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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Lake Forest, California, Store

by Treva Bennett

Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, is hiring for its soon-to-be finished new store in Lake Forest, California. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 24332 Rockfield Boulevard will open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. […]

Posted inRaley's, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Private Label Brands, Store News, West

Raley’s Private Label Chicken Now Antibiotic Free, Cage Free

by Shelby Report Staff

Raley’s Private Label Chicken program has been relaunched with two significant improvements. For the first time in the grocer’s 84-year history, Raley’s brand chicken is now 100 percent antibiotic free and packaged in 100 percent recyclable trays. The changes to Raley’s Private Label Chicken are yet another step in Raley’s commitment to sustainability and health, […]

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Albertsons Updating, Adding To Signature Select Brand Line

by Shelby Report Staff

Albertsons Cos.’ Signature Select brand is ramping up its presence across stores with the addition of more than 300 new products and updated branding in 2019. The redesigned products are in the Signature Kitchens, Signature Home, refreshe and The Snack Artist brands. Streamlining these products into Signature Select’s portfolio of more than 2,400 products provides […]

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Lucas Continues Her Grandfather’s Legacy At JSL Foods

by Shelby Report Staff

Jade Wong Lucas, national accounts manager-foodservice at JSL Foods Inc. in Los Angeles, now is promoting the Twin Dragon brand her grandfather created 65 years ago. “I’m so pleased to be working at JSL Foods and having the opportunity to continue the legacy of the Twin Dragon brand,” Lucas said. “JSL Foods has been a great […]

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Weigel’s ‘More Wags For Warriors’ Campaign Benefits Veterans

by Shelby Report Staff

Weigel’s fourth annual “More Wags for Warriors” fundraising campaign wraps up on Memorial Day. Weigel’s operates 67 convenience stores, a dairy and a bakery, all within a 100-mile radius of corporate headquarters in Powell, Tennessee. “More Wags for Warriors” is a capital campaign that benefits a Tennessee nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the […]

Posted inDairy News, Equipment & Technology, Grocery News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Industry News, National, Packaging News, Perishables

Noluma International Offers Solution For Light Damage To Dairy Products

by Treva Bennett

New research shows 90 percent of dairy farmers know that light damages nutrients in milk, and 98 percent would work with a partner to make their packaging light protected. However, fewer than a third (29 percent) of consumers are aware that light damages milk, with over half (55 percent) saying that supermarkets should be proactively […]

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Despite Prolonged Winter, Michigan Asparagus Season Underway

by Shelby Report Staff

The Michigan asparagus season is now underway, it was announced in mid-May, and the vegetable is being shipped to stores on schedule. When late season blizzards dropped six inches of snow on asparagus fields, anxious consumers wondered if that would lead to delays in the highly anticipated Michigan asparagus season. While snows in April and […]

Posted inMidwest, Dairy News, Frozen Food, Home Page Slider, Perishables, Suppliers

Illinois’ Marcoot Jersey Creamery Launches Extreme Ice Frozen Treat

by Shelby Report Staff

In time for National Dairy Month in June, Greenville, Illinois-based Marcoot Jersey Creamery has launched its new frozen treat, Marcoot Extreme Ice. Marcoot Extreme Ice contains crushed fruit and fresh sweet cream whey. Flavors are Strawberry, Mango and Strawberry Banana, with more coming soon. “After we began making cheese, we found ourselves with an excess […]

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Mars Wrigley Introduces Line Of Dove Gelato Bars

by Shelby Report Staff

Mars Wrigley Confectionery of Hackettstown, New Jersey, has a new gelato ice cream bar line. The bar will come in two artisanal gelato varieties: Dove Gelato Salted Caramel and Dove Gelato Triple Chocolate Bars. The salted caramel bar variety offers a base of salted caramel gelato with a dark chocolate and butter toffee crisp cloak. […]

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Atlanta’s Food Well Alliance Receives Whole Foods Market Donation

by Shelby Report Staff

Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance has raised $45,105 in partnership with Whole Foods Market to support its Resource Center for Urban Agriculture. On April 18, 5 percent of net sales from all 11 metro Atlanta Whole Foods stores was donated to the nonprofit as part of the grocer’s semi-annual Community Giving Day. “We are thrilled […]

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Students Solve Need For Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center

by Shelby Report Staff

A group of Texas middle school students solved a problem employees were having at the Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center. Six months ago, the grocer’s Distribution Center Operations Manager Jay Jelinek never would have guessed that a sixth-grade 3D design class would have the answer to an obstacle he and his team were facing. “We recently […]

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7-Eleven Showcases ‘Breakout Brands’ In Los Angeles-Area Stores

by Shelby Report Staff

7-Eleven is launching a new wave of food and beverages in 125 Los Angeles-area stores from an exclusive list of breakout brands. Nearly 100 new better-for-you items were hand-selected for the test by 7-Eleven from 31 up-and-coming companies. This special product assortment includes options for “power snackers,” restricted diet followers and anyone looking for ways […]

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Utz Quality Foods Brings ‘The Little Utz Girl’ To Life

by Shelby Report Staff

Utz Quality Foods is using regional television, digital and social platforms to tell the first-ever “Adventures of The Little Utz Girl.” Through 15- and 30-second commercials in an animated, contemporary format, the girl will jump off the package that has been her home for nearly 100 years. The girl, an icon who stands as the […]

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Campbell Soup Named To 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

by Shelby Report Staff

Campbell Soup Co. of Camden, New Jersey, is recognized on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. This is the 10th consecutive year Campbell has been named to the list. Campbell ranked No. 4 among all large-cap Russell 1,000 companies in the magazine’s annual listing, which is regarded as an authority on […]

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Pre Brands Hires Kevin Ponticelli As CEO To Oversee Expansion

by Shelby Report Staff

Chicago, Illinois-based Pre Brands has hired Kevin Ponticelli as CEO. Ponticelli brings more than 30 years of diverse consumer packaged goods experience across sales, marketing and strategy. “Pre aligns perfectly with consumer trends, tastes terrific and is winning in the market,” Ponticelli said. “Everyone in our organization is committed to scaling the business successfully as […]

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Fire & Flavor Introduces Five Products For Charcoal And Starter Line

by Shelby Report Staff

Just in time to launch the summer grilling season Memorial Day Weekend, Fire & Flavor has introduced five new products. The new products on Fire & Flavor’s sustainable charcoal and fire starter line include olive lump charcoal and olive briquets, almond lump charcoal and fire starters made of wood wool and biomass cubes. “We are […]

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Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7

by Shelby Report Staff

Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]

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Kroger And Lindsay Goldberg Form PearlRock Partners

by Shelby Report Staff

The Kroger Co. and private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg have formed PearlRock Partners, a new platform that will identify, invest in and help grow the next generation of leading consumer product brands. PearlRock Partners will be one of the largest data-driven investment vehicles focused on consumer brands. The platform will be a part of Kroger’s […]

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Food Giant’s Ladd Named Tennessee Retailer Of The Year

by Shelby Report Staff

The Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association has announced that Kevin Ladd of Food Giant has been named the 2019 Retailer of the Year. The association also announced that Jay Mitchell of Mitchell Grocery has been recognized as the 2019 Supplier of the Year. The awards were presented at a ceremony at TGCSA’s annual convention […]