As part of its responsible retailing efforts, Ahold USA says that its companies’ private label shell eggs will be 100 percent cage free by 2022. Ahold USA’s retail divisions—Stop & Shop, Giant Food of Landover, Giant Food Stores of Carlisle, Martin’s and online grocer Peapod—now offer cage-free, free-range, organic and traditional egg varieties for its […]
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Trader Joe’s Aims For Its Eggs To Be Completely Cage-Free By 2025
Trader Joe’s says that the supply side of the egg business has evolved to the point that it can set a 2025 deadline to sell only eggs purchased from suppliers who use cage-free hens. It has set an earlier deadline, 2020, for selling cage-free eggs in several states: California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico and […]
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The NGA Show Expo Floor Sold Out
The National Grocers Association (NGA) announced today that The NGA Show expo floor has sold out for the fourth consecutive year. The 2016 NGA Show will be held from Feb. 28-March 2, at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. “Year after year, we hear from our retail and wholesale attendees about how interactions […]
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NatureFresh Farms Breaks Ground For Phase II In Ohio
With the first crop of OhioRed tomatoes to be picked in late February, NatureFresh Farms says it has broken ground on Phase II of its Delta, Ohio, greenhouse facility. Like Phase I that was completed in late November 2015, Phase II will be 15.30 acres in size. It will be completed this summer. “The support […]
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Teacher And Oregon Ducks Fan Wins Kiolbassa VIP Bowl Experience
For San Antonio, Texas, teacher, father of six and devout Oregon Duck fans Spencer Lake, Christmas came early. On Dec. 21, Kiolbassa Provision Co. named him the recipient of its online Valero Alamo Bowl VIP Package promotion. Lake and three family members attended the Jan. 2 match up between PAC 12 Oregon Ducks and the […]
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Whole Foods Will Pay $500K To Settle NYC Overcharging Claims
New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Julie Menin said Monday that a settlement agreement has been reached with Whole Foods Market. The agreement settles DCA’s investigation into the Austin, Texas-based retailer’s alleged mislabeling of pre-packaged products. Whole Foods refused DCA’s initial demand for $1.5 million and said in a statement that it […]
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Blue Bell To Begin Next Phase Of Market Re-Entry Next Month, Includes Southeast
Blue Bell Ice Cream will enter phase five of its market re-entry plan over a two-week period beginning Jan. 18. The week of Jan. 18 will include middle and eastern Tennessee, the northern sections of Alabama and Georgia and parts of Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The week of Jan. 25 will include […]
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Nestlé Vows To Switch To 100 Percent Cage-Free Eggs By 2020
Nestlé says it will switch to 100 percent cage-free eggs in the U.S. by 2020. The company’s announcement follows similar vows from the likes of McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Compass Group, Aramark, Sodexo, Starbucks, Panera Bread, Dunkin’ Donuts and more. According to The Humane Society of the United Staes (HSUS), Carnival Corp.—the world’s largest cruise company—announced this month a 100 […]
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Laurel Grocery Co. Reports Three Executive Changes
David Pearson, president of Kentucky-based Laurel Grocery Co., has announced executive changes that were effective Nov. 15. On that date, Kip Faulhaber was promoted to SVP of merchandising and marketing, overseeing all marketing, merchandising and procurement for the entire company. Carey Otwell joined Laurel as VP of fresh, responsible for meat, produce, bakery and deli and […]
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Meijer, Masterpiece Flower Co. Enjoy 50-Year Partnership In Michigan
Thanks to its longstanding partnership with a Michigan grower, Meijer is continuing its tradition of supplying each of its 223 stores across the Midwest with locally-grown poinsettias this holiday season—enough to fill about eight football fields. But the partnership with Masterpiece Flower Co. has also allowed the Byron Center, Mich.-based grower to expand its own […]
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Blue Bell Readies For Phase Three Of Return
Blue Bell Ice Cream continues to expand its distribution following the virtual shutdown of its operations earlier this year after a recall of its products. Phase three of the Brenham, Texas-based company’s five-phase market re-entry is scheduled to begin Dec. 14. Phase three includes the remaining majority of Texas and central and southern Alabama. “We […]
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Kiolbassa Provision Co. Named A Top Workplace
Kiolbassa Provision Co. has received a 2015 Top Workplaces honor by the San Antonio Express-News. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, a research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including alignment, execution and […]
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Consumer Support Slows Expansion Of Blue Bell Market Re-Entry
Blue Bell Ice Cream will enter phase two of its five-phase market re-entry plan on Nov. 2. Phase two includes north central Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco areas) and north central and southern Oklahoma (Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas). “We have experienced tremendous consumer response and support since our return to stores on Aug. […]
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Tyson Foods, NACS Donate Truckload Of Protein To Las Vegas Food Bank
Tyson Foods and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) partnered today to donate a truckload of protein to Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas to help eliminate hunger in southern Nevada. Three Square, which serves Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye counties, will distribute the donated food through its service network of agency partners, […]
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Blue Bell Ice Cream Returns To Stores In Select Areas Today
Blue Bell Ice Cream is making its much anticipated return to stores in select areas today. “We are excited to announce that we have begun filling stores with our products,” said Ricky Dickson, VP of sales and marketing for Blue Bell. “It could take more than a week to get everyone stocked with ice cream […]
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Consumer Reports’ Tests: Conventional Ground Beef Twice As Likely To Contain Superbugs As Sustainable Beef
In Consumer Reports new tests of ground beef, 18 percent of the beef samples from conventionally-raised cows contained dangerous superbugs resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics used to treat illness in humans compared with just 9 percent of beef from samples that were sustainably produced. Consumer Reports’ investigation comes as food poisonings are […]
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Blue Bell Ice Cream Will Begin Returning To Shelves Aug. 31
Blue Bell Creameries will begin distributing ice cream to select markets Monday, Aug. 31. The Brenham, Texas-based company made the announcement today. Blue Bell says it has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state health officials in Alabama and Texas of its plan to re-enter select markets on a limited basis. In April, […]
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Michigan Grocers To Honor McDonough’s Market, Koegel Meats
McDonough’s Market on Beaver Island and Koegel Meats of Flint are the 2015 Al Kessel Outstanding Achievement Award winners, the Michigan Grocers Association announced today. “The awards honor former MGA board member Al Kessel, who passed away in 2012,” says MGA President and CEO Linda M. Gobler. “Al was the founder of Kessel Food Markets, […]
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Greenpeace Again Names Whole Foods Tops For Seafood Sustainability
For the third consecutive year, Greenpeace named Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market the top retailer for seafood sustainability in the nonprofit’s annual ranking of U.S. supermarkets. The company earned the highest overall score in the report’s nine-year history, as well as the highest individual scores for transparency, purchasing policies and private label canned tuna sourcing. […]
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Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board Members Appointed
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed eight members to fill vacancies on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. The terms for these appointees began July 1 and expire on June 30, 2018. Newly appointed members are: Brian Linney, Sterling, Virginia (Region 3); Greg Schwarz, Dallas, Texas (Region 8); John Cox, Millersville, Pennsylvania (Region […]