Dan Fachner, president and CEO of The ICEE Co., has been appointed president of J&J Snack Foods Corp, reporting to Gerald B. Shreiber, chairman of the board and CEO. As president, Fachner will have responsibility for the entire business of J&J Snack Foods with all business heads reporting directly to him. Fachner will remain as […]
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U.S. Specialty Crop Industry Touts COVID-19 Employee Safety Protocols
A national coalition of 64 organizations representing specialty crop producers recently sent a letter to congressional leadership highlighting the extraordinary measures agricultural employers are taking to protect their workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Farmers and ranchers across the country moved quickly to implement new employee safety protocols early in this crisis,” said National Council of […]
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Dean Foods Completes Sale Of Miami Facility For $16.5M
Dallas-based Dean Foods said it has completed the previously announced sale of its facility in Miami, Florida to Mana Saves McArthur LLC for $16.5 million. As a result, Dean Foods has completed all of its previously announced sales. In the coming weeks, Dean Foods intends to file a chapter 11 plan that will govern, among […]
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Blue Diamond Growers Celebrates Anniversary With Key Expansions
Sacramento, California-based Blue Diamond Growers, a nonprofit grower-owned cooperative and the world’s leading processor and marketer of almonds, marked its 110-year anniversary May 6 with announcements about the completion of two key infrastructure expansions. The company also was recently recognized by Boston Consulting Group and IRI as one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Mid-Size […]
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Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Releases Q1 Fiscal 2020 Financial Results
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp., based in Emeryville, California, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, ended March 28. Net sales increased by 25.4 percent to $760.3 million from $606.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2019; comparable store sales increased by 17.4 percent compared to a 4.2 percent increase […]
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Big Y Plans New World Class Market In Clinton, CT
Big Y Foods Inc. is planning to open a World Class Market in the Indian River Shops located at 11 Killingworth Turnpike in Clinton, Connecticut. This market would be approximately 55,000 s.f. within the soon to be redeveloped 180,000-s.f. retail center. This location would be the 72nd Big Y market with locations throughout Connecticut and […]
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Wegmans Hiring, Training 300 PT Employees For Virginia Store
Hiring and training now is underway for 300 part-time positions at Wegmans Food Markets’ new Tysons Corner location. Located at Capital Beltway and Route 123 in Fairfax County, Virginia, the store will employ a total of 480 people, the vast majority hired locally. Part-time positions are available in all departments, offering competitive pay, flexible scheduling and a workplace […]
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Survey: Current Actions Will Determine How Brands Perform In Future
As lockdown restrictions gradually lift across the world, “back to business” comes with a new set of consumer expectations for brands that will continue well into the future, reveals a new consumer study by MWWPR, an independent and integrated public relations agency. According to the data, consumers are dissecting corporate responses to the pandemic, and as […]