by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest When Me & the Bees Lemonade CEO Mikaila Ulmer was four and a half years old, her family encouraged her to come up with a product for a children’s business competition—the Acton Children’s Business Fair. It so happened that her great-grandmother Helen had sent her a 1940s cookbook that included her own […]
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Kroger Bringing Toys R Us Brand To Nearly 600 Stores For The Holidays
Kroger is partnering with Geoffrey’s Toy Box to bring its exclusive brands to nearly 600 Kroger-owned stores across America for the 2018 holiday season. The company, formerly known as Toy R Us, announced in early October that it had canceled an auction to sell off all its assets. Instead, it reorganized as Geoffrey LLC and […]
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Camellia Brand Products Gain Distribution To Food Lion Stores
L.H. Hayward & Co., the 95-year-old packager of New Orleans-based Camellia Brand of beans, peas and lentils, is widening the distribution of three types of beans to Food Lion stores this fall. A selection of the company’s non-GMO certified, 100 percent U.S.-farmed beans will arrive on shelves in more than 1,000 Food Lion stores at […]
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Albertsons Cos.’ Signature Reserve Line Enters New Categories
Albertsons Cos. has expanded Signature Reserve, its exclusive new top-shelf label, into a host of new categories. “Signature Reserve inspires delicious discovery with extraordinary and expertly sourced flavors and ingredients,” said Geoff White, president of Albertsons Cos. Own Brands. “I personally experienced this with our Tomato, Porcini and Black Truffle Pasta Sauce. It instantly became […]
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Stater Bros. Kicking Off ‘Harvesting Hope’ Holiday Campaign
Throughout the months of November and December, Stater Bros. Markets—in conjunction with its charitable arm, Stater Bros. Charities—will be “Harvesting Hope” in the communities it serves. All 171 Stater Bros. supermarket locations will provide ways for customers and employees to help their friends and neighbors in need this holiday season. In addition, the company’s newest […]
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CVS Pharmacy Pilots New CarePass Rewards Program In Boston
CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, is offering customers in the Greater Boston area the ability to enroll in CarePass, a new pilot membership rewards program offering additional benefits to the company’s ExtraCare Rewards Program. The program offers members a suite of in-store and online perks, including free delivery on most medications and purchases, […]
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Geisinger Expands Medication Take-Back Program In Weis Pharmacies
In observation of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 27, Geisinger expanded its medication take-back program with the addition of seven new medication take-back boxes at Weis Markets pharmacies in Coal Township, Milton, Shamokin, Sunbury, Lewisburg, Mifflinburg and Mifflintown (see full list below). The goals of the medication take-back program are twofold: to decrease the abuse […]
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Listerine Launches Mouthwash-Free, On-The-Go Tablets
Listerine is rolling out its largest product launch in years: Listerine Ready Tabs, Clean Mint solid-to-liquid tablets that do not contain mouthwash and freshen breath for up to four hours on-the-go in 40 seconds and three easy steps. First, chew the tab for 10 seconds to transform the solid tablet to a liquid. Then swish […]