C.H. Robinson Worldwide, one of the world’s largest third party logistics companies, has announced that it is, for the third straight year, the title sponsor for the Bike MS: C.H. Robinson Worldwide MS 150 Ride. The ride takes place June 9-10. This two-day bike ride is the largest cycling event in Minnesota covering approximately 150 […]
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Pearson Foods Workers Elect Union Representation
Workers at Pearson Foods in Grand Rapdis, Mich., voted for union representation Friday, authorizing the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 951 to represent them in contract negotiations with their employer, a fresh-cut food processing company. “Workers at Pearson Foods were looking for some help,” John Cakmakci, UFCW 951’s secretary-treasurer, said. “They wanted to […]
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Jim Carroll To Deliver Keynote At Gilbarco’s Upcoming Summit
World-leading international futurist Jim Carroll will deliver the keynote address at Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Digital Forecourt Marketing Summit on June 26-27 in Chicago. As a trends and innovation expert, Carroll helps growth-oriented organizations transform into high-velocity innovation heroes. His clients range from Northrop Grumman to Johnson & Johnson, the Swiss Innovation Forum to the National Australia […]
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Salemville Blue-Veined Cheeses Unveils New Products, Packaging
DCI Cheese Co. has introduced three new items to its award-winning line of blue-veined cheeses: Salemville Smokehaus Blue® wedges (4 oz.), Salemville Reserve wedges (4 oz.) and Salemville Reserve crumble cups (4 oz.). Additionally, all of the brand’s 4-oz., exact-weight wedges have received appealing new packaging. These additions and updates are being launched in tandem […]
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General Mills Buying Brazilian Food Maker For Nearly $1B
General Mills Inc. said Thursday it is buying privately-held Brazilian packaged-food maker Yoki Alimentos for $958 million, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The price includes the assumption of $98 million in debt, Golden Valley, Minn.-based General Mills said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said it expects the […]
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Randy Edeker Elected New Chairman, CEO of Hy-Vee
For only the fourth time in the company’s 82-year history, Hy-Vee Inc. has a new chairman and CEO. Today, Hy-Vee’s board of directors elected Randy Edeker, 49, to succeed Ric Jurgens, whose retirement on June 1 caps a 43-year career with the West Des Moines, Iowa-based supermarket chain. Edeker most recently served as president and […]
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LiveAisle Signage Can Give Small Grocers Big-Store Sales Appeal
Avery Dennison Designed and Engineered Solutions has introduced low-cost shelf signage that enables grocers and small supermarket chains to advertise sales at the shelf-level with the same degree of professionalism as retailing giants. Avery Dennison LiveAisle™ shelf solutions consist of shelf talkers, markers, end cap talkers, violators and wobblers. The signage has a unique product […]
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General Mills Cutting 850 Jobs
General Mills said today that it is eliminating 850 jobs worldwide in an effort to cut costs. Golden Valley, Minn.-based General Mills said in a news release the move would cost $109 million, with most of that being recorded in the fourth quarter, which ends May 27. General Mills said the move is “designed to […]