This holiday season, Sprouts Farmers Market invites customers to join it once again in fighting hunger. Through Dec. 31, shoppers are encouraged to purchase and donate a bag of groceries and other items to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma through the grocer’s Grab ‘N Give food drive. Participating Sprouts metro locations include: • 6410 […]
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Largest Cake Expo In North And South America Returns To Orlando In October
More than 10,000 baking industry professionals and consumer cake enthusiasts from around the world will descend on Central Florida in October when The Americas Cake Fair makes its return to the area. The Americas’ largest trade and consumer show for the pastry, bakery, sugar art and chocolate industries will be held Oct. 13-15 at the Orange […]
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Kohler Co.’s Woodlake Market Launches Online Grocery Service
Woodlake Market, a Kohler Co.-owned grocer located in Kohler, Wisconsin, has launched an online shopping service, Woodlake Market Online. The store, part of the Destination Kohler resort, partnered with Rosie to introduce grocery pickup and delivery options seven days a week via the Rosie app online or on any mobile device. “Our mission has and […]
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New Brand From Lehi Valley Targets Health-Conscious Millennial Consumers
by Alissa Marchat/staff writer Lehi Valley Trading Co., a producer and processor of nuts, dried fruit, candies and trail mixes, is rolling out Snackworthy, a new value brand of snacks targeted at Millennial consumers that the company touts as “free from 100-plus unworthy ingredients,” including no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and no antibiotics. Some products […]
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Rouses To Reopen Flood-Destroyed Denham Springs Store Next Week
Rouses Market will reopen its Denham Springs, Louisiana, store at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. The much anticipated news comes after the 50,000-s.f. unit was destroyed by the floods that ravaged the southern portion of the Pelican State over the summer. In mid-August, as he was surveying the water damage, Rouses Markets CEO Donny Rouse […]
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2016’s Top 10 Stories Of The Southeast
2016’s Top 10 Stories Mergers and acquisitions, new formats and executive changes were at the center of many of the biggest stories of the year in the Southeast. Several supermarket companies based in the region found new ownership, including Food Lion, The Fresh Market and Louisiana’s LeBlanc’s Food Stores. Others, like Southeastern Grocers, began rolling […]
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Op-Ed: Dr. Oz Lawsuit Offers An Opportunity To Inform
by Jeff Colombini/chairman, Olive Oil Commission of California In case you haven’t heard, last week a lawsuit was filed against Dr. Oz by the North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA). The lawsuit centers around a May 12 episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” and claims that Dr. Oz violated libel laws when he stated that […]
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Organic Valley Becomes Largest Producer Of Organic, 100% Grass-Fed Dairy In U.S.
Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, says it has created a new route with a dozen 100 percent grass-fed dairies in the Mid-Atlantic to increase production of its Organic Valley Grassmilk branded milk products. The production expansion makes Organic Valley the largest producer of organic, […]