AppCard has acquired ShoptoCook, a Buffalo, New York-based digital marketing company known for its grocery websites, in-store kiosks, recipes and social media marketing support. The acquisition follows years of collaboration between the two companies and marks an expansion of AppCard’s ability to deliver an end-to-end digital commerce experience for grocers, shoppers and CPG partners. Together, the […]
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2025 Leadership Lessons In Review
In my past life as president and COO at two different grocery chains, I would end every year with a review of all the leadership lessons I’d sent out for our teams to look back on. The value in this is keeping the lessons alive in their minds, and they were encouraged to share them […]
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Gonnella Baking Co. Acquires Lineage Manufacturing LLC
Gonnella Baking Co. has acquired Lineage Manufacturing LLC, a producer of frozen dough products, in a move that significantly expands Gonnella’s manufacturing footprint and strengthens its national supply-chain capabilities. As part of the transaction, Gonnella will continue operating a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located within Lineage’s cold-storage campus in Centralia, Washington. The site operates as Gonnella […]
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Report: Gum, Mint Sales To Grow $1B By 2030
The National Confectioners Association’s inaugural “Getting to Know Gum and Mint Consumers 2025” report found that gum and mints account for 13 percent of all confectionery sales. Generational turnovers are reshaping subcategories, with Millennial and Gen Z consumers driving virtually all growth in gum and mints, according to the report. As such, total gum and […]
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80 Acres Farms Broadens Retail Footprint Nationwide
80 Acres Farms, a vertical farming supplier of pesticide-free produce grown in controlled-environment farms, is expanding distribution of its microgreens to more grocery retailers across the U.S.. Shoppers can find 80 Acres Farms branded microgreens at retail banners including Albertson’s, Dorothy Lane Markets, The Fresh Market, H-E-B, King Soopers, Mariano’s, Meijer, Metro Market, Pick ’n […]
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Buehler’s Fresh Foods Appoints Rizvi As CFO
Buehler’s Fresh Foods has appointed Ali Rizvi as CFO, effective Jan. 12. He succeeds Peter O’Donnell, who retired at the end of 2025 following years of service with the employee-owned grocery company. In his new role, Rizvi will lead Buehler’s overall financial strategy and also oversee information systems strategy, ensuring alignment between financial planning, technology […]
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United Supermarkets, Smart Chicken Donate To South Plains Food Bank
As part of an annual giving challenge, United Supermarkets and Smart Chicken partnered to deliver 4,120 pounds of chicken to the South Plains Food Bank, contributing protein to help alleviate food insecurity in that region of Texas. The donation is tied to the 25th Annual Smart Giving program, an initiative in which 10 percent of […]
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Independent Grocers Find Support in NGA Foundation’s Resources
For grocers, staying competitive requires more than selling fresh goods. It demands a commitment to workforce excellence and embracing new technology to handle federal food assistance programs. That is where the National Grocers Association Foundation (NGAF), the 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm of the National Grocers Association (NGA), comes in, providing free specialized, hands-on guidance at no cost to grocery stores of all […]