Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo has announced the creation of a North America organization dedicated to accelerating efforts inside and outside of the company to help address inequalities for historically excluded people and underserved businesses and communities. The announcement is the next step in PepsiCo’s racial equality journey, a key pillar of the company’s pep+ “PepsiCo Positive” transformation of how it creates […]
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Big Y Foods Celebrates Supermarket Employee Day On Feb. 22
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y joins supermarkets and food manufacturers nationwide in celebrating Supermarket Employee Day on Feb. 22. FMI – The Food Industry Association has established this holiday to recognize employees at every level for the work they do feeding families and enriching lives. With more than 40,000 individual stores that sell food and grocery items […]
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Kraft Heinz Board Promotes CEO Patricio To Chairman
The Kraft Heinz Co. has announced that the board of directors will appoint CEO Miguel Patricio as chairman, subject to his re-election at the Kraft Heinz 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. After years of service, the current chairman, Alexandre Behring, will retire following the end of his term at the annual meeting. “We are very […]
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Labor Shortage Continues To Be Biggest Issue Facing Delaware Grocers
The economic outlook in Delaware is a bit brighter this year than last, with the state flush with money – primarily from the federal government, said Julie Miro Wenger, executive director of the Delaware Food Industry Council. The operating budget for the state is expected to be $4.9 billion with $15. 2 million in reserves, […]
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Big Y Announces New Appointments
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y Foods Inc. has announced the following new appointments to its management team. They are listed by state and their hometown: Massachusetts Adams Ann E. McKenzie has been promoted to deli sales manager, North Adams, Big Y World Class Market. Belchertown David M. Placzek has been named senior center store sales manager, […]
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NECSEMA 2022 Trade Expo Returns March 16
Hundreds of convenience store and service station owners, food and beverage purveyors, equipment and software providers, fuel industry leaders and other exhibitors will gather for the first time in two years at NECSEMA 2022, as the region’s largest convenience and fuels trade show returns after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NECSEMA […]
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Sheetz Enters Agreement With Constellation To Power Northeast Facilities
Altoona, Pennsylvania-based Sheetz, a family-owned and -operated restaurant and convenience store chain, has announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation, the nation’s leading supplier of clean energy solutions, to power nearly 70 percent of its Pennsylvania facilities with renewable energy. Backed by Sheetz’s commitment, Constellation has entered into separate long-term power purchase agreements to procure […]
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Delaware Supermarkets Inc. Finds Opportunities In Pandemic Challenges
Like so many other independent grocers, Delaware Supermarkets Inc. – owned and operated by the Kenny family – continues to face challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wilmington, Delaware-based company owns and operates six ShopRite stores in the state and has been a member of supermarket cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. since 1995. According to […]