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Rouses Markets To Develop Warehouse Complex In Terrebonne Parish

Rouses Markets will develop a new warehouse complex in Terrebonne Parish, about 40 miles west of New Orleans. The new facility is located on 32 acres at the intersection of Highway 311 and Highway 90. The site will include a 310,000-s.f. climate-controlled space and land to add more warehouses, coolers, freezers and eventually a commissary. […]

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Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions Program Launches

In a major step by the organic industry to fight against fraud in the global organic system, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) has launched its Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions program. Organic businesses are voluntarily pre-enrolling in a program to help minimize or eliminate organic fraud both inside and outside of the U.S., according to OTA. […]

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Kroger And Nuro To Deliver In Houston Following Arizona Pilot

Kroger and Nuro announced March 14 that their autonomous grocery delivery service will be expanded to Houston following a successful pilot in Scottsdale, Arizona. The service will be available this spring through two Houston Kroger stores, reaching customers in four local zip codes. Store one is located at 10306 South Post Oak Road servicing 77401 […]

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Independent Verification Of Supply Chain Sustainability More Important Than Ever

by Rick Shanks Chief Sustainability Advisor, Sustainable Environmental Consultants Consumer-driven concerns require a “farm to fork” or food system approach to evaluating environmental impact risk. Consumers today want to know their food is safe, affordable, transparent and sustainably sourced. That means food manufacturers, food marketers and retailers will need to verify that their direct and indirect […]

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Souto Foods Opens New Warehouse In Norcross, Georgia

Souto Foods Wholesale & Distributors opened its new warehouse in Norcross, Georgia, this week. Sebastian Souto, president of the company, told The Shelby Report that the warehouse has nearly 60,000 s.f. of space, with 10,000 s.f. of that refrigerated. The facility can be expanded by another 30,000 s.f. as needed, he said. “We are looking to […]

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Kroger And Ocado Add Two More Sites For High-Tech Customer Fulfillment Centers  

The Kroger Co., America’s largest grocery retailer, and Ocado, one of the world’s largest dedicated online grocery retailers, have selected Central Florida and the Mid-Atlantic as the newly-named regions for their next two customer fulfillment centers (CFC).  “Kroger is excited to partner with Ocado—one of the most innovative, advanced companies in the world—to redefine the […]

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Craft Joins Bashas’ As Procurement, Marketing And Merchandising VP

Bashas’ Family of Stores has hired Barry Craft as VP of marketing, merchandising and procurement for more than 100 grocery stores in Arizona. After a transition period, Craft will take over responsibilities from Phil Hawkes, a longtime Bashas’ veteran who is retiring. Craft comes to Bashas’ with a supermarket background in merchandising, marketing and category […]

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Online Grocer Farmstead Lowers Prices With Refill & Save Program

Farmstead, a San Francisco-based online grocer offering fresh groceries, delivered for free, is rolling out a new offering that it says brings prices for certain popular staples down even lower than local supermarkets.  Farmstead’s new “Refill & Save” program provides customers with recurring orders of certain staples—like milk, eggs, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and bread—with significant […]