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Albertsons Cos. Commits To Responsibly Sourcing Sushi By 2022

As part of its ongoing efforts to advance the sustainability of the seafood offerings at its approximately 2,300 stores, Albertsons Cos. is making a public commitment that guarantees its sushi will be sourced sustainably and responsibly.   The company’s sushi commitment is focused on ensuring the top five wild and farmed-raised seafood species used for sushi […]

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Food Lion Expands Home Delivery Service Area To Sanford, N.C.

More Food Lion customers in the greater Raleigh, North Carolina, area can have their groceries delivered to their door through the grocer’s partnership with Instacart, Food Lion is expanding the delivery service to Sanford-area customers. “Since its launch in the Raleigh area in June 2016, Instacart has been well received by our customers, and we […]

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Whole Foods Market Opens New Chicago Distribution Center

Whole Foods Market joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday to open its new 140,000-s.f. distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The new DC will allow Whole Foods to better serve its 26 Chicagoland locations as well as an additional 34 locations across the Midwest and Eastern Canada, says the natural […]

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CEO Of Online-Only British Grocery Chain To Keynote FMI Midwinter

As the food retail industry navigates the “e-commerce revolution” and customers shift toward purchasing opportunities beyond in-store shopping, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has invited Tim Steiner, co-founder and CEO of Ocado: the online supermarket, to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Midwinter Executive Conference. FMI hopes Steiner will be able to help its members better understand […]

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All Hy-Vee Brand Shelf-Stable Tuna Products Now Responsibly Sourced

Less than one year after Hy-Vee announced it was expanding its Seafood Procurement Policy to include the shelf-stable tuna category, 100 percent of its private-brand shelf-stable tuna products are now sourced from environmentally preferred fisheries. “We continue to push forward in our seafood sustainability goals and add categories to our list of responsibly sourced items,” […]

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FDA Observational Data Shows Most Common Food Safety Violations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its inspectional observation data for fiscal 2017—an overview of violations cited by FDA during routine food facility inspections from October 2016 through September 2017. FDA consulting firm Registrar Corp. firm compiled the most commonly cited food safety violations: Lack of Effective Pest Exclusion/Screening–The facility does not take effective measures to […]

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Price Chopper Extends Instacart Partnership To More New England Stores

Price Chopper Supermarkets and Market 32 continue to grow their partnership with Instacart, a nationwide on-demand grocery delivery service. Same-day home delivery of groceries started Dec. 13 in Price Chopper/Market 32 customers in Torrington, Connecticut, and Pittsfield, Sutton, Lenox, Great Barrington and Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Instacart delivery fees vary based on the order size and desired […]

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McLane Opens $150M Ohio DC Featuring Robots, Artificial Intelligence

On Friday, Dec. 1, McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, celebrated the opening of its $150 million, 417,338-s.f. grocery distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Governor John Kasich. “Of our 80 grocery and foodservice distribution centers nationwide, the Findlay facility is the most technologically […]