Beginning Dec. 4, Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart is expanding the benefit list of Walmart+. Just in time for the holidays, Walmart is removing the $35 shipping minimum on orders for its members. This new benefit, paired with free unlimited deliveries of groceries and more from Walmart stores, makes the retailer’s membership program even more comprehensive. “It feels […]
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Price Rite Marketplace And Feed The Children Help More Than 22,000
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children teamed up to host eight anti-hunger events in 2020, as part of their annual Feeding Minds and Bodies campaign that distributes food and essentials to vulnerable families in communities where Price Rite Marketplace stores operate. As a result of their efforts, $1.4 million worth of […]
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Giant Food Launches Lend A Hand For Hunger Holiday Program
Giant Food, a greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, has launched its Lend a Hand for Hunger campaign to benefit five area food banks – Capital Area Food Bank, Maryland Food Bank, Food Bank of Delaware, Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank and Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The food banks are all part of the Feeding America network, which […]
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Nielsen BASES Honors Top Packaging Redesigns
Nielsen BASES recently announced the winners of the 2020 Global Nielsen BASES Design Impact Awards, recognizing impactful package redesigns in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space. Great package design matters, with optimized pack redesigns generating an average of 5.5 percent lift in forecasted revenue. However, impactful success can be hard to achieve as 9 out of […]
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Nielsen Names Moldafsky Chief Marketing And Communications Officer
Jamie Moldafsky, a three-decade marketing veteran, will join Nielsen Holdings as chief marketing and communications officer, effective immediately. Previously, Moldafsky was chief marketing officer at Wells Fargo Bank, where, for nine years, she was responsible for the full scope of marketing, including global brand strategy and management, product marketing, media, research and analytics, meetings, events […]
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Stop & Shop Invests Millions In Retirement Benefits For Union Associates
Quincy, Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop has announced that its union locals have ratified an agreement to make a $667 million investment in pension benefits for union associates. “We’re extremely pleased that this agreement has been ratified across the board. By making this significant investment, we are doing the right thing for our associates who are […]
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Standard Cognition: Half Of Consumers Will Shop Less In Person
Standard Cognition, which provides the only autonomous checkout solution that can be quickly and easily installed in retailers’ existing stores, has released the results of a new survey of 1,038 U.S. consumers conducted Nov. 5-6 about their holiday shopping plans. Findings include: 36 percent will shop less in physical stores than in 2019; Another 23 […]
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Shenandoah Valley Organic To Create 110 New Jobs In Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Organic (SVO), a family-owned organic chicken company, will establish a second 75,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The new facility will increase production capacity and retail packaging, allowing for more product availability in leading grocery stores across the U.S. Virginia successfully competed with West Virginia for the project, which will create 110 new […]
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Kroger Ratifies Agreement With 20 UFCW Local Unions
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger Co. has released that associates across 14 divisions have ratified an agreement with 20 local unions of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) to withdraw from the UFCW International Union-Industry Pension Fund (National Fund). “We are pleased to reach an agreement that improves the security and stability of future benefits […]
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Madison Foods To Join Wakefern Food Corp. And Re-Open As Price Rite
Madison Foods has joined the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative with plans to convert three Save A Lot stores to Price Rite Marketplace stores in Massachusetts. Owned and operated by the Slawsby family, Madison Foods is based in the Boston area. The family company will begin converting its Save A Lot stores to Price Rite Marketplace – […]
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Albertsons Cos. Releases New Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals
As more meals are eaten at home, Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. is lending home cooks a hand with the new flash-frozen Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals. Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals are ready in minutes using just one pan. Featuring on-trend flavors, restaurant quality presentation and taste, the meals use only high-quality natural ingredients that […]
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United Fresh Releases Fall 2020 Fresh Insights For Foodservice
The fall 2020 issue of United Fresh’s Fresh Insights for Foodservice is now available. Sponsored by Produce Alliance, this quarterly report highlights on-trend foodservice applications for fresh produce in restaurants, at retail, in meal kits and more. “The ongoing pandemic continues to create challenges for foodservice operators and supplier partners and pivoting to meet the […]
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Aunt Millie’s Introduces 1 Net Carb And Organic Breads
Aunt Millie’s Bakeries introduces the addition of new baked goods to its expansive product line – Live Carb Smart and Live Organic breads. The quality and goodness in the Live bread lineup was created to support healthy goals. At one net carb per slice, Live Carb Smart is a low-net-carbohydrate great for those who are […]
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Weis Markets Launches Holiday Edition Of Fight Hunger Campaign
Due to increased need for holiday donations to local food banks, Weis Markets has launched a special holiday edition of its Fight Hunger campaign. Through the end of the year, customers will have the option of rounding up their order or purchasing a $1, $3, $5 or $10 voucher at checkout to help support families […]
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Vallarta Supermarkets Launches Vallarta Go In Partnership With Instacart
Sylmar, California-based Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the largest Latino-owned supermarket chains in California, has launched Vallarta Go in partnership with Instacart to amplify its customers’ shopping experience by introducing same-day delivery from Vallarta Supermarkets locations. With the new partnership, customers throughout Southern and Central California can now have their Vallarta Supermarket groceries delivered straight to their […]
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Kalera Welcomes Gasiorowski As New Chief Human Resources Officer
Orlando, Florida-based Kalera, one of the fastest growing vertical farming companies in the United States, has named Keri Gasiorowski as the company’s new chief human resources officer. This news comes as Kalera announces new locations across the United States, giving grocers, restaurants, theme parks, airports and other businesses throughout the country reliable access to clean, […]
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New Jersey Food Council, National Grocers Association Hail Wakefern
Organization has ‘big heart,’ is always first to step up, give back by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer The New Jersey Food Council was created 51 years ago by one of Wakefern Food Corp.’s store owners, Joe Saker of ShopRite. NJFC President Linda Doherty said the seed was planted for its structure in Saker’s living room. […]
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Mondelēz International Snackfutures Partner With Navigator For Strategy
Mondelēz International’s SnackFutures has tapped Navigator Sales and Marketing, a full-service food broker, to provide strategy through commercialization for its emerging snacking brands. Navigator’s approach to commercializing emerging brands brings real-time learnings and optimization to launch brands and accelerate sales. SnackFutures seeks additional “emerging brand” expertise in the key channels: supermarket, premium/specialty, mass/club, convenience, ethnic […]
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Here For The Holidays: Casey’s Announces 24 Days Of Casey’s
While plans may be changing this year, Casey’s is still here for the holidays and is offering 24 Days of Casey’s for guests to celebrate the season and have a little much-needed fun. Each day from Dec. 1 through Dec. 24, the Ankeny, Iowa-based company will reveal a surprise offer for its Casey’s Rewards members. […]
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St Pierre Introduces New Retail Holiday Campaign
Brioche brand St Pierre is launching its first multichannel holiday campaign in retail. The new campaign, developed to inspire consumers to elevate their favorite holiday meals with brioche, will feature recipes and tips to help “make every day magnifique.” St Pierre will leverage a mix of traditional and digital PR, consumer-facing advertising, shopper marketing, social […]