Go Organically Fruit Snacks has selected Woodbine Elementary School in Sacramento, California, as the recipient of a $5,000 donation from the Go Organically Gives Back Literacy Program, a national initiative led by the organic fruit snack brand in partnership with First Book, to encourage children’s literacy. In addition to the donation made to the school, 50 […]
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Ocean Spray Harvests Pink Cranberries For Breast Cancer Campaign
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. kicked off the 2018 cranberry harvest with pink cranberries. The company conducted its first-ever pink cranberry harvest in support of breast cancer awareness and a new partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. (NBCF). Contrary to popular belief, not all cranberries are red. Some cranberries, depending on the amount of sun […]
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Eighth Annual MDA Fareway Golf Classic Raises More Than $148,000
Fareway Stores Inc. recently partnered with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to host the Eighth Annual MDA Fareway Golf Classic at Beaver Creek Golf Club in Grimes, Iowa. The event raised more than $148,000 for MDA of Iowa, making it the best year yet for the golf tournament. Funds raised at this event will fund […]
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Garbo’s Fresh Maine Lobster Opens At Austin Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market at the Domain in Austin, Texas, is offering shoppers a new culinary experience with the grand opening of Garbo’s Fresh Maine Lobster, a Central Texas seafood staple that’s been serving fresh New England lobster in Austin since 2013. Located in the Draft Shack venue, Garbo’s offers New England cuisine for lunch and […]
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Quality Chekd Dairies Names Excellence Awards Finalists
Quality Chekd Dairies Inc., a member-owned organization of independent dairy processors, has named three outstanding dairy processors as finalists for the Irving B. Weber Award, which the organization developed and modeled after the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Award. This award represents the highest honor for overall quality throughout the Quality Chekd organization. Finalists are judged […]
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IHA Partners With Good360 To Bring Housewares To Florence Victims
The International Housewares Association (IHA) once again is partnering with Good360, a nonprofit that helps companies donate inventory, to provide hurricane victims with home products as they rebuild their lives and homes. Housewares suppliers can help residents of the Carolinas recover from Hurricane Florence by donating needed products to Good360. IHA partnered with the nonprofit last […]
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Larkin: Independent Grocers Are Vitally Important To Political Process
by Peter Larkin/ president and CEO, National Grocers Association Special to The Shelby Report The 2018 midterm elections are quickly approaching, as observed by all the political ads that currently pepper our airwaves, and much is on the line for both political parties. A look at historical data on congressional elections suggests that Democrats will have an […]
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Borden Delivers 45,000 Milk Servings For Florence Victims, First Responders
Borden, a dairy processor and distributor, teamed up with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and World Central Kitchen to distribute 45,000 individual servings of whole, 2 percent and chocolate milk to those affected by Hurricane Florence. The milk was processed and packaged in Borden’s London, Kentucky, plant last Friday as a […]