The Los Angeles employment law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP have filed a class action lawsuit against Shipt Inc., alleging that the company misclassified its shoppers as independent contractors and allegedly as a result violated the California Labor Code. The class action lawsuit against Shipt Inc., is currently pending in the Los Angeles […]
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Boxed Water Expands Product Assortment; New Size Based On Consumer Demand
Boxed Water Is Better, a company providing a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans, will be adding a new size to its offering of pure water in 100 percent recyclable and paper-based cartons. “We’re adding a 330ml in response to overwhelming requests from our consumers and trade partners,” said Daryn Kuipers, CEO of Boxed […]
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Ball Corp. Launches Infinitely Recyclable Aluminum Bottle Line
Broomfield, Colorado-based Ball Corp. is launching a new impact extruded aluminum bottle line that provides a circular solution to plastic pollution. In the hands of its sustainability, innovation and product design experts, the company says aluminum is taking shape as a new bottle–the Infinity Aluminum Bottle–that is designed to be made again. Available in various […]
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Visual Merchandising Icon Martin M. Pegler Dies At 97
The International Housewares Association has announced that Gia Expert Juror Martin M. Pegler died Jan. 17, 2020, peacefully at his home in New York surrounded by his family. He was 97. A professor for 30 years in the Display & Exhibit Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Pegler was instrumental […]
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MIDWEST: Fareway Stores To Purchase McGonigle’s In Kansas City, MO
McGonigle’s Food Store Inc. and Fareway Stores Inc. have entered into an agreement for Fareway to purchase the assets of McGonigle’s and proceed with the expansion of the market at 79th and Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, that was recently approved by the Kansas City Council. “I have been through a lengthy rezoning process, where […]
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Irwin Naturals Expands Portfolio With HydroCanna CBD Skin Care
Irwin Naturals, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of herbal and CBD products, is expanding into the CBD skin care market by launching its HydroCanna face, body and hair products. The new line incorporates two primary goals for Irwin Naturals: a commitment to creating innovative products with high-quality ingredients and offering them at fair prices. Using full-spectrum hemp […]
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Lazarus Naturals’ New 40,000-S.F. Facility Is CGMP Certified
Portland, Oregon-based Lazarus Naturals, one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest hemp-derived CBD producers, has earned Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) certification by successfully passing a third-party audit of its adherence to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cGMP standards for its new 40,000-s.f. manufacturing facility. The certification signals regulatory compliance for safety in design, monitoring and […]
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McLane Promotes Susan Adzick to EVP, COO Of McLane Foodservice
Temple, Texas-based McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, has promoted Susan Adzick to EVP and chief operating officer of McLane Foodservice. The promotion was effective Jan. 6. In July of this year, Adzick will transition to president of McLane Foodservice. “Susan Adzick is an experienced supply chain industry […]
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Happy Egg Co. Becomes First, Only Whole30 Approved Egg Brand
Happy Egg Co. has become the first and only Whole30 Approved egg brand, making it one of seven new Whole30 Approved partners for 2020. “We are excited to add Happy Egg to our Whole30 Approved family,” said Melissa Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO. “Eggs are a Whole30 staple, and Happy Egg’s outstanding animal welfare standards, wide accessibility and […]
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Parker’s Hires Myrvold As Director Of Facilities And Maintenance
Parker’s, a convenience, food service, fuel and technology company headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, recently hired Thomas C. Myrvold as its director of facilities and maintenance. In his new position, Myrvold is responsible for managing the maintenance and repair of all 64 Parker’s convenience stores in Georgia and South Carolina, in accordance with the highest and […]
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Hometown Food Co. Appoints Tom Polke As President And CEO
Hometown Food Co., a portfolio company of Brynwood Partners VIII LP and Brynwood Partners VII LP, has appointed Tom Polke as its new president and CEO. “We are delighted to announce the addition of Tom Polke to the Hometown Food team. Tom’s extensive background managing complex businesses in the food category will immediately benefit the […]
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QuickChek Promotes Two Key Execs, Opens New Store
QuickChek Corp. has promoted two key members of its management team and opened its first new store of 2020. Don Leech, who has been with the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based fresh convenience market chain for 35 years, has been promoted to VP of marketing and development. He served as VP of real estate and development […]
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CVS Health Completes Acquisition of Target’s Pharmacy And Clinic Businesses
CVS Health Corp. has completed the acquisition of Target Corp.’s pharmacy and clinic businesses for approximately $1.9 billion. With the completion of the transaction, CVS Health acquired Target’s 1,672 pharmacies across 47 states and will operate them through a store-within-a-store format, branded as CVS/pharmacy. In addition, a CVS/pharmacy will be included in all new Target stores […]
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Del Monte Fresh Produce Introduces New Pineapple Tags
Coral Gables, Florida-based Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc., a marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, has launched a new way to communicate its ongoing sustainability efforts. Beginning in January, each Del Monte Gold pineapple will feature a new product tag displaying one of six unique Del Monte Fresh sustainability facts […]
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High-Tech Facilities Gravitate Toward Land Of Enchantment
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest It is no small thing when a company like Virgin Galactic relocates jobs to a state. But then, New Mexico went big when it invested more than $200 million in Spaceport America, an 18,000-acre FAA-licensed facility adjacent to the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range and about 45 miles north of Las […]
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Arizona Continues To Be Competitive Market For Grocers
by Treva Bennett/staff writer A strong Arizona economy, along with a pro-business governor, was good for the state in 2019, according to Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) President Mark Miller. Phoenix, home to AFMA, has benefited from the pro-business environment in the state. “Downtown has really exploded,” Miller said, noting the new Fry’s Food Store […]
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Midwest Distributor Lipari Foods Names Dave Littleson CFO
Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has named Dave Littleson as its chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Littleson will oversee all company financial operations. He will succeed Curtis Groves who will be retiring later this year and has served as Lipari’s CFO for eight years. Littleson will report directly to CEO Thom Lipari. “We are excited […]
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Fry’s Food Stores Co-Founder Charles Fry Dies At 92
Charles Lindbergh Fry, 92, co-founder of Fry’s Food Stores, died in his sleep Monday, Jan. 20, at the home he shared with his wife Alice in Paradise Valley, Arizona. After 68 years of marriage, he stayed by his wife’s side as long as his body would allow. He shared love and laughs with close family […]
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Walmart Makes Pickup ‘Famous’ With First Big Game Commercial
For the first time ever, Walmart will be airing an ad during the Big Game with the help of some familiar visitors. Famous Visitors brings 12 “visitors” from popular TV shows and movies—and their creative transportation methods—together for the first time ever as they touch down on Earth to pick up everything they need curbside […]
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Michael Wright, Former Supervalu CEO And Gophers Alumnus, Dies At 81
Michael Wright, who built Supervalu Inc. in the 1980s and 1990s into the nation’s largest grocery wholesaler, died Jan. 27 at his home in Wayzata, Minnesota, according to a report in the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Wright, who was 81, died of complications from pneumonia. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the […]