development of coffee flavor and quality. They learned firsthand about general processing knowledge, processing technology, good practices and quality assurance for the main processing methods. S&D has been working closely […]
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Flowers Foods Gains Rights To Produce, Market Sun-Maid Raisin Bread
Sun-Maid Growers of California, a producer and processor of raisins and other dried fruits, has entered into an agreement giving Flowers Foods, producer of Nature’s Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave’s Killer Bread, and other bakery foods, license to produce and distribute Sun-Maid Raisin bread to approximately 80 percent of the U.S. population. “Sun-Maid is intent on […]
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Dunkin’ And Harpoon Brewery Launch Coffee Porter For Fall
Dunkin’, which recently dropped the “Donuts” from its name, and Boston-based Harpoon Brewery have come together for the first time to combine the taste of Dunkin’s Espresso Blend Coffee with Harpoon’s craft beer, launching the new Harpoon Dunkin’ Coffee Porter. A “balanced and smooth brew offering robust and roasty notes,” Dunkin’ Coffee Porter was created by […]
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Keurig Dr Pepper To Acquire Core Nutrition By End Of 2018
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) will acquire Core Nutrition LLC, maker of enhanced waters. The acquisition will be funded with KDP common stock, and the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2018. The deal is valued at $525 million, or approximately $435 million net of anticipated tax benefits. Founded in 2015, Core Nutrition’s […]
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CAC To Kick Off 40th Anniversary At PMA Fresh Summit
The California Avocado Commission (CAC) is celebrating the start of its 40-year anniversary at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit event this year. Fresh Summit will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 17-20, and CAC will have a booth during the Expo on Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, […]
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PLMA Honors 53 Products With 2018 Salute To Excellence Awards
Grocery retailers across the country are turning to innovative store brands products to attract loyal shoppers as competition heats up between brick-and-mortar and online retailers, says the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA). “Gone are the days when supermarkets offered only commodity products that imitated national brands,” the organization adds. This trend is evident in PLMA’s […]