The Alliance Marketing Board of Directors has named executives to new roles within the company. “We would like to thank you each for your focus on our core mission during this season of change in our company,” the board shared in a statement. “Each of our businesses are highly successful and we’ve continued to innovate […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inPackaging News, Frozen Food, National
C-P Flexible Packaging, Northwest Frozen Launch Prepared Meals
Preferred Packaging, a division of York, Pennsylvania-based C-P Flexible Packaging, and Seattle, Washington-based Northwest Frozen have collaborated to launch a new line of refrigerated, prepared meals with extended shelf life for retail distribution. The new items include a frozen croissant-shaped gnocchi pasta product called Crocchi that was chosen as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for the […]
Posted inMarketing News, Association News, National
IRI, Boston Consulting Group Announce CPG Growth Leaders
IRI and Boston Consulting Group, a global consulting firm, have released their 11th annual Growth Leaders report. The report analyzes the growth performance of hundreds of large, medium and small public and private CPG companies and highlights drivers of success in today’s market. “The leading CPGs in 2022 won by delivering pricing-led growth while maintaining or driving demand […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
UNFI Assists ECRS CATAPULT Users To Apply Services Suite
Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. and North Carolina-based ECRS have announced an agreement allowing ECRS to assist new and existing CATAPULT retail users in taking advantage of the UNFI Professional Services suite from digital coupons and third-party delivery services to more affordable electronic payments. The agreement provides a working relationship around Electronic Data Interchange […]
Posted inSupply Chain News, Southwest
SymphonyAI Expert Wins 2023 Food Logistics’ Rock Star Award
SymphonyAI Retail CPG, a Dallas-based SymphonyAI vertical, has announced that Product Management Director Florian Loinard has been recognized as a winner of a 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award from Food Logistics. The annual award highlights leaders across the food and beverage industry who are making an impact on improving the safety of cold […]
Posted inSupply Chain News, West
US Foods Adds Electric Delivery Trucks To California Facility
US Foods Holding Corp. has received the company’s first battery-electric powered Freightliner eCascadia trucks at its distribution center in La Mirada, California. The company previously announced plans to add 30 electric trucks to the facility’s fleet in 2023. The company has committed to reducing absolute scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 32.5 percent by […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Merchandising News, National
RangeMe Shares 2022 Global Buyer Search Trends
Coffee, candy and mushrooms were top-of-mind among retail buyers last year, as they were the most-used keyword searches on RangeMe, according to the latest Retail Recap 2022 report. The report highlights trends among the activity of U.S. and international buyers on the product discovery platform, including keyword and certification searches, most visited collections and engagement […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
The Fresh Market Uses Firework For SVLC Retail Media Network
Greensboro, North Carolina-based The Fresh Market is using Firework’s video commerce platform to launch the first shoppable video-live commerce retail media network. The announcement comes during a period of growth for retail media networks. Due to the various features they confer on advertisers — such as ad targeting, increased brand safety and heightened visibility where […]