Registration is open now for the fifth annual Viva Fresh Open in San Antonio, Texas. Presented by BEBO Distributing Inc. and Wonderful Citrus, this year’s charity golf tournament will kick off the 2019 Viva Fresh Produce Expo on Thursday, April 25, and will be held at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort’s TPC golf club. […]
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Amazon Go Competitor ‘Skip’ Now Live In 60 Grocery Stores
Skip, a frictionless checkout provider that announced last October that it would beat Amazon Go in rolling out to 3,000 locations in 2019, is now available in 60 grocery stores. Another 23 are scheduled to go online by Feb. 6. Skip’s mobile checkout platform is scheduled to be in a total of 275 locations—9 percent […]
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Conagra Brands Appoints Scott Ostfeld To Board Of Directors
Chicago, Illinois-based Conagra Brands Inc. has appointed Scott Ostfeld, 42, to its board of directors, effective Feb. 16. He will also join the Human Resources Committee of the board. Ostfeld is a partner of JANA Partners LLC, which has been a long-term investor in Conagra Brands. “We are pleased to welcome Scott to the Conagra Brands board […]
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Earth Fare Celebrates 50th Store Opening In Steele Creek, North Carolina
Earth Fare, a natural and organic grocery store, celebrated a company milestone with the opening of its 50th location on Jan. 23. Earth Fare Steele Creek is the North Carolina chain’s seventh store in the greater Charlotte market; its first store opened in Asheville in 1975. “Opening our 50th store is an exciting milestone for our team […]
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Harps Food Stores Thrives In Walmart’s Back Yard
Affiliated Foods President and CEO Randy Arceneaux, the current chairman of ROFDA, said asking a retailer to speak at the organization’s fall conference was “one of the beautiful things that we started a few years ago. They’re the true heroes of our business, especially independent operators.” Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) President and CEO David Smith […]
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Publix Contributes $1 Million To United Way For ‘Emergency Funding’
In the wake of the recently ended partial government shutdown that impacted roughly 800,000 federal workers, Publix Super Markets Charities announced on Friday that it would immediately contribute $1 million to United Way to be used to support those impacted by financial hardship within Publix’s operating area. The emergency fund assists working persons and their […]
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Retail Grocers Association Of Greater Kansas City Honors NGA’s Ferrara
Each year at their annual holiday event, current and past board members of the Retail Grocers Association of Greater Kansas City (RGA) and Kansas City Food Dealers Association (KFDA) honor someone who has provided service to RGA’s members. This year, RGA President and CEO Jon McCormick presented National Grocers Association (NGA) EVP Greg Ferrara the […]
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True Food Expands True Chef And Chef’d Retail Meal Kit Lines
True Food Innovations, based in Newport Beach, California, is launching new products under both its True Chef and Chef’d branded lines of retail meal kits. The new offerings feature fresh, clean label, preservative-free recipes with 55 days of shelf life. “We are setting the standard for the retail category through innovation, product development and technology; we listened to our […]