The new Amazon Fresh store in Warrington, Pennsylvania opened to the public on Aug. 5. This is the first Amazon Fresh store in Pennsylvania, and the 16th in the country. “We’re excited to begin serving the Warrington community and to welcome customers into our doors today,” said Ron Marra, store manager. “Customers shopping at the store […]
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Kemmeter, Russo Elected To NY Convenience Store Hall Of Fame
The New York Association of Convenience Stores announced that Dennis Kemmeter and Marcia Russo have been elected to the New York Convenience Store Hall of Fame. NYACS will induct them at its fall conference on Sept. 22 in Clayton, New York. Friends and industry colleagues are invited to attend by registering at the NYACS website, […]
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Stop & Shop Partners With Volta To Provide Electric Fueling Stations
Stop & Shop has partnered with Volta Industries Inc. to install five electric vehicle charging stations at its stores across the Northeast. These stations will allow customers with electric vehicles to charge their cars at no cost at participating stores. Stop & Shop is among the first in the Northeast to partner with Volta Charging, an electric […]
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Goya Cares Global Initiative To Combat Child Trafficking
Jersey City, New Jersey-based Goya Foods, one of the largest Hispanic owned food companies in the U.S., recently launched Goya Cares and has reached out to organizations whose primary focus is to rescue, rehabilitate and reunite victims of child trafficking into a loving and caring society. “At the center of Goya Cares is a heart, and […]
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The Giant Co. Named One Of Civic 50 By Philadelphia Foundation
The Giant Co. has been named a 2021 honoree of The Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia by Philadelphia Foundation, in partnership with Points of Light and local partners. Modeled after Points of Light’s national program, The Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia provides a standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how employers use their time, skills and resources […]
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Freshpet Releases Manufacturing Leadership Transition
Freshpet Inc., based in Secaucus, New Jersey, says that Stephen Weise, EVP of manufacturing and supply chain, will begin a transition to retirement, which is anticipated at the end of 2022. Weise will continue to lead incremental production capacity planning and certain other manufacturing responsibilities through the end of 2021 and then focus exclusively on […]
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Largest Rooftop Solar Array In New Hampshire Installed At AGNE
The largest retailer-owned, wholesale grocery distribution center in New England soon will boast New Hampshire’s largest rooftop solar array. The installation of a 1,292-kilowatt DC rooftop array has begun on Associated Grocers of New England, which will soon be powered by 3,400 solar panels, making it the Granite State’s largest rooftop solar array built to […]
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PepsiCo 2020 DE&I Report Illustrates Company’s Journey
Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo Inc. has published its 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, debuting an evolved global strategy underpinned by “A Space to be You.” This is a fundamental belief on how to foster diverse, equitable and inclusive principles. The report outlines PepsiCo’s diversity journey, while pointing to its progress and commitments across three distinct […]