Cedar’s Foods, a Ward Hill, Massachusetts-based producer and co-manufacturer of hummus, is nearing completion of construction on a new 125,000-s.f., state-of-the-art facility. Cedar’s invested $100 million in the new facility, which will double the total annual production output to 208 million pounds of hummus and Mediterranean foods, enabling the company to manufacture its Cedar’s Foods […]
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Exclusive: Buche Foods Opens Needed Store On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest (see more photos at end of story) The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is home to the Oglala Lakota Tribe. It is located a little west of Buche Foods’ normal territory, but the grocery company always is looking to grow. Besides, Buche Foods already operates a grocery store on the […]
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VideoMining’s Analytics Tool To Aid Strategies For Foodservice Shoppers
VideoMining Corp.‘s, the Meal Builder, is a new interactive, cloud-based analytics tool for helping to develop strategies for growing the basket of c-store foodservice shoppers. The tool enables users to dive deep into a rich information set, including which foodservice types are purchased on different dayparts, cross-purchase details for each food type for each daypart, […]
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Giant Shoppers Can Identify PA Preferred Products Via Shelf Tags
Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based Giant Food Stores has introduced PA Preferred shelf tags at all of its stores located within the Commonwealth to help customers to find products grown or produced in Pennsylvania. PA Preferred is the official brand of food and agricultural products grown, produced or processed in Pennsylvania. Giant has been a strong supporter of […]
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New Hampshire’s Genuine Local Obtains USDA Organic Certification
Genuine Local, a local commercial kitchen and small business accelerator in Meredith, New Hampshire, is now a USDA Certified Organic facility. As stated by the USDA, the facility shall, “demonstrate that they are protecting natural resources, conserving biodiversity and using only approved substances.” An organic certification opens another channel for success for the growing food […]
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Food Lion To-Go Launches In Multiple Locations
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is launching its Food Lion To-Go grocery pickup service at multiple area locations on Monday, June 24. For a full list of participating stores, click here. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at each location at 8:45 a.m. To help introduce customers to this new service, Food Lion is […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New West Covina, California, Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market soon will finish construction on its new store in West Covina, California. The more than 30,000-s.f. store at 2630 East Workman will open on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 a.m. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. The new West Covina Sprouts is bringing […]
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Young’s Market, RNDC Agree To Expand Partnership To Serve 33 Markets
Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) and Young’s Market Co. have agreed to partner in all of Young’s current markets, expanding the existing partnership between Young’s and RNDC in Arizona. The combined company will serve customers in 33 complementary markets, including 32 states and the District of Columbia. The transaction between Young’s and RNDC is expected […]