Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Companies has expanded its Supplier Diversity Program to reaffirm its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The company is seeking to partner and support innovative and diverse suppliers as it hosts its second virtual summit this week. “Albertsons Cos. is dedicated to providing opportunities to diverse suppliers to grow their business and […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Kraft Heinz Completes Acquisition Of Just Spices
The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Kraft Heinz Company has completed its acquisition of an 85 percent stake in Germany-based Just Spices GmbH. The remaining 15 percent ownership stake has been retained by Just Spices’ three founders, who will continue on with the company and focus on driving the business and its international growth. The proposed deal was […]
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ECRM To Host Webcasts On Diversity And Sustainability
ECRM, an end-to-end product sourcing solutions for retailers, has begun efforts to drive retail industry engagement around corporate social responsibility with its Diversity Week and Retail Sustainability Collaborative. They are two educational and product sourcing initiatives in support of creating more opportunities for diverse, inclusive and sustainably-focused suppliers. Each will include a series of webcasts […]
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Relationshop Announces Partnership With University Of Houston
by Eric Pereira / content creator Relationshop, a Houston, Texas-based provider of highly personalized, customer engagement and commerce solutions for supermarkets and convenience retailers, has announced a new partnership with the University of Houston College of Technology to establish a new Retail AI Innovation Lab. “We will be working alongside their consumer and data sciences […]
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Catalina Data Reports Private Brands Outpace CPG Brands
While the number of new product introductions has fallen during the first two years of the pandemic – with private brands introducing nearly 34 percent fewer products in 2020 and 54 percent fewer products in 2021 – new national CPG Brands dropped substantially more – down 46 percent and 65 percent respectively – compared to […]
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KeHE Expands Distribution Partnership With Publix Supermarkets
KeHE Distributors will expand its distribution of natural and specialty products for Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Supermarkets. “With a rewarding and longstanding partnership with Publix, we are delighted to increase KeHE’s distribution of natural and specialty items for Publix,” stated Lisa Burke, VP of sales for Publix at KeHE. “This enhanced partnership will allow us to better serve […]
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Where To Buy Announces Launch Of CPG Store Locator Software
Where to Buy announces its launch of an advanced, data-rich store locator solution for the food and beverage industry, with actual in-store and online grocery location data. The company says that the Where to Buy software sets the standard as the most feature-rich, affordable store locator solution by zeroing in on the food and beverage industry. The […]
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Rethinking Pandemic Trends To Drive 2022 Marketing
Sponsored content Food retailers need to test and experiment to meet the changing needs of shoppers by Amichay Oren The pandemic is still with us, but its impact on marketing is different as we move into 2022. In the early days of the pandemic, marketing took a back seat to more urgent matters. Food retailers […]