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Frieda’s Kicking Off Its Hatch Chile Season Next Week

Hatch Chiles are coming back in season ahead of the usual mid-August start date, and Frieda’s Specialty Produce says it is kicking off the season as early as Aug. 4 with strong supplies. Hatch Chiles are available from Frieda’s in a new Frieda’s-branded 25-lb. case and 8/2-lb. retail pouches in mild, medium and hot heat levels. The pouches help cashiers […]

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Affiliated Foods Adopts BRdata Cloud To Track Scan-Based Promotions

BRdata Cloud recently debuted two new offerings focused on increasing efficiencies between retailers, wholesalers and vendors: Scan Promotion Tracking and Cloud Vendor Portal. Through Scan Promotion Tracking, BRdata Cloud processes stores’ transaction log data to track the number of times promotional items were purchased. Then, at the end of the promotion, BRdata Cloud generates invoices […]

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Vernors Celebrates Michigan Lighthouses With Collectible Cans

Vernors once again is partnering with Pure Michigan to celebrate the Great Lakes State’s coastal landmarks, with limited edition cans featuring seven iconic Michigan lighthouses.  The lighthouses showcased include Forty Mile Point (Rogers City), Old Mackinac Point (Mackinaw City), Point Iroquois (Brimley), Point Betsie (Frankfort), Little Sable Point (Mears), St. Joseph and the oldest lighthouse in the […]

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Meet Gen Z: Plastic Water Bottles Bring Landfills To Mind

by Claire Lentsch/a contributor to The Shelby Report The first thing that comes to mind when it comes to landfills is plastic. Although plastic is not the only thing that forms mountains of waste, it is one of the more common things we face in our day-to-day lives. Ads promote the idea of “save the […]

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Raley’s Redesigns Corporate Offices To Promote ‘Healthy Work Life’

Raley’s Support Center in West Sacramento, California, recently completed a comprehensive renovation to transform the three-story building into an open office environment which promotes collaboration, enhances teamwork and reflects the company’s brand and culture. “We wanted to offer our team members an open, contemporary place to work—to make the environment a happy and productive place […]

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Independent Mississippi Grocer Testifies On Tax Reform

On Wednesday, July 25, Wettlin Treppendahl, single-store operator of Woodville, Mississippi-based Treppendahl’s Super Foods, testified before the House Small Business Committee in a hearing titled “The Tax Law’s Impact on Main Street.” The hearing will examine how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has affected small businesses. Members of the committee will hear directly from […]

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Wilson Produce Plans Expanded Product Lineup, New Branding

Nogales, Arizona-based Wilson Produce, a fourth-generation family farm, is looking to its future after “months of strategic planning and assessment of all areas of the company.” Among changes coming to the company are increases in production of existing items like mini sweet peppers, cucumbers and squash; the addition of new commodities like colored bell peppers […]

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KeHE To Serve As Sprouts’ Primary Distribution Partner Through 2025

As part of a renewed agreement, KeHE Distributors LLC will serve as the primary distribution partner for Sprouts Farmers Market’s natural, organic and fresh products through the year 2025. “Sprouts is one of the fastest-growing, most forward-thinking and efficient merchants in the country, and we are honored they have chosen to renew and expand our […]