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Brookshire Grocery Co. Expands Digital Commerce Capabilities

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), a Texas-based food retailer, working with Mercatus—a digital commerce solutions provider—has rolled out online ordering with curbside pickup service to 100 stores in its Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods and Fresh by Brookshire’s banners. After initially piloting curbside pickup in late 2017 at its Fresh by Brookshire’s store in Tyler, Texas, the company […]

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Cheer Pack Offers Next Generation Of Packaging With Spouted, Premade Pouch

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts-based Cheer Pack North America (CPNA) is offering a new type of packaging—a spouted premade pouch specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s consumers. Cheer Pack pouches are portable, safe, offer a lower carbon footprint than other packaging types and are ideally suited for e-commerce.  They will be available for view at […]

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New Study Predicts Retail-Ready Corrugated Display Sales To Reach $1.8B In 2023

Demand for retail-ready corrugated displays is projected to increase 3.2 percent annually to $1.8 billion in 2023, according to a new study, “Retail-Ready Packaging,” from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, Ohio-based industry research firm. Gains will be restrained by the limited amount of floor space that can be occupied by displays, especially because most stores already use […]

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Balance Innovations Helps Retailers Put Idle Cash To Use Effectively

Taking idle cash and making it available for other purposes is the idea behind Balance Innovations’ new cash forecasting capability. CEO Darren Knipp of the Lenexa, Kansas-based company, told The Shelby Report at the National Retail Federation’s 2019 Big Show, “We’ve historically provided an operational focus solution for stores to help automate their cash management, […]

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Uncle Dougie’s Launches Organic (Way More Than) BBQ Sauces

Original Uncle Dougie’s is set to debut a line of USDA-certified organic barbecue sauces in a squeeze pouch tomorrow (March 1) in response to research conducted with more than 1,000 consumers. “We talked to men and women across the country who are heavy barbecue sauce users. They’re a confident bunch and they had very straightforward […]

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Haaraoja To Take Over As Price Chopper President, CEO In April

Industry veteran Brian Haaraoja will succeed Peter J. Ciacco as president and CEO of Price Chopper Enterprises (PCE). Haaraoja joined Kansas-based Price Chopper on Feb. 25 and will transition fully to the role by mid-April when Ciacco retires. Haaraoja most recently served as VP of marketing and merchandising of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based HAC Inc., parent company […]

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Campbell Soup Co. To Sell Refrigerated Soup Plant In Washington

Campbell Soup Co. has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Everett, Washington, refrigerated soup plant to an affiliate of the Joshua Green Corp. (JGC), a Seattle-based private investment company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The 225,000-s.f. Everett facility is part of the fresh division, which includes Bolthouse Farms and Garden Fresh […]