Industry legend Bob Palmer has come out of retirement to lead Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers as the company’s new CEO, succeeding Mike Duffy. Palmer brings more than three decades of experience. After starting with the company in 1986, he retired from his role as C&S’s EVP and chief procurement officer in 2019. When […]
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Lightlife Named Official Plant-Based Food Partner Of Bowlero Corp.
New York-based Bowlero Corp., parent company of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), and Lightlife, a plant-based protein brand owned by Greenleaf Foods SPC, has announced a partnership that will bring the Lightlife Plant-Based Burger to Bowlero menus nationwide. As Bowlero’s official plant-based food partner, Lightlife also will sponsor the 2020 Go Bowling! PBA Tour Fall Swing. […]
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Giant Food Increases Sustainable Seafood Transparency Efforts
Giant Food, a greater Washington, D.C. regional grocery chain, says it has joined the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP), a global platform where retailers voluntarily share insight into their sourcing methods to ensure sustainable seafood practices. Giant’s sustainable seafood policy has always ensured that every seafood item sold in stores meets sustainability criteria, but the grocer is now taking […]
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Calise Bakery Introduces New Brioche Style Cinnamon Chip Texas Toast
With more than 110 years of experience baking bread and rolls, Calise Bakery has entered the breakfast category with its new Brioche Style Cinnamon Chip Texas Toast. With this latest product innovation, Calise brings its signature gourmet brioche style bread to the breakfast table. Combining melt-in-your-mouth cinnamon chips with a brioche taste, the freshly baked Brioche […]
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ShopRite’s Wholesome Pantry Reimagines Packaging, Products
ShopRite has announced it is expanding and rebranding its award-winning Wholesome Pantry and Wholesome Pantry Organic product lines that are available at all of its stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The products also will be available at Fresh Grocer stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ShopRite and The Fresh […]
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Market Profile: Pennington Quality Market Is Very Much A Family Business
Rothwell brings his experience to join his father’s dream by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Growing up, Mike Rothwell knew exactly what he wanted to do – work in the food industry. As a kid, he worked alongside his dad, Larry, who was an executive for The Fleming Company, before spreading his wings to pursue the […]
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ShopRite Opens At The Boulevard Signature Series Redevelopment
Kimco Realty Corp., one of North America’s largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use assets, announces the grand opening of ShopRite, the 70,000-square-foot grocery anchor at The Boulevard, the approximately $200 million Signature Series redevelopment project on Staten Island. ShopRite is the project’s first tenant opening, marking a significant milestone […]
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UNFI Selected As New Grocery Wholesaler By Key Food
Natural Foods Inc. and Key Food Stores Co-Operative say they have reached a long-term supply agreement for UNFI to serve as the primary grocery wholesaler to Key Food with expected sales to UNFI of approximately $10 billion over 10 years. Founded in 1937, Key Food is a co-operative of independently owned and corporate supermarkets located […]