Publix’s GreenWise Market, which focuses on natural, eco-friendly, local and organic products, has partnered with local hydroponics farmers Brick Street Farms to grow, harvest and pack fresh hydroponic lettuce inside a 40-foot container farm on-site at the Lakeland, Florida, GreenWise Market. The hydroponic container farm: Holds the equivalent of 2.5 to 3 acres of traditional farmland; […]
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Posted inSustainability News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Food Lion Sustainability Policies Bolster Product Labeling, Animal Welfare
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion has implemented new sustainability policies for genetically modified food (GMOs) and farm animal welfare. This action is the grocer’s latest move to make its products and packaging more sustainable. Working in partnership with Retail Business Services, which develops private brand products for each of the Ahold Delhaize USA local brands, […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Gathered Foods, Makers Of Good Catch, Appoints Christine Mei CEO
New York-based Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch plant-based seafood, has appointed Christine Mei as CEO. She will lead the growth and expansion of Gathered Foods as a pre-eminent innovator in the plant-based food industry. Mei has more than 30 years of CPG industry experience, having enjoyed assignments living in the U.S., China and Hong Kong. She […]
Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Wakefern’s Own Brands Win Gold, Silver, Bronze Vertex Awards
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. says two of its store brands have won gold, silver and bronze Vertex Awards. The nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative, with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway banners, says Bowl & Basket and Paperbird – two […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Fresh Del Monte Produce Adds 6 New Energy Efficient Container Vessels
Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte Produce continues to fulfill its commitment to create a positive impact on the environment with the addition of six new energy efficient reefer container vessels to its fleet. The addition of the new vessels – named Del Monte Gold, Del Monte Rose, Del Monte Harvester, Del Monte Spirit, Del […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Avocados From Peru, Giant Food Team Up To Support Local Food Banks
Landover, Maryland-based Giant Food is teaming up with Avocados from Peru to donate a trailer of more than 40,000 pounds of summer avocados to Feeding America network members Capital Area Food Bank in Northeast Washington, D.C., and the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore, Maryland. Both deliveries will take place on National Avocado Day on Friday, […]
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Two Fairway Market Locations Sold To Bogopa Service Corp.
Fairway Market, together with its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 20-10161), announced that Bogopa Service Corp. was declared the winning bidder for its Red Hook and Douglaston stores at a supplemental auction conducted July 27. “Knowing that Food Bazaar […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Market Profile, Shelby Exclusives, Southwest
Market Profile: AGRMA Says Success May Hinge On Online Experience
by John McCurry, contributing writer Charlie Spakes, executive director of the Arkansas Grocery and Retail Merchants Association, AGRMA, said the future success of independent grocers may depend largely on how quickly they can adapt to online ordering. “They probably would have liked more time to get ready and get adapted before this whole [COVID-19] crisis […]