Feltman’s of Coney Island announced its launch at more than 150 Whole Foods Markets in the North Atlantic, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Florida. Feltman’s Original Casing Hot Dog 1-lb. 6-packs and Feltman’s Skinless Hot Dogs 1-lb. 10-packs have arrived at Whole Foods Market shelves in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, […]
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Visual Merchandising Icon Martin M. Pegler Dies At 97
The International Housewares Association has announced that Gia Expert Juror Martin M. Pegler died Jan. 17, 2020, peacefully at his home in New York surrounded by his family. He was 97. A professor for 30 years in the Display & Exhibit Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Pegler was instrumental […]
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MIDWEST: Fareway Stores To Purchase McGonigle’s In Kansas City, MO
McGonigle’s Food Store Inc. and Fareway Stores Inc. have entered into an agreement for Fareway to purchase the assets of McGonigle’s and proceed with the expansion of the market at 79th and Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, that was recently approved by the Kansas City Council. “I have been through a lengthy rezoning process, where […]
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McLane Promotes Susan Adzick to EVP, COO Of McLane Foodservice
Temple, Texas-based McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, has promoted Susan Adzick to EVP and chief operating officer of McLane Foodservice. The promotion was effective Jan. 6. In July of this year, Adzick will transition to president of McLane Foodservice. “Susan Adzick is an experienced supply chain industry […]
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Happy Egg Co. Becomes First, Only Whole30 Approved Egg Brand
Happy Egg Co. has become the first and only Whole30 Approved egg brand, making it one of seven new Whole30 Approved partners for 2020. “We are excited to add Happy Egg to our Whole30 Approved family,” said Melissa Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO. “Eggs are a Whole30 staple, and Happy Egg’s outstanding animal welfare standards, wide accessibility and […]
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Parker’s Hires Myrvold As Director Of Facilities And Maintenance
Parker’s, a convenience, food service, fuel and technology company headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, recently hired Thomas C. Myrvold as its director of facilities and maintenance. In his new position, Myrvold is responsible for managing the maintenance and repair of all 64 Parker’s convenience stores in Georgia and South Carolina, in accordance with the highest and […]
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Del Monte Fresh Produce Introduces New Pineapple Tags
Coral Gables, Florida-based Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc., a marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, has launched a new way to communicate its ongoing sustainability efforts. Beginning in January, each Del Monte Gold pineapple will feature a new product tag displaying one of six unique Del Monte Fresh sustainability facts […]
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High-Tech Facilities Gravitate Toward Land Of Enchantment
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest It is no small thing when a company like Virgin Galactic relocates jobs to a state. But then, New Mexico went big when it invested more than $200 million in Spaceport America, an 18,000-acre FAA-licensed facility adjacent to the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range and about 45 miles north of Las […]