Dairy company Fairlife LLC has launched fairlife smart snacks, a collection of snack-sized beverages designed to curb hunger between meals. The latest addition to the company’s portfolio of beverages, smart snacks are made with fairlife ultra-filtered milk, which is dairy milk that has been cold-filtered to remove the lactose while delivering 50 percent more protein and […]
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Whole Foods Market Opens Store In South Capitol Hill
Whole Foods Market in South Capitol Hill opened its doors to the public Oct. 18 at 9 a.m. The new 35,000-s.f. store is located at 101 H St. SE and is the sixth Washington, D.C., location for the company. “This store is uniquely designed for the South Capitol Hill shopper,” said Nick DiMarco, the store’s […]
Walmart Plans New High-Tech Grocery DC In California
In the coming weeks, Walmart will be breaking ground on a new project in Shafter, California—the retailer’s first high-tech distribution center for fresh and frozen groceries. “As Walmart transforms to better serve customers, the question is, what does the distribution center of the future look like?” wrote Elizabeth Walker of Walmart corporate affairs in a blog […]
Boulder Organic Foods Creates Director Of Sustainability Role
Soup maker Boulder Organic Foods is doubling down on its commitment to the environment with the addition of a director of sustainability, Jen-ai Stokesbary. Stokesbary has served as the Boulder Organic’s director of marketing for the past six years. In her new role, Stokesbary will focus on making every step of the company’s production process eco-friendlier, […]
Aldi Never Any! Meats Receive The Good Housekeeping Seal
The entire lineup of products under the Aldi-exclusive brand of meats, Never Any!, has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal, a symbol of quality assurance and consumer protection since 1909. All meats in the Never Any! line are certified by the USDA as raised antibiotic-free, with no added hormones or steroids, and no animal byproducts (vegetarian fed). “The Aldi Never […]
SpartanNash Foundation Fundraising Effort Takes Aim At Hunger
The SpartanNash Foundation is hosting a companywide fundraising effort to help end hunger in the communities it serves, inviting store guests to join the Foundation and SpartanNash associates in supporting more than 100 local food pantries and food banks. The retail scan campaign will run Oct. 24 to Nov. 4, and 100 percent of dollars […]
New Hampshire Grocers Association Honors 2018 Award Recipients
The New Hampshire Grocers Association (NHGA) recently held its annual Fall Conference and Emerging Products Expo at the Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester, New Hampshire. The day-long event included an 85th anniversary celebration of continuous advocacy for member companies. During the conference, the association held its annual Awards Ceremony recognizing deserving individuals in a number […]
United Fresh To Present Lifetime Achievement Award To Carkoski
The United Fresh Produce Association will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Ron Carkoski, CEO of Four Seasons Family of Companies, at Fresh Start 2019, the United Fresh Start Foundation’s annual conference, golf tournament and Gala Dinner, coming up Jan. 15 at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California. “As Ron plans his […]
H-E-B, Charles Butt Foundation Fund Medical High School Startup
H-E-B and its chairman and CEO, Charles Butt, are donating $2 million to support startup costs and renovations for San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) and Centers for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) Schools’ future CAST Med High School campus located at Brooks, a mixed-use development on San Antonio’s South Side. The school will be […]
King Kullen Adds Sponsored Listings To E-Commerce Platform
MyWebGrocer (MWG), a software and digital media company serving the grocery and CPG industries, has launched a new Sponsored Listings digital merchandising capability for Long Island-based retailer King Kullen Grocery. Sponsored Listings is a performance-based media solution that enables King Kullen to offer CPGs greater digital marketing flexibility to make meaningful shopper connections and drive […]
Publix Opening New Store In Madison, Alabama, Oct. 24
Publix Super Markets will open a new store on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 a.m. at Madison Commons Shopping Center on Hughes Road in Madison, Alabama. The store will host a ribbon-cutting at 6:45 a.m. “Publix is known for providing excellent customer service in a bright and inviting environment filled with lots of fresh products,” […]
Smart & Final’s 200th Extra! Store Opens In Long Beach
Smart & Final Stores, a warehouse grocer, opened its 200th Smart & Final Extra! location Oct. 17 at 4480 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California. Regular store hours are 6 a.m.-10 p.m. every day of the week. The 30,000-s.f. store on Atlantic Avenue and E. 45th Street offers products in both household and club sizes at warehouse prices without a […]
Bringing Deli To The People
Sponsored content Be Experiential: Austin Food + Wine Festival by Brad Bennett/channel marketing manager, deli, Tyson Foods Inc. Back at the office, we talk with shoppers a lot about what they want with food from the deli. I wanted to see if the deli department mimics the latest food desires of consumers and how […]
Instacart Raises $600M In New Funding For Expansion, Marketing
Instacart has raised $600 million as part of a financing round led by global investment advisory firm D1 Capital Partners. The investment from D1 Capital comes after a year of growth for Instacart and raises the company’s valuation to $7.6 billion. “The U.S. is nearly a $1 trillion grocery market, and last year we saw almost every […]
Wisconsin Grocer Of The Year Gooseberries Crafting A 70/30 Experience
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Gooseberries Fresh Food Market opened its doors in 2006. Eight years later, David Spiegelhoff received the Wisconsin Grocers Association (WGA) Excellence in Operations Award. This year he and Gooseberries Fresh Food Market took the top honor as WGA Grocer of the Year. The association’s board of directors makes the selection. WGA President […]
Central Co-op Celebrates Four Decades Of Community Impact
Central Co-op has begun a week-long celebration of its 40th birthday, marking four decades of serving its members and community. Originally founded on Capitol Hill in Seattle as a consumer-co-op, Central first opened its doors on Oct. 16, 1978. Today, the community-owned natural foods co-op is 14,200 members strong, supporting more than 120 employees, 400 […]
Martin Appointed President Of IFCO North America
IFCO, the world’s leading supplier of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh food packaging, has appointed Dan Martin as president, IFCO North America. “We are pleased to welcome Dan Martin back to the IFCO family,” said IFCO CEO Wolfgang Orgeldinger. “He understands the unique role IFCO plays in the fresh food value chain, as well […]
NatureSweet Tomatoes Debuts New Products At PMA
San Antonio, Texas-based NatureSweet Tomatoes will debut its new product line of branded cucumbers, peppers and large tomatoes, along with new additions to the Brighthouse Organics line, at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit Convention and Expo to be held Oct. 18-20 in Orlando, Florida. In November, NatureSweet is launching several new additions to the […]
Albertsons Cos. Debuts Its Online Marketplace For Third-Party Sellers
Albertsons Cos. has launched its online marketplace, moreforu.com, powered by Mirakl, a global marketplace solutions provider. The marketplace will offer customers the ability to discover more specialty food items alongside beauty and wellness products from a network of third-party sellers. With a focus on natural, organic, ethnic and alternative products, Albertsons aims to provide a […]
Ferrara Candy Co. Showcases Innovations At NACS Expo
Ferrara Candy Co. had a lot of innovations to showcase at its National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Expo booth Oct. 8-10 in Las Vegas, as both the chocolate and non-chocolate divisions are planning huge advertising campaigns for several well-known brands. The company got its start in 1908, as Ferrara Pan Candy Co., when Salvatore […]
