Safeway Inc. customers and employees raised $10.4 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), funding millions of dollars in research and for supporting MDA clinical care. Safeway EVP Larree Renda presented National Youth Chairman Luke Christie with the check during the MDA Labor Day Telethon in Las Vegas on Sept. 4. Including this year’s contributions, […]
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Women of the Industry
[gn_tabs style=”5″] [gn_tab title=”The West“] [gn_spoiler title=”Christianson: Goal-Oriented Decisions Propel Career“] by Ashley Bates/staff writer As COO of the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC), Carole Christianson said her main objective—along with the WAFC—is education. Education has been a constant theme for Christianson throughout her life. She says she decided at an early age that […]
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Grapery Introduces New Cotton Candy Grapes
Bakersfield, California (September 7, 2011) – The Cotton Candy green grape, with a distinctive and sweet flavor, is in its first year of commercial trial production in Grapery’s California vineyards. “Cotton Candy tastes like no other grape,” said Grapery CEO Jim Beagle in a company press release. “You have to try them for yourself. Frankly […]
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Eight Brokerage Firms Come Together for BEACONUNITED
A group of eight leading U.S. food brokers are combining forces to build brands for manufacturers and enhance retailer relationships. The eight brokerage houses are ArchPoint Sales in San Antonio; Blackford Brokers in Shawnee Mission, Kan.; Brennan & Nagel Marketing and Sales, St. Louis; Carlin O’Brien, Chicago; Co-Sales Co., Arizona; ESM/Ferolie, New Jersey; KCBS, Cincinnati; […]
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Obregon Resigns from the Hass Avocado Board
Jose Luis Obregon has resigned as the executive director of the Hass Avocado Board
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Debit Swipe Fee Reforms: What Does it All Mean for Your Business?
For nearly a decade merchants have been fighting to level the playing field and bring about reforms of debit and credit card interchange fees (often referred to as swipe fees)—fees that total over $50 billion a year. A little over a year ago merchants and consumers scored a major victory when an amendment authored by […]
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Schultz to Retire as Valassis CEO
Alan Schultz, who orchestrated an acquisition that doubled his company’s revenue and then later led it through a legal triumph over its archrival, will retire as president and CEO of Livonia, Mich.-based marketing giant Valassis Communications Inc. in December. Shultz, 52, will be replaced by longtime Valassis executive Rob Mason, the company said in a […]
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Snapple & Maroon 5 Release ‘Tea Will Be Loved’ to Benefit Feeding America
Snapple and Grammy award-winning pop-rock band Maroon 5 have partnered to launch ‘Tea Will Be Loved’