Weis Markets has entered into an asset purchase agreement with T.C.D. Realty Inc. to purchase two of its supermarket locations in Pennsylvania. The locations are the Thomas’ Foodtown in Dallas and the Thomas’ Food Basics in Shavertown. The company expects the transaction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. Once the purchase is […]
Category: Northeast
The Shelby Report of the Northeast covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Inserra ShopRite Partners With Butterflake Bakery In New Milford
New Milford, New Jersey-based Inserra ShopRite is partnering with Butterflake Bakery of Teaneck, New Jersey. Butterflake’s specially made breads, cakes and desserts will be delivered daily fresh to ShopRite of New Milford, home to the ShopRite Bake Shop, which features professionally trained bakers and cake decorators. “We are delighted to partner with another family-owned and operated local […]
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Palm Beach Capital Makes Investment In J. Polep Distribution Services
Palm Beach Capital has made an investment in J. Polep Distribution Services, a convenience store and grocery distributor serving more than 6,000 customers in the northern U.S. Financial terms were not disclosed in the Sept. 30 announcement. Based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, J. Polep distributes candy and snacks; fresh, frozen and refrigerated foods; cigarettes and cigars; […]
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Red Thread Coffee Co. Relaunches With A New CEO
Red Thread Coffee Co., the women-founded and women run company that makes the only cold brew where the entire line is certified organic, Fair Trade and single origin with no sugar or additives, is relaunching under new CEO Kelly Reilly, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience. Red Thread also launched a […]
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Impossible Burger Makes East Coast Grocery Debut In Wegmans, Fairway
After a launch on the West Coast, the Impossible Burger has made its East Coast grocery store debut at all 100 Wegmans grocery stores in seven states and at two Manhattan locations of Fairway Market. Though widely available in restaurants since 2016, the award-winning Impossible Burger became available in grocery stores Sept. 20, when it […]
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Focal Systems Shelf Camera Pilot With Wakefern Expanded
Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its Focal Systems pilot from four to 50 stores. Focal, a provider of retail automation solutions, offers shelf camera-based computer vision systems that capture images of store shelves in order to calculate what is out of stock. “Focal Systems’ out-of-stock detection through computer vision and artificial intelligence has enabled us […]
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Debut Of Big Slice From Rustic Crust Includes Social Media Promo
Rustic Crust, maker of all-natural ready-made pizza crusts, has a new angle when it comes to pizza geometrics. Its new Big Slice—available exclusively at 2,400 Walmarts nationwide—is literally a giant pizza slice, more than 15 inches long and triangular. Made with all-natural premium ingredients—no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives—the Big Slice is handcrafted and wood-fired. […]
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Bakery Manufacturer, Supplier Dawn Foods Opens Digital Innovation Hub
Global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods has opened its first-ever Digital Innovation Hub, located in Boston. Under the leadership of Chief Digital Officer Bob Howland, the Innovation Hub team will play an instrumental role in developing digital solutions for Dawn’s bakery customers. Dawn says it selected Boston for its Digital Innovation Hub due […]
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Kind Fruit Bites Removed From Retail As Kids Want ‘Candy’-Like Options
Kind Healthy Snacks is calling attention to the use of synthetic dyes in a wide variety of foods consumed by children. The company not only hopes to highlight the excess use of synthetic dyes in obvious culprits—like cereals and sugary beverages—but also unexpected, seemingly healthy foods like fruit snacks, yogurt and applesauce. The consumption of […]
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Campbell Soup Co. Completes Sale Of Kelsen Group To Ferrero Affiliate
Campbell Soup Co. says it has completed the sale of Kelsen Group to a Ferrero affiliated company for $300 million, subject to customary adjustments. Camden, New Jersey-based Campbell will use the proceeds from the divestiture, first announced in July, to reduce debt. Based in Nørre Snede, Denmark, Kelsen is a producer of baked snacks whose primary […]
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C&S Wholesale Grocers Launches Delivery Alerts With FourKites
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. says it is transforming the way its supply chain drives customers’ growth through innovative technology that provides real-time data and analytics. C&S has partnered with FourKites, a predictive supply chain visibility company, to provide customers with insight into its operations. Using FourKites’ platform, C&S Delivery Alerts sends logic-based […]
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Whole Foods Installs New York WaterMaker For Test Kitchen Baking
About a year ago, New York WaterMaker introduced what it describes as the world’s first water source replication/customization system. Now the company is making an entry into the supermarket industry with the installation of a New York WaterMaker in Whole Foods Market’s new state-of-the-art test kitchen in Rockville, Maryland. Water is a main ingredient in […]
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EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Meets With NYC Food Waste Organizations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently participated in several events in the South Bronx that focused on food waste. “Addressing the problem of food waste will take cooperation across the public and private sectors, so it was a pleasure to meet with some of the leading organizations and companies committed to eliminating […]
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Budweiser And Jim Beam Collaborate On Black Lager
Budweiser and Jim Beam bourbon unveiled Budweiser Reserve Black Lager, a limited-supply brew with an ABV of 7.1 percent. This specialty beer marks the second collaboration between Budweiser and Jim Beam, joining Budweiser Reserve Copper Lager. Budweiser Reserve Black Lager is aged on six-year Jim Beam bourbon barrel staves for a bolder taste. Budweiser describes […]
Posted inNortheast, Association News, Nonfood Items
Flavored E-Cigarettes, Other Vaping Products Banned In New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) adopted an emergency order banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and other vaping products in New York state, except for menthol and tobacco flavors. The executive order is “effective immediately,” but Cuomo said his health department “will provide retailers with an approximate two-week […]
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Big Y Foods Hiring 200 At Two New Connecticut Stores
Big Y Foods will open a hiring site to fill more than 200 full and part-time positions available at two new World Class Markets in Derby and Milford, Connecticut. These openings remain after transfers of all requesting Ansonia Big Y employees once that store is moved to either of these more up-to-date facilities. Additional positions also […]
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Nounós Creamery Adds New Investors, Plans Capacity Expansion
Nounós Creamery, an emerging brand that produces the only FDA approved cheesecloth strained yogurt in the U.S., has secured new investment and is expanding capacity. The new funds will accelerate the company’s growth by allowing the brand to acquire key hires, amplify marketing support to bolster consumer awareness and increase R&D support for new product […]
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Pro-Dip Debuts Energy Supplement Pouches Targeted To C-Stores
Pro-Dip offers what it describes as a “category-creating” energy health supplement. The company took a smokeless tobacco pouch usually used for snus, emptied it of tobacco and filled it with vitamin powder. The new pouch, which is patent pending, is designed to compete with energy drinks, coffee and the like. The company said the pouch […]
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KeHE Forms Partnership With MOM’s Organic Market
KeHE Distributors has been awarded the primary distribution contract for MOM’s Organic Market, based in Rockville, Maryland. The multi-year agreement includes supplying all natural, organic and specialty products for MOM’s growing network of 19 organic grocery stores located in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. “MOM’s is one of a handful […]
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Roland Foods Appoints Keith Dougherty As Its New CEO
Keith Dougherty has joined New York City-based Roland Foods LLC, an importer of specialty food products and a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, as CEO, effective Sept. 9. Tyler Hawes, who has led Roland since the retirement of former CEO Jim Wagner this spring, will continue to serve as president of Roland. Dougherty has […]