Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE Distributors LLC has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry partners that provides a framework to assess the environmental and energy efficiency as goods move through the supply chain. By joining SmartWay Transport Partnership, KeHE demonstrates its strong environmental leadership and corporate responsibility. […]
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Titan Farms Teaches Peach Growing To Florida First-Graders
Representatives from Titan Farms taught first-grade students at Lakewood Elementary School in Fort Pierce, Florida, about agriculture and peach-growing practices. South Carolina-based Titan Farms Sales Account Manager Sandra White, along with Florida peach farmer Adrian Morales from Riverside Citrus Harvesting, teamed up to teach students how peaches are grown. The community education opportunity came to […]
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Remembering Former Morris Alper Chairman Frederic Alper
(Editor’s note: Mr. Alper’s family recently requested that we share the news of his death, which occurred last summer.) Mr. Frederic M. Alper died Aug. 9, 2018, following a long illness. He was 79. Mr. Alper served as president and later chairman of Morris Alper Inc., one of the largest food brokerage companies in the […]
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QuickChek Names Smyly, Kwiecien To Lead Culinary Team
QuickChek has appointed Chris Smyly as director of foodservice and has hired Chef Ted Kwiecien as culinary specialist. The Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based fresh convenience market chain has been opening newly designed stores with more than half of each new store’s space dedicated to fresh foodservice. Smyly has been a senior category manager with the […]
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Buehler’s Fresh Foods Launches Online Shopping Service
Buehler’s Fresh Foods’ new online shopping site is now live. The food retailer has enhanced its online grocery shopping service, adding some of the perks and conveniences suggested by customers. Customers at four Buehler’s locations can order groceries online for curbside pickup the same day. Locations include Wooster Milltown, Medina River Styx, Canton and Wadsworth, […]
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Piggly Wiggly Midwest Stores Now Accepting Healthy Savings
Piggly Wiggly Midwest is now accepting the Healthy Savings wellness program at all locations. Healthy Savings is a national health and wellness program helping health insurers, employers, government entities and nonprofits make healthier foods more affordable. Partnering with more than 14,000 brands and stores, Healthy Savings allows members to save more than $50 weekly on healthier […]
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Whole Foods Now Carrying Wayne Farms Chicken Line
Whole Foods Market is now carrying Naked Truth Premium Chicken in its meat departments at stores nationwide. Naked Truth Premium Chicken is produced by Oakwood, Georgia-based Wayne Farms LLC. The new, fully cooked, flash-frozen chicken products are all natural, meaning they contain no artificial ingredients, no preservatives, no nitrates or nitrites; 100 percent vegetarian diet […]
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Hain Celestial Sells WestSoy Brand To Keystone Natural
Hain Celestial Group Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, has completed the divestiture of the WestSoy tofu, seitan and tempeh businesses to Keystone Natural Holdings, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital focusing on plant-based food. The strategic divestiture did not include the WestSoy […]