The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s 2023 State of the Industry Report reveals that the industry is seeing a steady comeback since the slowdown of the pandemic, despite current economic uncertainty. Results show that 60 percent of foodservice packaging manufacturers and suppliers experienced growth in volume, which is down 20 percent compared with last year’s large increase […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
ECRS Expands Operations With New Deployment Center
ECRS has announced the opening of its new deployment center on Industrial Park Drive in Boone, North Carolina. The facility will build, manufacture, prepackage and ship retail technology solutions to retailers located throughout North America and the Carribean. The renovated building more than doubles the size of the previous hardware warehouse and shipping space. With a 33-year […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
Southeastern Grocers’ Uses Zebra Services To Improve Operations
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers is modernizing technology for its store employees with Zebra Technologies’ workforce and task management solutions to improve in-store operations and elevate the customer experience. Southeastern Grocers selected solutions from Zebra’s Modern Store framework to better engage employees and optimize store labor productivity across its network. Leveraging Zebra’s software capabilities enables the grocer to align the […]
Posted inWholesaler/Distributor News, Northeast, Sustainability News
UNFI’s Solar Investments Expected To Reduce Operational Costs
Providence, Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. has completed its largest solar array investment to date at its distribution center in Howell, New Jersey. The 3.2-megawatt roof mounted solar array is the company’s eighth solar installation and is three times larger than any previous installation. UNFI also plans to complete LED energy lighting upgrades at […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Bazaarvoice, Acosta Group Partner On Omnichannel Strategies
Acosta Group, a collective of retail, marketing and foodservice agencies, has partnered with Bazaarvoice to drive revenue growth for brands by aligning their social commerce and technology solutions. With this partnership, Acosta Group will integrate the social commerce capabilities of Bazaarvoice across ratings and reviews, sampling and user-generated content (UGC) syndication. Bazaarvoice UGC is available to […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southwest
Affiliated Foods Selects HIMPACT System To Optimize Inventory
Amarillo, Texas-based Affiliated Foods Inc. has chosen Herlitz Inventory Management’s HIMPACT as its new purchasing system. AFI was founded in 1968 as the result of a merger between two grocery companies. Over the past half a century, the grocery retail cooperative and distribution center has grown to include more than 700 member stores spanning eight states. “We […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Grocery Store Layout, Southeast
Save A Lot Debuts Two Remodeled Stores In Florida
Save A Lot held grand reopenings April 1 at two recently renovated stores in North Florida. The locations – 816 6th St. in MacClenny and 16702 SE Hwy 19 in Cross City – held a cookout, with proceeds donated to local youth groups. The reopenings featured free samples from Sunset Farms Foods, Nettle’s Sausage Company […]
Posted inPackaging News, West
ZAG Named Speaker At Food Northwest Process, Packaging Expo
ZAG Technical Services will be attending, exhibiting and leading an event session on achievable business outcomes with robotic process automation April 4-6 at the Food Northwest Process and Packaging Expo in Portland, Oregon. ZAG’s event session will be led by VP of Data and Software Services Thuan Ngo. Titled, “How to use software robots to automate […]