Thrive Market, a membership-based online grocer offering healthy foods and natural products at wholesale prices, is launching Thrive Market Meat & Seafood, a new line of proteins including beef, seafood and poultry. Thrive has partnered with small and midsize farmers and fishermen around the globe for this new product line. “Each partner shares in Thrive’s commitment […]
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Land O’Frost Acquires Wellshire Farms, Enters Natural, Organic Market
Land O’Frost, a brand of pre-sliced deli meats and a producer of specialty sausage products, has purchased Swedesboro, New Jersey-based Wellshire Farms Inc. Wellshire is an established leader in the natural and organic meat space, says Land O’Frost. Its products are sold in specialty grocery retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts Farmers […]
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Meijer Adding Surf And Skateboard Apparel Line To All Stores
Meijer is expanding its selection of apparel for young men, rolling out a special collection of Neff brand products. The line, available now in most Meijer stores, includes graphic tees, tanks and shorts. The retailer plans to have the line in all stores by this fall. “We are excited to bring Neff to Meijer because the […]
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Recommended: Walmart Is Looking At Buying PillPack, An Online Pharmacy
Online pharmacy start-up PillPack is in talks to be acquired by Walmart for under $1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter. PillPack’s focus on making it easier for customers to order and fulfill medications is an attractive proposition for Walmart and other e-commerce companies that are looking to enhance their health care […]
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Sea Watch International Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
Sea Watch International celebrated its 40th anniversary on March 27. The company started with a cannery operation in Milford, Delaware, buying clams from independent clammers and shucking them at a small shucking house in Oyster, Virginia. In 1980, it added a fry line to make breaded clam strips for a growing market dominated by the familiar […]
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SCFRC Luncheon Panelists Prepare For The Future Of Frozen Foods
Earlier this year, the Southern California Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Council hosted a kick-off luncheon in Commerce, California, featuring an industry panel discussion on how to increase frozen and refrigerated food sales in 2018. Panelists included Jim Amen with Super A, Margie Bravo with Nestle USA, Rich Gillmore with Gelson’s, Chris Linskey with Super King, Mike […]
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Viva Fresh Expo Welcomes Texas A&M Students For Third Year
This year’s Viva Fresh Produce Expo again will feature the Aggies for Fresh Reception after two successful years of offering students the opportunity to connect one-on-one with attendees, with many of those students securing positions within the industry as a result. Aggies for Fresh is a campaign created to recruit students from Texas A&M University to the fresh produce industry. This year’s nine Aggies for Fresh scholarship […]
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Recommended: Walmart Is Reportedly In Talks To Buy Humana
A deal between the two huge companies would be the latest in a series of mergers in the health care industry in recent months. Walmart (WMT) and Humana (HUM) are looking at a variety of options, including an acquisition, the Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares in Humana, which has […]