Hormel Foods Corp. soon will open its newest production facility, Papillion Foods, located in Papillion, Nebraska, which will make dry sausage products for the company. “We are excited to be opening up this facility to not only help meet the demand for our branded sausage products, but also provide fantastic career opportunities in our community,” said Ed […]
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Will Growth Of E-Commerce Change In-Store Experience?
by Cindy Sorensen / founder, The Grocery Group Unless you were living under a rock in 2020, it was impossible to go an entire day without seeing an article or newsclip about the role of e-commerce in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and shoppers’ reluctance to fulfill their grocery needs through a brick-and-mortar […]
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Vie-Del Acquires Constellation Brands And Canandaigua Concentrate
Vie-Del Co., the oldest family-owned grape processor and supplier of bulk juices, concentrates, brandy, wine and spirits in California, has announced the completion of the acquisition of the Canandaigua Concentrate High-Color Concentrate and standard grape concentrate business lines from Constellation Brands U.S. Operations Inc. The transaction was approved by the Federal Trade Commission on Dec. […]
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FMI Commends Release Of 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines
FMI – The Food Industry Association released a statement Dec. 29 from FMI Director of Health and Well-being Krystal Register, MS, RDN, LDN, regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services release of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. “The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans are designed to provide the framework for all Americans to […]
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Freshop Committed To ‘Learning, Living And Breathing Grocery’
Focus includes self-checkout, touchless store environments by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Freshop is an e-commerce solution for grocery and retail. And as one might expect, CEO Brian Moyer said the platform has grown an incredible amount in 2020, acquiring thousands of new stores. But why Freshop? According to Moyer, retail partners say the company “really knows […]
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Consumers Stockpiling More Now Than in March Due To Covid Surge
COVID-19 cases are surging in record-breaking numbers across the country. As a result, consumers are again adjusting their shopping habits. Nearly half of Americans (48 percent) are more concerned about the pandemic now than just a month ago, leading shoppers to stockpile essentials at higher rates than at the start of the pandemic. Shopkick, a shopping […]
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NGA Foundation Joins Campaign To Attract Essential Grocery Workers
The NGA Foundation is investing in a multichannel campaign to attract workers from other industries displaced due to the pandemic to new careers in the grocery industry. At a time when foodservice and other channels of retail have pared down their workforces because of pandemic-related restrictions on their operations, grocers – deemed an essential business […]