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Atlanta Community Food Bank’s New Partnership Helps Close Hunger Gap

The Dairy Alliance CEO Doug Ackerman and Atlanta Community Food Bank CEO Kyle Waide recently launched the Milk2MyPlate program. This milk purchasing program is the first of its kind in Georgia to benefit food insecure families. Through this initiative, the Atlanta Community Food Bank will receive 60 gallons of fresh milk a week over the next year to distribute to […]

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Hy-Vee, Pinky Swear Foundation Fundraise for Children With Cancer And Their Families

West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc., in partnership with Pinky Swear Foundation, will hold a register round-up fundraising event Aug. 1-18 at Hy-Vee’s more than 260 stores. Pinky Swear Foundation is a national charitable organization that supports children with cancer and their families. The annual Hy-Vee Pinky Swear Register Round Up gives customers the opportunity […]

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Good Day Launches Premium CBD-Infused Beverage Line

Good Day, a new beverage brand based in Los Angeles, has launched its line of premium CBD-infused beverages for every part of the day: cold brew coffee for a boost of easygoing energy, citrus sparkling water for mental and physical refreshment, and chamomile herbal tea for enhanced relaxation and stress release. Good Day CBD-infused cold […]

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Henkel Creates State-Of-The-Art Customer Experience Center

Henkel has opened the Henkel Experience Center at its consumer products headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Occupying more than 5,200 s.f. and comprising 10 different experience stations, the center provides a destination for the company’s strategic retail partners. The location engages customers across business units with interactive stations that allow visitors to experience the company’s consumer […]

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Lancaster Local, Noluma Team Up To Offer Light-Protected Milk

Noluma International has partnered with Lancaster Local to roll out light-protected packaging that preserves the nutrients, flavor and quality of Lancaster Local’s new organic milk with A2A2 protein. Lancaster Local is a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based community of farmers that produce Grade A milk. Research shows that in as little as an hour, retail and other indoor lights such […]

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Boxed Names Former Amazon Executive Its First President

Boxed has tapped former Amazon executive Prentis Wilson as its first president. Founded in 2013, New York-based Boxed delivers warehouse club products direct to consumers. “Boxed brings convenience and savings to on-the-go consumers who don’t have the time, means, or patience to shop at a brick-and-mortar big box club, all with no membership fees,” according […]

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Karns Quality Foods Store To Replace Darrenkamp’s In York, Pa.

Karns Quality Foods said July 25 that it will open a new location in the Newberry Commons Shopping Plaza in York County, Pennsylvania, in a space previously occupied by Darrenkamp’s, which announced last September that it would close its four stores. Darrenkamp’s had operated for more than eight decades. The new Karns Quality Foods store […]

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Sprouts To Open West Hollywood, California, Store July 31

Sprouts Farmers Market will open in West Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, July 31. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new 25,000-s.f. West Hollywood location at 8550 Santa Monica Boulevard is scheduled before doors open at 7 a.m. The public is invited. The first 200 shoppers will receive 20 percent off their initial total purchase and muffin and […]