Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Home Page Slider, Perishables, Southwest, Suppliers

Hormel Foods Acquires Texas-Based Sadler’s Smokehouse Business

Hormel Foods Corp., a global branded food company, has reached an agreement to acquire Henderson, Texas-based Sadler’s Smokehouse. Sadler’s Smokehouse is a family-owned business that specializes in premium and authentic pit-smoked meats for retail and foodservice customers. Hormel Foods has been a customer of Sadler’s Smokehouse for more than two decades. “Sadler’s Smokehouse is a great company with an […]

Posted inNonfood Items, Corporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Midwest

SpartanNash Grows Fourth Quarter Net Sales 5.3% To $2B

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash Co. has reported financial results for its 12-week fourth quarter and 52-week fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 2019. Net sales growth of 5.3 percent, to $2 billion from $1.90 billion in the prior year quarter, represent the 15th consecutive quarter of growth. Retail comparable store sales of 0.5 percent were positive […]

Posted inFrozen Food, Home Page Slider, New Products, Snacks Brands, Suppliers, West

Cheesecake Factory At Home Introduces Premium Ice Cream

Cheesecake Factory has introduced a collection of seven premium cheesecake ice cream flavors to its Cheesecake Factory At Home products in grocery. The ice creams, which feature a cream cheese blend and sour cream, range in flavor from Birthday Cake and Original to Salted Caramel and Strawberry. Other flavors are Chocolate, Cookies & Cream and […]

Posted inHealth & Wellness, Corporate Store News, Grocery Store Layout, Home Page Slider, Organic Natural, Produce News, Southwest

Sprouts Farmers Market to Open Mesquite, Texas, Store March 4

Sprouts Farmers Market will open in Mesquite, Texas, at 1220 North Town East Boulevard on Wednesday, March 4. To celebrate the new store, Sprouts is giving away a classic beach cruiser to inspire one fan to get outside and enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Customers can enter to win through March 3 by visiting clicking here. […]

Posted inNonfood Items, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, National

Fortune Names Grocers To ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ List

Great Place to Work has just published its 23rd annual ranking of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, the list of the best workplaces in the U.S., created in partnership with Fortune. Grocers Wegmans, Publix and Nugget Markets were included on the 2020 list. “The 100 Best show the way forward,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO […]

Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Marketing News, Southeast, Suppliers

Garner Foods Names Katie Chaffin New Director Of Marketing

Garner Foods, makers of Texas Pete and Green Mountain Gringo products, has named Katie Chaffin as its new director of marketing. Chaffin has been a member of the Garner Foods team since 2010, when she joined the company as the marketing communications coordinator. Through the years, Chaffin has grown her role as a key member of […]

Posted inNonfood Items, Executive News, Home Page Slider, Southwest, Suppliers

Kellogg’s CCO Salmon Heading To Simmons Foods

After 22 years with the Kellogg Co., Chief Customer Officer Scott Salmon is leaving the breakfast and snacking company for a leadership role with Simmons Foods, based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. “We thank Scott for the many contributions he has made during his more than two decades with Kellogg,” said Chris Hood, Kellogg North America […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Nonfood Items, Northeast

Wegmans Offers Expanded Grocery Delivery From New Brooklyn Store

Four months after opening in Brooklyn, Wegmans Food Markets is now offering grocery delivery to Manhattan residents with the help of delivery provider, Instacart. “Expanding delivery into Manhattan has been on our radar since opening our Brooklyn store,” said Erica Tickle, director of e-Commerce for Wegmans. “We’ve heard from customers this would make life easier […]