Lakeland, Florida-based Publix has started a new program, Feeding More Together, to help alleviate hunger in the communities it serves. The program will support food banks throughout the Southeast in two ways: with produce purchased by Publix from Southeastern farmers and delivered directly to food banks, and with nonperishable food items funded by customer donations […]
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Amazon Fresh Opens Bloomingdale Store, Fourth In Illinois
Amazon Fresh has opened its new store in Bloomingdale, Illinois, making it the fourth location in the state. The approximately 40,000-square-foot store is located at 404 Army Trail Road. “I’m delighted to welcome Amazon Fresh to the Bloomingdale community,” said Mayor Franco Coladipietro. “The new store has created hundreds of job opportunities and it gives […]
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Harps Launches Mobile Rewards Program With Birdzi
Birdzi, a provider of personalized digital customer engagement solutions for grocery retailers, has successfully deployed a mobile rewards app with Harps Food Stores. Harps Rewards was launched in February, following a six-month implementation, and enables the grocer to offer shoppers digital savings, personalization and enhanced shopping experiences, both in store and online. Faced with a new […]
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KeHE Launches Crazy Good Campaign To Align With Company’s Growth
Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE Distributors, a natural and organic, fresh and specialty food distributor, has launched its new brand campaign, Crazy Good. Created to align with the company’s growth and goal to bring goodness wherever KeHE goes, Crazy Good represents a new level of good the company aspires to bring to its partners. The announcement comes on the […]
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King’s Hawaiian, NASCAR Enter Multiyear Track Partnership
NASCAR and King’s Hawaiian have entered into a multiyear track partnership that secures the family-owned bakery naming rights to dining areas at four NASCAR-owned facilities – Daytona International Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Richmond Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. King’s Hawaiian will work with track hospitality partner Levy to offer branded and regionally themed menu items at each […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, West
Mission Produce Has Launched A Year-Round Mango Program
Oxnard, California-based Mission Produce, a source, producer and distributor of fresh Hass avocados, has launched its year-round mango program. The program will be the first to incorporate ripening and distribution on a global and national scale through Mission’s advanced network. “We’re entering the mango category today as we did the avocado category almost 40 years […]
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Shuman Named Vidalia Onion Grower Of The Year
John Shuman, president and CEO of Shuman Farms in Cobbtown, Georgia, has been named the 2020 Grower of the Year by the Vidalia Onion Committee. The honor was given in recognition of Shuman’s contributions to the industry for more than 25 years. Following in the footsteps of his father, Buck Shuman, who began growing Vidalia […]
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Kroger Expands Partnership With 80 Acres Farms To 316 Stores
The Kroger Co. and 80 Acres Farms are bringing farm-fresh produce to customers across Ohio. And beginning March 15, 80 Acres will serve 316 Kroger locations across Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. “Everyone deserves easy access to fresh, affordable, delicious food,” said Dan De La Rosa, Kroger’s group VP of fresh merchandising. “This newly expanded partnership […]