Whitney Atkins will join the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) as its VP of marketing on Nov. 27. She will lead the marketing team responsible for telling the story of the association and driving member engagement. “I look forward to joining the IDDBA team, serving our industry and providing resources to our membership that […]
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FMI’s ‘Speaks’ Report Indicates Optimism, Sarasin Says
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) had good news to share on Oct. 4, as President and CEO Leslie Sarasin presented the annual “Food Retailing Industry Speaks” report. Sarasin said she was struck by the optimism expressed through industry response to FMI’s survey. “Food retailers are confident,” she said. “Transactions, transaction size and sales per store […]
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Kroger Bringing Toys R Us Brand To Nearly 600 Stores For The Holidays
Kroger is partnering with Geoffrey’s Toy Box to bring its exclusive brands to nearly 600 Kroger-owned stores across America for the 2018 holiday season. The company, formerly known as Toy R Us, announced in early October that it had canceled an auction to sell off all its assets. Instead, it reorganized as Geoffrey LLC and […]
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Sprouts Launches Online Meal Ordering With Recipes, Seasonal Products
From natural and organic holiday staples to fresh organic turkeys, fully prepared meals and catering trays, Sprouts is hoping to make building a festive spread easier this year. Shoppers can get ahead of holiday meal planning at sprouts.com/holiday, where they can reserve main course meats, fully prepared holiday meals and catering trays, plus browse recipes and […]
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Albertsons Cos.’ Signature Reserve Line Enters New Categories
Albertsons Cos. has expanded Signature Reserve, its exclusive new top-shelf label, into a host of new categories. “Signature Reserve inspires delicious discovery with extraordinary and expertly sourced flavors and ingredients,” said Geoff White, president of Albertsons Cos. Own Brands. “I personally experienced this with our Tomato, Porcini and Black Truffle Pasta Sauce. It instantly became […]
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Welch’s Fruit Snacks’ Superfruit Offering Targets Trend Seekers
Michael Rosenberg, CEO of The Promotion in Motion Cos., was representing Welch’s Fruit Snacks’ new superfruit offering at this year’s National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Expo, held Oct. 8-10 in Las Vegas. The superfruit mix has “some really interesting flavors that are really on trend right now, like blends of goji berry and starfruit […]
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Walmart, PayActiv Partner To Make Cash-Based Wages More Accessible
PayActiv, a provider of employment-based holistic financial wellness services, is rolling out cash access of earned wages at any Walmart for PayActiv employee members. This will enable millions of workers across the country the flexibility to access wages any time their local Walmart Money Center or Walmart Service Desk is open with no delay in […]
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PepsiCo Sets New Packaging Goal Of 25% Recycled Plastic Content
As part of its sustainable plastics plan, PepsiCo Inc. has set its sights on a new goal to use 25 percent recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025. PepsiCo aims to achieve this goal by collaborating with suppliers and partners, helping to increase consumer education, fostering cross-industry and public-private partnerships, and advocating for improved […]
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HR & Benefits News: Workplace Bullying And The Potential Costs
HR & Benefits News is a monthly column by Chris Cooley, co-founder of MyHRConcierge and SMB Benefits Advisors. Most of us experienced or witnessed bullying on the playground as kids, but many small and medium business owners are unaware of how prevalent bullying currently is in the workplace, and how corrosive it can be to the work […]
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Trump Administration Launches ‘Winning On Reducing Food Waste’ Initiative
The USDA, the EPA and the FDA on Oct. 18 announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the “Winning on Reducing Food Waste” initiative. The agreement is aimed at improving coordination and communication across federal agencies attempting to better educate Americans on the impacts and importance of reducing food loss and waste. Signing the […]
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Supervalu Stockholders Approve United Natural Foods Merger
At a special meeting of stockholders held Oct. 18, stockholders of Supervalu Inc. approved the proposed acquisition of Supervalu by United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI). It was announced in July that UNFI and Supervalu had entered into a definitive agreement under which UNFI would acquire Supervalu for $32.50 per share in cash, or approximately $2.9 billion, including the assumption of outstanding […]
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Aldi Never Any! Meats Receive The Good Housekeeping Seal
The entire lineup of products under the Aldi-exclusive brand of meats, Never Any!, has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal, a symbol of quality assurance and consumer protection since 1909. All meats in the Never Any! line are certified by the USDA as raised antibiotic-free, with no added hormones or steroids, and no animal byproducts (vegetarian fed). “The Aldi Never […]
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Bringing Deli To The People
Sponsored content Be Experiential: Austin Food + Wine Festival by Brad Bennett/channel marketing manager, deli, Tyson Foods Inc. Back at the office, we talk with shoppers a lot about what they want with food from the deli. I wanted to see if the deli department mimics the latest food desires of consumers and how […]
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Instacart Raises $600M In New Funding For Expansion, Marketing
Instacart has raised $600 million as part of a financing round led by global investment advisory firm D1 Capital Partners. The investment from D1 Capital comes after a year of growth for Instacart and raises the company’s valuation to $7.6 billion. “The U.S. is nearly a $1 trillion grocery market, and last year we saw almost every […]
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Martin Appointed President Of IFCO North America
IFCO, the world’s leading supplier of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh food packaging, has appointed Dan Martin as president, IFCO North America. “We are pleased to welcome Dan Martin back to the IFCO family,” said IFCO CEO Wolfgang Orgeldinger. “He understands the unique role IFCO plays in the fresh food value chain, as well […]
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Albertsons Cos. Debuts Its Online Marketplace For Third-Party Sellers
Albertsons Cos. has launched its online marketplace, moreforu.com, powered by Mirakl, a global marketplace solutions provider. The marketplace will offer customers the ability to discover more specialty food items alongside beauty and wellness products from a network of third-party sellers. With a focus on natural, organic, ethnic and alternative products, Albertsons aims to provide a […]
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Aging Consumers Slow Down U.S. Food And Beverage Consumption
While the economy is improving, the aging population and corresponding changes in life stage will contribute to the decline in total eating occasions on a per capita basis in the U.S., according to The NPD Group‘s recently released Eating Patterns in America. Modest population growth will result in a less than one percent annual increase in […]
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Aramark Northern Europe President Leading NACS Executive Committee
Frank Gleeson, president of Aramark Northern Europe, has been named the 2018-19 chairman for NACS, the National Association for Convenience Retailing. Gleeson began his one-year term this week at the NACS Show, which took place Oct. 7-10 in Las Vegas. Gleeson joined Aramark in 2014 as managing director of food services Ireland and more recently […]
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Prime Delivery From Whole Foods Reaches Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Others
Amazon has launched grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Annapolis, Cleveland, Louisville, North and Central New Jersey and Pittsburgh, as well as additional locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prime members in those cities now can shop through Prime Now for thousands of items, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, […]
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The Wonderful Co. Surpasses $1B Spent Marketing Its Brands
The Wonderful Co., known for its Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos and POM Wonderful, has invested more than $1 billion over the past decade marketing its products to consumers across the globe. This milestone, which Wonderful will celebrate at PMA Fresh Summit, “has made Wonderful Pistachios America’s No. 1 fastest-growing snack brand, Wonderful Halos America’s No. […]