Keasbey, New Jersey-based ShopRite launched a campaign to thank healthcare workers, first responders and supermarket associates everywhere who are serving communities through the COVID-19 crisis. The campaign, called Essential Thanks, gives everyone an opportunity to show their gratitude by posting a thank you note to COVID-19 frontline workers. For each message of thanks people post through […]
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Weis Markets Promotes Two To Management Positions
Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has promoted Brian Bosworth to senior director of center store merchandising and sales and Ashley Odom to director of center store merchandising. Bosworth will oversee dry grocery; general merchandise; health and beauty care; frozen; dairy; grocery; beer, wine and spirits; and center store field merchandising. He joined the company in 2011 […]
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Jersey Artisan Distilling Now Producing Hand Sanitizer
Fairfield, New Jersey-based Jersey Artisan Distilling, maker of James FC Hyde Whiskeys, has commenced production of hand sanitizer to help fill the critical need created by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The product is available now. “We have been contacted by a large array of folks all in urgent need of hand sanitizer,” said Jersey Artisan […]
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Rite Aid Expands Its COVID-19 Testing Criteria To Adults At No Cost
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid has expanded COVID-19 testing criteria to include all individuals 18 and older exhibiting any of the following symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell. Rite Aid currently offers self-swab testing sites at 25 store […]
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Rite Aid Opens Two More COVID-19 Testing Locations In Pennsylvania
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid continues to expand COVID-19 testing sites with new locations opening in York, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh through its partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force. In addition to the current self-testing sites in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the company has opened two new locations at its stores located at 4111 […]
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Panos Brands Names Industry Veteran Darcy Zbinovec As CEO
Rochelle Park, New Jersey-based Panos Brands, a provider of branded consumer foods, has named Darcy Zbinovec as CEO. She has more than 20 years of experience in the consumer packaged industry (CPG). Prior to joining PANOS, Zbinovec served as CEO for Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy, the US division for Ehrmann AG. Prior to Ehrmann, She served […]
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Stop & Shop Enlists Public’s Help In New Ad Campaign
Stop & Shop customers have taken a starring role in the company’s new ad campaign, which encourages shoppers to do their part to help make grocery stores safer for everyone during the coronavirus pandemic. The retailer’s new “Please” campaign, which starts this week on television and radio stations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts […]
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Sterilex Offers Expanded Disinfection Protocol To Safeguard Workers
Sterilex, a Hunt Valley, Maryland-based provider of EPA-registered disinfectant products suitable for use in food facilities, says it has an expanded protocol designed to be used by foodservice operations to safeguard workers. “Essential workers at restaurants and foodservice operations don’t have the luxury of telecommuting. It requires hands-on labor and an element of risk to […]