For the second year, Northgate Gonzalez Market will donate the proceeds from sales on May 1—up to $50,000—to support organizations helping individuals known as “Dreamers.” This contribution reflects the company’s values and the care and concern the Gonzalez family has for the Dreamers, who are “trying, as our family did, to live the American Dream. […]
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Remodeled Orange County Gelson’s To Feature In-Store Grill Station
Gelson’s will host a grand reopening for its Newport Beach store in Orange County, California, with festivities taking place Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20. The store, located at 1660 San Miguel Drive in the Harbor View Shopping Center, will offer new sit-down wine, craft beer, and tapas bars; a Wolfgang Puck build-your-own-pizza station; and—a […]
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Roche Bros. Coming To New Watertown Mixed-Use Development
Roche Bros. plans to open a supermarket in Arsenal Yards, Boston’s new mixed-use development from Boylston Properties and The Wilder Cos., in Watertown, Massachusetts. Roche Bros. will join The Majestic at Arsenal Yards, a movie theater; and City Works Eatery & Pour House, offering classic American cuisine and more than 90 local and global beers. Roche Bros. […]
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E. Coli Outbreak Still Spreading, Contaminated Romaine Traced To Yuma Farm
The CDC has added 14 more illnesses to the multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, region, bringing the case count to 98. At the same time, the FDA has traced the whole-head romaine associated with illnesses at an Alaska correctional facility to Harrison Farms in the Yuma area. The CDC […]
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Column: Six Proven Tips For Successful Food Packaging
by Arielle Kimbarovsky/marketing writer, Crowdspring The grocery industry brings in over $680 billion in sales every year. In the 1990s, grocery stores carried around 7,000 different products. Today, they carry up to 50,000. This dramatic increase in the number of products on store shelves makes it tough for brands to stand out. Consumers can pick from 15 […]
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Fairlife Unveils New Core Power Packaging With Relaunch Of Coffee Flavor
Core Power protein shakes, Fairlife’s sports nutrition drink, is re-releasing a coffee flavor that previously was available years ago. Its predecessor was a part of the “light” series with 20g of protein per serving; the new product has 26g per serving. The entire Core Power collection will have a refreshed look when it hits stores […]
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Meet Gen Z: Snacking Is Convenient, Efficient And Preferred By Younger Consumers
by Claire Lentsch/a contributor to The Shelby Report Editor’s note: Shelby Midwest Editor Terrie Ellerbee met Claire Lentsch at the 2017 Supervalu National Expo in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lentsch was invited to share her perspective as a member of Generation Z (born since the mid-1990s) and a consumer. Snacking is replacing family meals. A lack […]
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CDC Warns Retailers, Restaurants Not To Serve Romaine From Yuma
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning to retailers and restaurant operators not to serve or sell any romaine lettuce sold from the growing region of Yuma, Arizona, for fear that it is tainted. Fifty-three people from 16 states had been infected with the strain of E. coli as of Friday, April […]