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Salsify Grows Sales Digitally Across Amazon And Walmart

Salsify, a product experience management (PXM) platform that lets brands deliver shopping experiences across every digital touch point, says it is the first PXM platform to power the creation and syndication of product content across Amazon and Walmart. The company’s platform now offers enhanced product content features which enable brand manufacturers to add immersive product […]

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Wakefern Food Corp. Announces $16.5 Billion In Sales

Wakefern Food Corp. Chairman and CEO Joseph S. Colalillo, President and COO Joe Sheridan and EVP Chris Lane addressed shareholders, store management and staff at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Oct. 25 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The company reported record retail sales of $16.5 billion for the 52-week fiscal year ended Sept. 29, 2018, […]

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Walmart, PayActiv Partner To Make Cash-Based Wages More Accessible

PayActiv, a provider of employment-based holistic financial wellness services, is rolling out cash access of earned wages at any Walmart for PayActiv employee members. This will enable millions of workers across the country the flexibility to access wages any time their local Walmart Money Center or Walmart Service Desk is open with no delay in […]

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Former Conagra Exec Joins Lancaster Colony As Retail Division President

Westerville, Ohio-based Lancaster Colony Corp., manufacturer and marketer of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels, has added Carl Stealey to its senior leadership team as president of T. Marzetti Co.’s retail division. In his new role, Stealey will be responsible for the overall management of the retail division, including the development and implementation of […]

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Tyson Foods Awards $500K To Nonprofit Partners In West Tennessee

Education, hunger relief, housing and other community needs are the focus of $500,000 in community grants from Tyson Foods to six nonprofit organizations in West Tennessee. The grants are focused in the City of Humboldt and Gibson County, where earlier this year Tyson broke ground on a new chicken processing facility. A group of Gibson […]

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Conagra Brands Completes Acquisition Of Pinnacle Foods

Conagra Brands Inc. has completed its acquisition of Pinnacle Foods. The closing of the transaction follows the approval of Pinnacle Foods’ shareholders and satisfaction of all terms and conditions. Through the acquisition, Conagra Brands adds a number of well-known brands to its portfolio, including Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Earth Balance and Vlasic, as well as emerging brands, such as Gardein, Glutino, Udi’s, Wish-Bone and Evol, among others. […]

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PepsiCo Sets New Packaging Goal Of 25% Recycled Plastic Content

As part of its sustainable plastics plan, PepsiCo Inc. has set its sights on a new goal to use 25 percent recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025. PepsiCo aims to achieve this goal by collaborating with suppliers and partners, helping to increase consumer education, fostering cross-industry and public-private partnerships, and advocating for improved […]

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Eureka, California, Safeway Store Sold For $11.4M

A Safeway grocery store in Eureka, California, has sold for $11.4 million, according to NAI Northern California, the Bay Area office of NAI Global, a commercial real estate brokerage network. NAI Northern California EVP Doug Sharpe represented the buyer, who purchased the property for less than the asking price. “Opportunities such as these come infrequently: great location, […]