Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo has announced the creation of a North America organization dedicated to accelerating efforts inside and outside of the company to help address inequalities for historically excluded people and underserved businesses and communities. The announcement is the next step in PepsiCo’s racial equality journey, a key pillar of the company’s pep+ “PepsiCo Positive” transformation of how it creates […]
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TIPA Announces McGillivray As Viva Fresh Expo Keynote Speaker
The Texas International Produce Association has announced that Dave McGillivray will be its TIPA 2022 Viva Fresh Expo keynote speaker April 21-23 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. McGillivray has served since 1988 as the technical and race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon. He is an athlete, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, philanthropist, […]
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Coke Launches Global Innovation Platform: Coca-Cola Creations
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola has unveiled its new global innovation platform, Coca-Cola Creations, along with its first limited-edition product, Coca-Cola Starlight. Coca-Cola Creations will take the Coca-Cola trademark and lend it to new expressions of collaboration, creativity and cultural connections. Through limited-edition, sequential releases, the beverage company will introduce new products and experiences across physical and digital worlds. Coca-Cola […]
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Southern Glazer’s Announces New Leadership Appointments
Miami, Florida-based Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits – a distributor of beverage alcohol – has made two commercial leadership appointments in its Mid-Atlantic and Control States regions, effective immediately. In the Mid-Atlantic, Pat Pokorny has been named VP and general manager for Maryland and Washington, D.C., reporting to Scott Oppenheimer, president of the East Region for Southern […]
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Kroger And Kitchen United Open Kitchen Center In Houston, TX
Kroger and Kitchen United MIX have announced the opening of a kitchen center in The Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Customers can order freshly prepared, on-demand meals from any or all participating restaurants. “Our customers know they can count on Kroger as a destination for the freshest meal solutions,” said Dan De La Rosa, Kroger’s group VP of […]
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Buc-ee’s Confirms Plans For New Travel Center In Johnstown, CO
Buc-ee’s is building its first travel center in Colorado. Planned for Johnstown, approximately one hour north of Denver, the new location is set to open in 2024. In addition to introducing the company to Colorado consumers, the Johnstown location marks the first expansion for Buc-ee’s outside of the South. Located south of Weld County Road 48 and west of I-25, this center […]
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Hy-Vee To Open New Location In Springfield, MO, On Feb. 22
Hy-Vee Inc. has announced it will open a new store on Feb. 22 at 2150 E. Sunshine St. in Springfield, Missouri. The 93,402-square-foot store will offer a new experience for customers with a large, open food hall for fast, casual dining, which includes Hy-Vee’s new breakfast menu, a pub with full bar and outdoor patio and […]
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Seapoint Farms Introduces Vegan Crispy Snack: Mighty Lil’ Crunchy Corn
Huntington Beach, California-based Seapoint Farms, maker of natural foods and snacks, has unveiled Mighty Lil’ Crunchy Corn. Mighty Lil’ Crunchy Corn is a new addition to Mighty Lil’ Lentils, which are currently available in four flavors. Mighty Lil’ Crunchy Corn is available in two vegan flavors, pink Himalayan salt and zesty ranch. This duo is crunchy on the outside […]