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Dole ‘Sunshine For All’ Float Wins Queen Award At 2020 Rose Parade

Dole Packaged Foods’ 2020 Rose Parade float, “Sunshine for All,” took home the Queen Award, which is given to the float with the most outstanding presentation of roses. Dole said the float, which featured a large golden sun with tropical waterfalls, celebrated the company’s belief that everyone has the right to nutritious foods, and its […]

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BlueNalu Highlights Cell-Based Yellowtail During Culinary Demonstration

BlueNalu, a San Diego-based food company developing seafood products directly from fish cells, recently held a culinary demonstration of one of its first commercial products, yellowtail amberjack, prepared with various cooking techniques. Investors and global partners were on hand to witness the preparation of the product. The company plans to introduce cell-based seafood in a […]

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Court Approves $850 Million In DIP Financing For Dean Foods

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has entered a final order granting Dallas, Texas-based Dean Foods Co. authority to access the full amount of its $850 million in debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing. The company previously had received interim approval from the court to access up to $475 million of the DIP financing. […]

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Hawaiian Springs Forms Partnership With Navigator Sales & Marketing

Hawaiian Springs recently partnered with Navigator Sales & Marketing, choosing the company as its new sales broker. The company says its combined dynamic leadership team is excited to implement its strategic sales and marketing plan to drive customers into stores. Hawaiian Springs says its offers authentic natural artesian water from Hawaii. It is bottled exclusively at […]

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Alltown Fresh Opens Fresh Convenience Market In Ayer, Massachusetts

Alltown Fresh officially opened the doors to the second fresh store in the state of Massachusetts. Located at 28 Harvard Road in Ayer, the farmstand-style market features organic coffee, fresh food choices and made-to-order meals including organic, natural, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and locally sourced food and ingredients. The concept store hosted a grand opening event […]

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Symphony RetailAI To Demonstrate AI’s Power At NRF 2020

Symphony RetailAI, the Dallas, Texas-based provider of the AI-enabled platform and customer-centric solutions that deliver profitable growth for retailers and CPG manufacturers, says it will participate in NRF 2020 Vision, Retail’s Big Show, and take part in a Big Ideas session with SpartanNash and Dollar General on Sunday, Jan. 12. Additionally, Symphony RetailAI’s booth, 5273, is […]

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New Stater Bros. Store Planned For Whittier, California

Plans are currently underway to build a new Stater Bros. Markets store at the southeast corner of Whittier Boulevard and Sorensen Avenue in the community of Whittier, California. The new site, which will be built from the ground up, will join the commercial sector of The Groves in Whittier, developed by Frontier Real Estate Investments. […]

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C&S, Dumac Business Systems Partner For POS Software Solution

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with Dumac Business Systems Inc. to distribute Dumac’s point of sale (POS) software solution portfolio, RORCv6, to 1,000 C&S independent grocery retail customers across the U.S. RORCv6 is a robust POS solution with customized, feature-rich capabilities and integrations. As a longtime partner with Dumac, C&S […]