Krasdale Food has hired Ike Kraemer to serve as general manager of the company’s Bronx warehouse, responsible for all operations. Krasdale is a 112-year-old, family-owned business providing grocery distribution, merchandising and marketing to independent grocery store owners. Kraemer joined the company on March 2, 2020, two weeks prior to the lockdown, just as grocery stores began experiencing a strain in the […]
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Sheetz For The Kidz Raises More Than $1.8 Million In 2020
Sheetz for the Kidz, an employee-driven charity supporting underprivileged children, raised more than $1.8 million for children in need in 2020. Sheetz is a family-owned and -operated restaurant and convenience chain across the Mid-Atlantic. “This past year, the need to help children in our communities was greater than it ever has been, and our incredible […]
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The Giant Company Honored With FMI Gold Plate Award
The Giant Co., based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2020 Gold Plate Award by the FMI Foundation in the COVID-19 Heroes category. A new category for the annual awards program, it recognizes charitable programs that help families share meals together during the pandemic. The Giant Co. accepted the award for its program, “The […]
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Select Massachusetts Stop & Shop Stores Administering Moderna Vaccine
Select Stop & Shop pharmacy locations in Massachusetts have begun to administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Per the state’s distribution plan, current eligible individuals must live, work or attend school in Massachusetts and includes healthcare workers as well as non-hospital-based healthcare personnel and residents of other long-term care settings covered under the rollout of Phase […]
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PFMA Awards Prizes To PA Farm Show Butter Up! Contest Winners
Although the Pennsylvania Farm Show didn’t kick off this year with the unveiling of 1,000 pounds of carved butter, it reinvented the event staple for 2021. The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association was excited to partner with the farm show and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Butter Up!, a new, at-home butter sculpture experience. This […]
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Whatchamacallit Brand Releases New Whozeewhatzit Bar
The Whozeewhatzit bar, the Whatchamacallit brand’s first new bar in a decade, takes wacky, crazy, crunchy and chewy to a new level. The new bar, which has an added peanut butter crème layer and rice crisps, all covered in a chocolatey candy, will be available nationwide starting in February. Last year, the Whatchamacallit brand called on fans to submit their most […]
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Stop & Shop, P&G Launch E-Commerce Homegating Experience
Quincy, Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop has teamed up with Procter & Gamble to launch the ultimate homegating experience for customers to get ready for the Big Game. Featuring celebrity chef and restaurateur Tiffany Faison, the website will include exclusive recipes, shopping lists and videos to inspire cooking enthusiasts and self-proclaimed taste testers alike. Home delivery […]
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The Giant Co. Plans For Replacement Store In Doylestown, PA
The Giant Co. will build a new, bigger store in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to replace the current store located at 4357 West Swamp Road. The new store will be built at 4377 West Swamp Road. “This latest project is part of our continuing investment in our store base to enhance the shopping experience for our customers and […]