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Wakefern And Chicory Launch Shoppable Recipe Partnership

Wakefern Food Corp. and Chicory, a technology company, have partnered for a shoppable recipe initiative. The partnership will make it easier for shoppers to send recipe ingredients directly into online shopping baskets on ShopRite’s e-commerce ordering site, shoprite.com. The new integration streamlines grocery ordering for consumers and makes it easier for shoppers to instantly save […]

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United Fresh Partner X-Change Matchmaking Event Sells Out

The new Partner X-Change matchmaking program at the United Fresh Produce Association 2019 Convention and Expo in June has sold out, but a waiting list has been created. New this year, United Fresh 2019 is enhancing business development opportunities with one-on-one business partner meetings between the buying community and those seeking their business. During the […]

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Big Y Foods Announces Company-Wide Appointments

The management of Big Y Foods, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, has announced the following appointments: Tracy Dobosz, store manager, Springfield, Massachusetts, Big Y Express Vittorio Contabile, senior network engineer, Springfield, Massachusetts, Store Support Center Sean Achorn, center store sales manager, Springfield, Massachusetts, Fresh Acres Market Yvonne Forget, bakery sales manager, South Hadley, Massachusetts, World Class […]

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Giant Food Donates 3,000 Hams To Food Banks In Time For Easter

Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Markets will donate 3,000 hams to its partner food banks to help feed those in need this Easter. An annual tradition for Giant, headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the ham donations support the company’s mission of ending hunger in the communities the company serves as well as giving back to […]

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Albertsons Debuts Open Nature Compostable, Sustainable Products

Albertsons Cos.’ Own Brands has unveiled new environmentally conscious items in its Open Nature brand, such as compostable products and items made with sustainable bamboo. Coinciding with the beginning of Earth Month, new eco picnic ware continues an Own Brands history of responsible environmental practices. “The driving belief behind our Open Nature brand is that […]

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President Declares April ‘Winning On Reducing Food Waste’ Month

The United States Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency and the Food And Drug Administration are working to reduce food waste with its “Winning on Reducing Food Waste” initiative. President Donald Trump declared April as Winning on Reducing Food Waste Month. In the United States, more than one-third of all available food goes uneaten through […]

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16th Straight Year Of Record Convenience Store Food, Merchandise Sales

The National Association of Convenience Stores says food and merchandise sales rose nearly 10 percent to a record $654.3 billion in 2018. It is the 16th straight year of growth. The NACS State of the Industry data found while fuel sales increased 13.2 percent,  foodservice sales accounted for 22.6 percent of in-store sales. Also, wages […]

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Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Banning Tax On Plastic Bags

Oklahoma Senate Bill 1001 would prohibit political subdivisions from taxing or otherwise restricting the use or sale of “auxiliary containers” like thin plastic bags used by grocery stores and other retailers across the state and nation, the Oklahoma Grocers Association (OGA) reports. The state Senate passed the measure in March. The bill was authored by […]