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Bristol Seafood Launches Grab & Go Product Line

Bristol Seafood has launched the Bristol Grab & Go range of retail products. It features quality seafood in a contemporary format. The range includes line-caught Alaska cod and sustainably farmed Atlantic salmon, among other items that can be viewed on the company’s website. “Today, seafood is the fastest-growing category in the American grocery store, and […]

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Jessica Zajac Of State College Earns PFMA’s 2021 DECA Scholarship

The annual DECA Scholarship sponsored by the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association awarded $1,000 to Jessica Zajac, a senior at State College Area High School who has been involved in DECA for the past four years.  Zajac has been accepted to both Penn State and Mississippi State universities and plans to study accounting. She has participated […]

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Wakefern Food Corp. Announces Two C-Suite Promotions

Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative, recently appointed Neil Falcone as CFO and Karen Meleta as chief communications officer. Its member companies own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners. Falcone, formerly VP of ShopRite financial services (SFS) and corporate finance, […]

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Stop & Shop Increases Transparency Around Seafood Sourcing

Stop & Shop, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has partnered with the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP) to voluntarily report its seafood sources. This partnership adds another layer of transparency to the supermarket’s comprehensive seafood policy. While Stop & Shop’s existing policy ensures that its seafood is only sourced from sustainable and traceable fisheries and farms, working […]

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Specialty Grocery Store Green Way Markets Opens in Ridgewood, NJ

Despite the prohibitive weather conditions, Green Way Markets of Ridgewood, New Jersey, opened its doors Feb. 19. The grocery store offers organics, natural foods and gluten-free foods, as well as an expanded wine and liquor section. It also offers Rancher’s Legend beef, a steakhouse quality beef at supermarket prices, along with wild-caught seafood. The specialty […]

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Chobani Founder, CEO Ulukaya Featured In New Documentary

VICE has debuted a new documentary called “Moving Humanity Forward,” a film focused on Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya’s “anti-CEO” playbook, his people-first business philosophy and refugee advocacy work and the food maker’s efforts to rebuild an upstate New York community. Directed by Nirit Peled, “Moving Humanity Forward” debuted on VICE and VICETV.com on Feb. 15. The documentary follows the […]