Plano, Texas-based Stryve Foods Inc. has partnered with Taylor Fritz, an American tennis professional, as its newest brand ambassador. The 24-year-old Fritz is currently the Association of Tennis Professionals’ No. 23 ranked tennis player ahead of his competition in men’s singles at the 2022 Australian Open. Through this partnership, Fritz hopes to help educate consumers […]
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Kraft Heinz Appoints Hefner To Chief Strategy And Transformation Officer
The Chicago, Illinois-based Kraft Heinz Company has appointed Dafne Hefner to the newly created role of chief strategy and transformation officer in the North America zone. Hefner is being hired to help accelerate the strategic growth plan in the company’s U.S. and Canada businesses, including the broader deployment of agile teams and a North America […]
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GetUpside Offers Cost-Effective Ways Retailers Can Acquire Customers
by Eric Pereira / content creator GetUpside is a Washington D.C.-based retail technology company that uses personalized cashback promotions to bring shoppers more value and proven profit to brick-and-mortar businesses. Tyler Renaghan, VP of grocery at GetUpside, recently discussed the most cost-effective ways retailers can acquire new customers in this email interview with The Griffin […]
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Walmart Selects Olive Branch, MS For New Fulfillment Center
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart will build a fulfillment center in Olive Branch, Mississippi to support its rapidly increasing supply chain network and e-commerce business. The facility will be a 1 million-plus-square-foot fulfillment center, located at 10480 Marina Drive. The center will create approximately 250 full-time, permanent jobs across the region. “Walmart is proud to welcome its […]
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New Hampshire Grocers Association Names Daigle As President And CEO
The New Hampshire Grocers Association has promoted Kevin Daigle to president and CEO, effective Feb. 4. Daigle was selected through a regional executive search. He has broad and extensive experience within New Hampshire’s food industry. He has been with NHGA since 1996, and has more than 30 years of non-profit, industry and association management experience. […]
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Dutch Farms Expands Specialty Egg Line
Chicago, Illinois-based Dutch Farms has introduced its specialty egg line expansion due to the increased demand in specialty eggs. The company states that consumers continue to ask for organic, cage-free, free-range and pasture-raised eggs. Dutch Farms has partnerships with local family farms that raise hens who are free to roam and nest, who allow outdoor […]
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Calbee America Inc. Promotes Tsutsumi To CEO
Fairfield, California-based Calbee America Inc. has promoted Ryo Tsutsumi to the position of CEO. The change follows the company’s recent acquisition of Warnock Food Products, with the company planning to become one of the major snack companies in the U.S. region by 2030. Tsutsumi will relocate from Japan to California to focus on his new […]
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Davidson And Lanoue Join WAFC Board Of Directors
The Lakewood, California-based Western Association of Food Chains has elected Gineal Davidson of The Albertons Companies and Chris Lanoue of Albertsons-Portland Division to its board of directors during its Jan. 15 meeting in La Quinta, California. “We are so excited to welcome two incredible industry leaders to the WAFC Board of Directors,” said Greg McNiff, […]