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Six Arizona Safeway Stores Adding Diagnostic Testing Centers

Six new Sonora Quest Laboratories Patient Service Centers (PSCs) have opened inside Safeway stores in Arizona. The new locations in the state are in addition to the two PSCs that opened in November 2015. According to Sonora, the full-service retail locations offer an exceptional patient experience with convenient lab-testing services, access to the most accurate […]

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Dean Foods Reveals CEO Succession Plan

Dean Foods Co., the Dallas, Texas-based processor and direct-to-store distributor of fresh fluid milk and other dairy and dairy case products, said Sept. 1 that Ralph Scozzafava, EVP and COO, will succeed Gregg A. Tanner as the company’s CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2017. For transition purposes, Tanner […]

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McLane Co. Rebranding Private Label Business

McLane Co., a leading supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions, is rebranding its private label company, Salado Sales, to CVP (Consumer Value Products). CVP will offer quality private label lines equal to or better than name brands for a lower price and higher margins for retailers, and will be offered only […]

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Dairy Leader Grupo LALA Launches U.S. Division

Grupo LALA, a leading dairy company headquartered in Mexico, has set up a new division named LALA U.S., a value-added dairy company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. LALA U.S. features a portfolio of established brands, including LALA yogurt smoothies, Promised Land premium milk and cream products, Borden cultured products, Frusion smoothies, Skim Plus milk and Nordica […]

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How The American Supermarket Can Best Serve Hispanic And Asian Customers

by Harry Blazer/Food industry consultant and former grocer The Shelby Report asked me to provide some advice to supermarkets regarding how to best serve Asian and Hispanic customers. First of all, there is a distinction to be made between ethnicity and race. Currently, the United States Census Bureau defines six race categories: • White or […]

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NatureFresh Mobile Greenhouse Educates Consumers About Their Produce

Even in the heart of the summer when there is an abundance of fresh produce choices, NatureFresh Farms Mobile Greenhouse Education Center is gaining momentum with consumers who want to know how their tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers are being grown, and by whom. “Using the Greenhouse Education Center as a living example of how […]

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Bumble Bee Moves To Non-GMO Project Verified Tuna

Bumble Bee Seafoods’ branded portfolio of canned Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water and in Oil is now Non-GMO Project Verified, with plans to certify the balance of its canned and pouch tuna products by the end of the year. The brand, which only uses wild-caught tuna throughout its product line, also has moved to […]